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Singapore’s young workers cling to side hustles to survive the AI age: ‘it’s exhausting’
Adele Lee, a 32-year-old personal assistant in Singapore, works three evenings a week selling second-hand clothes via TikTok livestreams to supplement her salary. The side hustle generates about S$500 monthly, helping cover expenses like insurance premiums, as young workers cope with economic pressures linked to the AI age.
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