Concern over Singapore's 'instant-noodle generation'

Parents and government officials in Singapore are voicing concern over what they say is increasing indolence among the country’s pampered teenagers.

Parents and government officials in Singapore are voicing concern over what they say is increasing indolence among the country’s pampered teenagers.

Fifteen-year old Kalliste Oh doesn’t make her bed, clean her room, iron her private-school uniforms or straighten her 50 pairs of shoes. That’s what her family’s three Filipino maids are for, she says.

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