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The other side of Singapore...

With all the festive shoppers bustling along the streets busy flinging money to buy pressies, Xmas decor and food, the BF I noticed that recently there seems to be alot of beggars begging for money along the whole stretch of Orchard Road.

We spied a beggar along the pavement outside Ngee Ann city, along Lido to Delfi Orchard, along Paragon to Lucky Plaza and in the underpass from orchard station to Lido. One of them even had a young child with her.

*sigh*

The BF was wondering if there's an organisation behind it. I had a hunch that is possible. It chills the heart especially to see the young child with her mother (or grandma?) begging along the affluent streets of Orchard.

Although it seems that Singapore is well on her way to being an affluent country with rising living standards, many have fallen into absolute poverty with no means to catch up or survive. The unseen and neglected under the facade of prosperity and equality.

Take a look around. Do you see them?