By Lee Hui Chieh

THAT prolonged coughing spasm is being heard a lot more these days.

For the first time in more than a decade, the rate at which residents here are contracting tuberculosis is on the rise.

And more younger people aged below 30 are being hit - a worrying trend that hints at greater spread of the infectious respiratory disease in the community.

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