The Star Online, 17 Jan 2009, Seah Chiang Nee
As hardship increases and more people are retrenched, the number of help seekers has risen, and so has the level of the heartland despair.
IN THE middle of a recession that is hitting the aged and unskilled the hardest, a disgruntled elderly man has shocked this law-abiding city by setting fire to a legislator.
The bizarre public attack by a 70-year-old former cab driver on government MP Seng Han Thong has raised some hard questions about Singapore society.
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