Tag: fish
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Stronger after a fishy history
Ny comes from a family of fishermen, and she has always sold fish. However, everything changed during the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s when all businesses were forced to shut down. Ny was forced to go to the countryside to work in the fields, while scholars and artists were tragically shot. When Ny described…
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The early bird catches the… fish!
Mr Ang has been selling fish at the Jurong East market in Singapore for the past 50 years (he’s 75 years old), following after his father who also sold fish. However, he advised his son not to pursue the business, especially with his higher education, so his son now works “in an air-conditioned office”. Mr.…
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Fishy Business
Samuel, a former accountant, now wakes up at 1.00am every morning to get fresh fish from the port. After 12 years working in accountancy, he decided to switch careers and run a market stall instead due to migraines at the office. When I asked him about the dangers of overfishing, Samuel explained that the biggest…
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