Tag Archives: Public Assistance

I refer to the article “Homes of last resort” (Straits Times, Jun 12). It states that “The number of residents in these homes has been stable – between 1,880 and 1,960 each year – for the past five years.”

Her husband went to jail for drugs in March 2012, so Robiah Lia Caniago found herself jobless with 2 children to feed. She decided to set up a curry puff business in her 2 room rental flat at Lengkok Bahru, but today her decision has cost her $3,000 in fines. As she is unable to pay the fines, she will serve a 5 day jail-sentence instead. The 40 year-old housewife Robiah, who has a 9 year-old son and a 7 year-old daughter, was caught selling her illegal curry puffs by the HDB on 2nd May last year.