Many of working class living in the heartland do not see much benefit from having so many rich people around – but they feel the pain of rising costs.The arrival of the nouveau riche has created new fortunes for Singapore’s upper middle class, but it has also widened the economic gap between the rich and the poor as few of the lower class derives much benefit from the phenomenon.
A polytechnic student asked: “And what happens to us when they suddenly take their money and go home?” Full story
