By Seow Kai Lun

BELT-TIGHTENING is getting Singaporeans to clean up after themselves.

Agencies which supply ad hoc cleaning and gardening services have started to see demand drop in the past two months - a reversal of sorts after a June report that business was booming.

The Straits Times spoke to 15 agencies, of which most say business has fallen by up to 15 per cent. They reckon it is a knee-jerk response to uncertainties amid the financial crisis.

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