{
  "id": 728468,
  "title": "Singapore’s provision shops struggle to keep shutters open in HDB heartlands",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/singapores-provision-shops-struggle-to-keep-shutters-open-in-hdb",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T03:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3363838/singapores-provision-shops-struggle-keep-shutters-open-hdb-heartlands"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Surrounded by a clutter of carton boxes, bottles of dishwashing liquid and rows of dry snacks, Ramasamy Vellasamy holds court behind a cashier. For nine hours a day since 1986, he has been running a provision shop on the ground floor of a housing block in northern Singapore and knows the neighbourhood and its residents like the back of his hand. Despite Samy Provision Shop’s enduring presence, it…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "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."
}