By April Chong

INSTEAD of their usual call to be more spiritual, a cluster of churches in the east on Monday preached a very secular message of hope.

There were more than 800 jobs on offer at the Hope - or Helping our People - job carnival held at the Pentecost Methodist Church in Pasir Ris.

It attracted about 1,500 people of various races and religions.

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