Tag Archives: elderly

Dear Editors, As I was cycling past Jalan Besar today to take shelter at a bus stop due to a sudden downpour, I witnessed a pleasant occurrence. An elderly Chinese uncle was also similarly caught in the rain due to the faulty mechanics of his wheelchair. Two migrant workers who saw this from the bus stop immediately rushed to …

On 13 June at about 12:30pm, somebody saw this uncle pushing a wheelbarrow at a traffic light. Later, she saw him using a spade to “take public soils from public space”. One “Andy Tan” shared about this incident in a Facebook post. The post asked, “It’s a whole barrow filled …

The ministry should take a serious view of the unhygienic living conditions there with the large elderly population who are susceptible to many illnesses.

PAP grassroots volunteer thinks she is big shot, intimidates and humiliates resident looking for help at MPS. She even calls police when people feedback to her about her condescending attitude.

We need to ensure that our elderly are not left behind in this digital world. An email was required to set up an account on the job website. Many of these elderly folks do not have any email address. For highest education level section, we could choose from multiple options. However, the lowest qualification we could pick was PSLE. Some of our senior citizens did not even take PSLE as they could have dropped out of school before that.

Go-Jek driver apologised for being rude to an elderly couple because of a fare discrepancy. He asked for people to give him a second chance as he was fed up then and is otherwise nice to old people. Will you believe him?

Our reader saw an old man standing at the junction of the road this morning with his cardboard collecting trolley and lamented the high standards of living in Singapore. Nope, the old man wasn't exercising.

A netizen hasn't seen his father since 2 days ago and is asking for help to find him. The old man was last heard saying he wanted to go to either Changi or Pasir Ris beach.

A kind reader noticed a sad elderly man who always sells tissues at Tiong Bahru MRT station. She asks if anyone knows anything about him and how to help him, since he doesn't seem to be getting any business.

Our reader was unhappy at Watsons staff for demanding her elderly wheelchair-bound mother to issue proof so that she can use her elderly card for payments. Why is the staff so arrogant?