Ask Ms Wong Siew Lin how she coped with raising four children while managing her husband's business, and the 61-year-old will simply ask you to visit her workshop at Geylang East Industrial Complex.
Roughly the size of a one-room Housing Board flat, its floor space is taken up by broken refrigerators, air-conditioners and other electrical appliances, except for a small path that leads to Ms Wong's office.
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