Soaring prices hit Singapore's poor -- July 27 2008

One of the richest countries in Asia is seeing a dramatic rise in the number of people turning up for free meals.

For the third straight month inflation in Singapore is at a 26 year high at 7 and a half percent.

That along with soaring food costs and wages staying the same is forcing many Singaporeans to tighten their belts.

Al Jazeera's Laura Kyle reports.

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[megatron0357]

hang in there singapore.

[bada8886]

singapore look wealthy but the truth is the citizens are poor but govt are rich..

[Keng115]

@fonezoneman

ya lah ...

[sustantivo1espritu]

instead of paying for all those tourism attarctions. support the poor first. rising gst is for the government to spend.

[spearryu]

@cactussheep yeah go other country singapore everything is expensive but our transport here is quite good

[cactussheep]

@spearryu so in singapore, once you go below average, it is merely impossible to bump up?

[bada8886]

@spearryu yes, they will nv stop until ALL singapore goes poor.. and they put up a show infront of other countries. shame on them..

[spearryu]

Singapore really have poor family now my family is now having finicial crisis. :(

[spearryu]

@bada8886 they eat our money ma

[arare666]

The amounts of people attacking AJ is staggering.The sad part about this situation is that there are people who honestly thinking that poor people deserve what they get.

[kamikazeboy123]

i hope PAP will lose today!!so that our bills will decrease...