SINGAPORE: About 1,000 people sleep rough on the streets of Singapore, the first-ever academic study measuring the scale of homelessness here has found. The in-depth study, involving hundreds of volunteer field workers, was led by Assistant Professor Ng Kok Hoe of the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. The main reason for sleeping rough was unemployment, irregular hours or low pay – cited by 47 per cent of those interviewed. In July, they combed the streets again and conducted interviews with 88 homeless individuals for a more in-depth study. The field workers counted 1,050 homeless people.

Source: New Strait Times November 11, 2019 03:41 UTC