A youthful dream of wealth
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Near the fishing village of Kuala Sepetang in Perak, Low Keat Xiang weighs charcoal and loads it onto the back of the lorry. The commodity is sold in shops around Malaysia and overseas, too.
As soon as Low turns 18 in October, he plans to leave his kampung for Singapore to join some of his friends working there. He dropped out of school at 15 and hears that he can earn a decent wage in the F&B sector there, especially when he converts the strong Singapore dollar into ringgit.
Low’s dream is to work three years abroad and to buy a house from the savings. – March 8, 2018.