{
  "id": 105269,
  "title": "This Singaporean retired at 35 without getting rich. Here’s how he made it work",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/this-singaporean-retired-at-35-without-getting-rich-heres-how-he-made",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T22:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna-insider/singaporean-colin-lau-retire-35-flat-stop-fearing-retrenchment-6296171"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "After losing his teaching job, Colin Lau reshaped his life by buying a flat outright and reducing his spending to a minimum. CNA’s Money Mind unpacks his financial choices, sparking a debate about money, happiness and security.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}