When Mr Desmond Toh, 42, was laid off from his restaurant job at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) in last week's mass retrenchment exercise, he had reason to be worried.
As the sole breadwinner in a family of seven, with ageing parents and three school-going children, Mr Toh was calculating how long his savings would last.
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