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Ten Sticks and One Rice
By Oh Yong Hwee
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Illegal bookie. Secret society member. Street hawker.
Neo Hock Seng is all these, and more. As Singapore transforms from a kampong to a cosmopolitan city, Hock Seng struggles to make sense of life and eke out a living, even as he finds his old ways and values increasingly challenged.
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