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Giving my trishaw a cursory dusting, I then pedal to the front of the shophouse, where Pa is already waiting. Every morning, I would drop him off at his workplace on Albert Street.

Twilight of the Trishaws In Singapore

A trishaw rider can earn about $1,200 a month, Mr Sim says.

At 36 years old, Mr Alex Goh is one of the company’s younger trishaw riders.

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The self-employed did not have retirement age. Old men and women could be seen carting their chores. The trishaw riders were at hand to provide ferrying services when shoppers gave in to tired feet. Every person in the scene had a role to keep busy.