Broke but not broken : survival of the pandemic's New Poor

• Main Authors: Chew, Beverly Xiu Qi, Lee, mandy Ling Siu, Yong, Jun Yuan, Yue, Clement Keng Yong
• Other Authors: Duffy Andrew Michael
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Journalism::News reporting and writing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147186
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Covid-19 pandemic has left many people in the lurch with rampant job loss and pay cuts in the worst recession since our independence. This turbulence has surfaced a new class, the New Poor. Made up of primarily lower-middle income households, the New Poor are people who previously did not require aid but because of the pandemic, have had to seek help. Yet, these are not just stories about the trials and tribulations of Singaporeans, but also how they have managed to find a silver lining despite their predicaments. That even in the most dire of situations, they have found ways to survive, and in some cases, thrive by learning new skills to leave their ailing sectors, by having the guts to try new ventures even in uncertainty or simply by persevering in trying to find new sources of income, even if they are temporary.