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Retired taxi driver Roger Loh tending to his plants at an allotment garden in Singapore March 6, 2019.

Retired taxi driver Roger Loh tending to his plants at an allotment garden in Singapore Image: THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Beh Lih Yi

Beh Lih Yi

Correspondent, Thomas Reuters Foundation

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