In the fight to save Singapore’s heritage businesses, who gets a voice?

SINGAPORE – Self-taught garland maker R. Jayaselvam knows a thing or two about impermanence, having run Anushia Flower Shop in Little India since he opened it in 1994. The 61-year-old Singaporean works with fresh jasmine buds. Once they bloom by nightfall, they lose their appeal to customers and must be discarded. Mr Jayaselvam, who primarily caters to Indian weddings, has also taught community classes in a bid to keep his trade alive. But that seems likely to remain a pipe dream; his students are usually casual hobbyists, not keen to follow in his footsteps professionally. That tension between admiration and…