My heart broke watching this elderly Singaporean struggling for a living

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My heart broke watching this senior citizen sweeping the concrete floor outside Singapore River at The Central.

He must in his 70s as his face seems weather-beaten and his body slow to move.

He went about his work gingerly as he swept the floor patiently with a dustpan and broom oblivious to the people who walk past him.

I was wondering if he is really so free like the ministers say and want to spend his time fruitfully by working in his twilight years when he can spend it better playing with his grandchildren.

Or does he has any choice but to work in order to survive in this costliest city of the world?

I also wonder what will the thousands of tourists walking past that area think of our country if senior citizens need to work to fend for themselves?

They should ban senior citizen hiring just like they do with child labour!

Watch out Singaporeans, you may be working as a cleaner in your old age till you die…because our retirement system is almost non-existent and you need to be self-sufficient while you save up for your own retirement.
This government doesn’t believe in pampering the people but yet pay themselves millions.

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My heart broke watching this senior citizen sweeping the concrete floor outside Singapore River at The Central.He must…
Posted by States Times Review on Thursday, July 2, 2015
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Gilbert Goh
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[soIsee]

This Gilbert Goh should stop all these nonsense and go find a meaningful job.

Afterall, he will need to pay for his MediShield Life upkeep soon! LoL

 

[shittypore]

They deserve what they sre getting for hving great faith in PAP.

 

[laksaboy]

We are not like Scandinavia. We choose not to have work-life balance. We are not like that.

The anthem of patriotic Sinkies:

[video=youtube;wflMFaDSJDo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wflMFaDSJDo[/video]

 

[Confuseous]

Tell that to Clown-in-Chief Tan Chuan Jin - he will tell you that this fella told him that he was doing it for fun, nothing to worry about.

 

[eatshitndie]

the root cause is the lack of literacy and total lack of financial education among older sinkies. no wonder cash savings of sf$400k or more can easily be swindled away by the more astute more cunning atb's.

 

[soIsee]

the root cause is the lack of literacy and total lack of financial education among older sinkies. no wonder cash savings of sf$400k or more can easily be swindled away by the more astute more cunning atb's.

Lack of literacy?

I know alot and I mean alot of financially educated Sinkie with multiple degrees who are at debt's mercy.

Cunning atb or whatever or not, , many Sinkie nowadays have nothing much left to be swindled of leaving only a pathetic HDB pigeon hole!

Just like this case! LoL

 

[laksaboy]

If only this elderly sweeper man could sue for damages to his reputation being defamed by a blogger, eh?

It must be much easier making money that way.