Ugly Singaporeans by Chang, Vivienne Wei Ling

“…It is the year 2023, Singapore is now divided into the East End, where foreigners and rich locals live, and the West End, home to the working-class Singaporeans. Follow the lives of two West-Enders, Ben and Aaron, as they navigate the waters of a divided Singapore. …”
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The Beckham phenomenon and consumerism by Yeong, Dong Lin

“…David Robert Joseph Beckham is a symbol of fantasy, a dream and fairy tale in reality. He grew up in a working class family but gifted with enough football talent and skill that enabled him to go professional. …”
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The sandwich generation : role balancing and self-identity for women by Fwah, Bing Guang

“…Accompanied by low fertility rates, the burden of supporting the old is increasingly placed in the hands of the working class. In particular, women from the sandwich generation who have both dependent children and elderly parents to take care of while working, are bound to experience the greatest repercussions. …”
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Design and development of a system that acts as a guardian angel of firefighters (B) by Tan, Jin Ting

“…Mobile phone users are not just found amongst the young people and the working class. These days, it is common to see children and the elderlies with smart phones. …”
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Retirement in Singapore : rethinking the role of the Central Provident Fund by Lim, Lydia Ruo Ching

“…Interviews with respondents of the working class aged 45 years old and above will be conducted in order to seek a better understanding of public sentiments with regards to the CPF framework. …”
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Blessings of liberty in colonial and neo-colonial Philippines. by Chen, Jieying.

“…There are recurrent social problems in the five novels, and the most important one of all is that the brightest in the Philippines do not side with the working class.…”
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南方艺术团/南方艺术研究会（1972-1997）= Southern arts society (1972-1997) by 王善田 Ong, Shan Tian

“…The Southern Arts Society was founded in 1972 and it performed theatre works that emphasised on the working class and communist ideologies. In 1976, the Singapore government arrested a group of dramatist under the Internal Security Act, including several members from Southern Arts Society. …”
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论东南亚海南族群改善生活与社会地位的过程 = A study about Southeast Asia Hainanese's road to better life and status by 何易娗 Oh, Desiree Yi Ting

“…As most of the occupation areas have been occupied by other gangs, Hainan people mainly engaged in the occupation of the working class, especially the low-level service industry. …”
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Singapore’s discipline through class consciousness : the “cosmopolitan” and “heartlander” in Raffles place ragtime and eating air by Hong, Grace Chu Yu

“…Although I acknowledge that class visibility in Singapore is complex as differences are not that apparent in part due to governmental efforts (Chua 15), for the purpose of this essay I will divide Singapore’s class system across middle to upper-class “cosmopolitans” and the working-class “heartlanders”. These were terms used in the 1999 National Day Rally Speech made by former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, and has since been academically cited in Singapore class discourse, as well as presented in local media (Chua 11). …”
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