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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
National
Toh Ee Ming

So long Singapore: Expats flee city as rents go through the roof

Singapore's average rental prices surged by 30 percent in 2022, with many residents experiencing even steeper hikes [File: Feline Lim/Reuters]

Singapore – Australian national Ben Dunn and his family consider themselves “Aussie-poreans”. He has lived in Singapore for the last 16 years and his children, aged 10 and 13, were born here.

Drawn to Singapore’s “melting pot of people and ideas”, sunny climate, and liveable environment, the Dunns enjoy soaking up the greenery at Botanic Gardens, visiting Queenstown Library and eating hawker food at the Tiong Bahru Market.

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