Tissue paper peddling in Singapore : begging or a job?

• Main Author: Ng, Z-Ting.
• Other Authors: Zhou Wubiao
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/25425
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper looks at the existence of tissue paper peddlers in Singapore and attempts to put forth the argument that tissue peddling is a unique phenomenon that arises out of its social context and defies any attempts to classify it neatly into either category. The practice of tissue peddling extends...