Chitchat Michael Chng Hiow Kin

[ckmpd]

Anyone knows Michael Chng Hiow Kin?

 

[zhihau]

Who's that?

 

[flatearther]

Anyone knows Michael Chng Hiow Kin?

Is he the same man you've posted about, i.e. your relative:
facebook.com/obituaries.sg/photos/1171095642970703



17-05-2016, 08:11 AM
sammyboy.com/showthread.php?229770-Singaporeans-Are-So-Pitiful

My relative has 4th stage lung cancer. He is 70yrs old, unemployed and stays in a 3-rm HDB flat. Recently I accompanied him for an oncologic imaging at SGH. The scan ended at abt 4.30pm. The radiographer informed him that the oncologist wanted to see him immediately.

He saw the oncologist at abt 5pm. The doctor told him that he had water in his lungs and advised that he be warded to have the fluid drained. My relative agreed.

The clinic nurse then came to interview him as follows:

Nurse: Uncle, what class ward do you like?
Patient: Class C
Nurse: How wld you like to pay for the bills
Patient: Medisave
Nurse: Ok. Thanks. I will go check for ward availability
Patient: Thank you

abt 30mins later....

Nurse: Sorry, uncle, no class C bed available. Can i put you in class B2. After subsidy it is only $75 per day
Patient: How much is a class C bed?
Nurse: $35 per day
Patient: Can I wait for Class C bed?
Nurse: Yes, but you may have to wait whole night, and if no bed, we will have to let you sleep along the corridor
Patient: I will wait for Class C bed
Nurse: Ok

Abt 15 mins later,

Nurse: good news, uncle, managed to get a class C bed for you. We can bring you to the ward. It is Block 6, Ward 3.
Patient: Thank you for your help

I accompanied my relative to the ward after registration.

Ward 3 had several empty beds. The ward nurse was very courteous and we exchanged greetings and a brief conversation as follows...

Me: Thank you, nurse. The ward has several empty beds.
Nurse: Yes, some empty beds
Me: But the clinic nurse told my relative that no Class C bed is available..
Nurse looked awkward and hurried away


Singaporeans are so pitiful to have a PM, Health Minister and Hospital who think nothing wrong abt telling lies just to get an extra $40 per day from a 70yr old, unemployed, terminally sick Singaporean who lives in a 3room HDB flat without any source of income.


What kind of govt exploit the poor, the terminally sick and the vulnerable? And this govt dares to preach graciousness and care to Singaporeans! What audacity!

24-09-2016, 08:52 AM
sammyboy.com/showthread.php?235838-This-Is-Terrible-and-Horrible

I was told recently that my pioneer citizen relative has been warded at Bright Vision Hospital at Lorong Napiri, Yio Chu Kang.

He was the one with terminal cancer, stays in a 3rm HDB flat and is unemployed.

I visited him yesterday. The ward is a dormitory ward with many beds but without aircon, like a C Class ward.

He has been told that he has to pay $227 per day for ward charges. Based on means testing implemented by the pap, he will not receive any subsidy and has to pay $227 per day from his savings. This does not include miscellaneous charges, doctors fees and physiotherapist fees. The totally bill to him will easily be $10,000 a month.

This is terrible and horrible!

How can the pap say that an unemployed pioneer citizen staying in a 3rm HDB flat with terminal sickness has to pay about $10,000 a month, without subsidy, to be in C class type ward in a Singapore Hospital.

I am waiting for him to show me the final bill

Can any Medical Social Worker advise and help my aged, sick, poor pioneer Singaporean relative and alleviate his burden?

Now, I think there's a very good chance your name is on that list of relatives in the obituary.

 

[zhihau]

Now, I think there's a very good chance your name is on that list of relatives in the obituary.

Good chance but not so good luck. Our friend here won't be so free coming next year.

 

[biondi]

What a huge extended family. I don't think any elderly could have wish anything better.

 

[chootchiew]

What a huge extended family. I don't think any elderly could have wish anything better.

How come the brothers and sisters have a mixture of chong, chng and chew ?

 

[eatshitndie]

How come the brothers and sisters have a mixture of chong, chng and chew ?

aiyah. 2 are married and changed surname to their first hubbies' respective surnames mah. perhaps chng is changed to chong for one sister to make it more easily pronouncible. would be more musical if the sequence is chng, chong, chang.

 

[GoldenDragon]

They own Fortuna hotel in spore and Hanoi. Very influential in Vietnam. Hotel there protected by the police. Back in the 80s, they operated a drinking joint at Clifford pier.

 

[eatshitndie]

if he is rich and vain shouldn't he be called "chng hiow king?"

 

[Leongsam]

It would appear that he has had a long and VERY productive life thanks to the PAP.

 

[flatearther]

How come the brothers and sisters have a mixture of chong, chng and chew ?

perhaps chng is changed to chong for one sister to make it more easily pronouncible.

