Toh Ee Ming

South­east Asian city-state is los­ing in­ter­na­tion­al tal­ent as some ex­pats re­port rent hikes as high as 80 per­cent.

Peo­ple drop­ping meals, buy­ing cheap­est prod­ucts as pan­dem­ic leaves con­tract and low-paid strug­gling to make ends meet.