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Mr Dylan Chew has spent more than 25 years running Supreme Auto Service in Sin Ming, a small automotive repair workshop his father founded in 1974.
But the 48-year-old has no plans to pass it on to his daughter because he sees no viable future for his workshop.
Gone is the hustle and bustle at his workshop where cars waiting to be attended to used to spill out onto the road.
Nowadays, he has a couple of cars to work on each day and while his business situation is not dire, he estimates that his business has dropped by roughly 50 per cent compared to 10 years ago.
“For our workers, every day used to be very busy, but now it is much more relaxed,” he said.
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