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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - Slums In Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right>
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STOMPer Heartbroken visited an elderly friend who lives with a flatmate at block 26 Sin Ming Road and was appalled by the conditions he encountered at the block of one-room flats.
In an email to STOMP last night (May 31), the STOMPer recounted:
“Last week I visited an elderly friend who lives with another flatmate in a one-room HDB rental flat at Block 26 Sin Ming Road.
“When I took the lift to the second level, I found a long corridor with about 20 units on each side.
“As it was noon time I realised that all the corridor lights were switched on as the corridor is dark throughout the day and night.
“The corridor was damp and smelly and on entering the flat, I was shocked that he had no bed but two simple mattresses on the floor.
“Piles of newspapers and bags were piled from the floor to the ceiling.
“I wonder what would have happened if there was a fire in the flat.
“Perhaps MCYS and SCDF should send their officers to visit these residents and advised them on fire hazards in flats.
“The living conditions were just plain and spartan as these impoverished residents do not have the means to buy some of the basic necessities as either they have no next of kin or their children had abandoned them.
“I hope our religious organisations will come in to lend a helping hand to these residents who are struggling to live from hand to mouth?”
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STOMPer Heartbroken visited an elderly friend who lives with a flatmate at block 26 Sin Ming Road and was appalled by the conditions he encountered at the block of one-room flats.
In an email to STOMP last night (May 31), the STOMPer recounted:
“Last week I visited an elderly friend who lives with another flatmate in a one-room HDB rental flat at Block 26 Sin Ming Road.
“When I took the lift to the second level, I found a long corridor with about 20 units on each side.
“As it was noon time I realised that all the corridor lights were switched on as the corridor is dark throughout the day and night.
“The corridor was damp and smelly and on entering the flat, I was shocked that he had no bed but two simple mattresses on the floor.
“Piles of newspapers and bags were piled from the floor to the ceiling.
“I wonder what would have happened if there was a fire in the flat.
“Perhaps MCYS and SCDF should send their officers to visit these residents and advised them on fire hazards in flats.
“The living conditions were just plain and spartan as these impoverished residents do not have the means to buy some of the basic necessities as either they have no next of kin or their children had abandoned them.
“I hope our religious organisations will come in to lend a helping hand to these residents who are struggling to live from hand to mouth?”
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