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Service sector in Singapore draws South Korean workers

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Two months ago, Ms Lee Yoon-ji, 23, resigned from her job as a finance executive in a bank in Seoul and bought a plane ticket to Singapore. Here, she began work as a receptionist at Novotel hotel in Stevens Road.

In the process, she took a 50 per cent pay cut – she now earns about $1,800 a month – while working nine-hour shifts five days a week.

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