AFP
4 May 2008
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Singapore may be one of Asia's wealthiest nations but soaring food prices have hit its poor hard, as can be seen by the queues at the Singapore Buddhist Lodge, which serves daily free vegetarian meals.
For Tay Soon Kin, a cleaner, the meals dished up by temple volunteers have been a much-needed helping hand as soaring food prices hit Singapore's poor.
Singapore's per capita is 28,730 US dollars, but Tay earns far less than that, just 700 Singapore dollars (515 US) a month.
He says it is barely enough to feed his family of five.
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