But even the surname of two of Michael's four brothers is Chong, and not Chng.
So I suspect those three siblings (the two brothers and one sister) changed their surname to Chong when they were adults, since according to:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuang_(surname)
庄 can be romanized as Chng or Chong, but I might be wrong.
As for the remaining Chew sibling (a sister), maybe she was adopted into the Chng family when she was a child?

aiyah. 2 are married and changed surname to their first hubbies' respective surnames mah.

Actually, according to that list, all three of Michael's sisters are married to a Mr Neo, a Mr Chua, and a Mr Low.

 

[eatshitndie]

Actually, according to that list, all three of Michael's sisters are married to a Mr Neo, a Mr Chua, and a Mr Low.

you're right. the bros-in-law names are printed. i'm expecting his long lost brother chng how lian to show up anytime to brag about his exploits.

 

[Leongsam]

you're right. the bros-in-law names are printed. i'm expecting his long lost brother chng how lian to show up anytime to brag about his exploits.

Hospitals are a waste of time and money if one has terminal lung cancer. There's nothing that can be done.

Save the money. Stay home.

 

[chootchiew]

But even the surname of two of Michael's four brothers is Chong, and not Chng.
So I suspect those three siblings (the two brothers and one sister) changed their surname to Chong when they were adults, since according to:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuang_(surname)
庄 can be romanized as Chng or Chong, but I might be wrong.
As for the remaining Chew sibling (a sister), maybe she was adopted into the Chng family when she was a child?



Actually, according to that list, all three of Michael's sisters are married to a Mr Neo, a Mr Chua, and a Mr Low.

Boss should appoint u as inf-io
I have another task for u - since they own fortuna hotel , why he stay in a 3 room hdb and faced medical cost issue ? Especially with such a extended wealthy family.

 

[flatearther]

Boss should appoint u as inf-io

Actually, I'm not really that good. :o
I'm just doing this for fun! :p

I have another task for u - since they own fortuna hotel , why he stay in a 3 room hdb and faced medical cost issue ? Especially with such a extended wealthy family.

It was GoldenDragon who said that:

They own Fortuna hotel in spore and Hanoi. Very influential in Vietnam. Hotel there protected by the police. Back in the 80s, they operated a drinking joint at Clifford pier.

which I'm not aware of at all.
But I did manage to discover that Fortuna Hotel was built on the site of:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_New_World
which "collapsed on March 15, 1986, and killed 33 people":
Places in Singapore with a dark past, AsiaOne News
asiaone.com/news/lifestyle/places-singapore-dark-past
and "previous reports say the hotel was owned by property company Chng Holdings, which is understood to be defunct."

I don't know whether Michael Chng's extended family is the same Chng family that owned "Chng Holdings", but if they were, there is a chance that they are no longer as wealthy as they used to be....

In any case, Michael Chng's immediate family are probably not rich because they seem to be a middle-class family, according to ckmpd's posts.
And there could also be serious family problems within the extended family, so much so that the wealthy members (if there are any) of the family might hate him enough to refuse to donate a single cent for his medical costs....

 

[flatearther]

Good chance but not so good luck. Our friend here won't be so free coming next year.

you're right. the bros-in-law names are printed. i'm expecting his long lost brother chng how lian to show up anytime to brag about his exploits.

I might be wrong, but I suspect that ckmpd is a woman who was born during the 1960s and is one of Michael Chng's much younger sisters or sisters-in-laws (i.e. wives of his much younger brothers); or one of his nieces (i.e. daughters of his older siblings) or nieces-in-law (i.e. wives of the sons of his older siblings).

 

[chootchiew]

I might be wrong, but I suspect that ckmpd is a woman who was born during the 1960s and is one of Michael Chng's much younger sisters or sisters-in-laws (i.e. wives of his much younger brothers); or one of his nieces (i.e. daughters of his older siblings) or nieces-in-law (i.e. wives of the sons of his older siblings).

I'm not sure what zhihau meant when he said "not so free next year" ? I thought should be next few days..since she will need to attend wakes and funerals if the guess was correct.

Among your guesses , I guess she should be the wife of 1 of the son .

Ckpmd opened a no head no tail thread

 

[flatearther]

I'm not sure what zhihau meant when he said "not so free next year" ? I thought should be next few days..since she will need to attend wakes and funerals if the guess was correct.

I might be wrong again, but maybe zhihau meant that he was guessing that ckmpd will be in mourning for one year?

 

[Semaj2357]

you're right. the bros-in-law names are printed. i'm expecting his long lost brother chng how lian to show up anytime to brag about his exploits.

another long lost brother might just appear on the scene, with an ace up his sleeve to wipe out any claims of the other stake-holders for any remaining property, monies etc.....chng keh!