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Elderly benefit from two schemes

March 13, 2013 - 12:06am

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Low Zhang Quan

TNP PHOTO: Gavin Foo

Madam Wan Po Man (above), 66, and Shanger Pannerchelvam, 15, are neighbours in the York Hill neighbourhood in Tiong Bahru and live in one-room rental flats.

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China law requires children to visit their parents

January 22, 2013 - 3:52pm

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The New Paper

PHOTO: REUTERS

Parents in China no longer need to fear abandonment.

After China amended its law for the elderly in December last year, children are now required to visit their parents "often" - or risk being sued.

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Elderly treated badly by motorists

December 30, 2012 - 1:24am

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Maureen Koh

Motorists rev the engines, honk or yell at us, say elderly heartlanders in Ground Zero this week.

Madam Alice Ang, 70, a grandmother of five, is quite certain she will die in a road accident.

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Elderly man dies alone in Beach Road one-room flat

October 20, 2012 - 1:27am

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Kerri Heng

TNP PICTURE: Kerri Heng

HE WAS old, ill and lived alone, and he died in his flat without anyone knowing.

Mr Mui Pui Chung was found dead in his ninth-storey HDB flat along Beach Road earlier this month.

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Granny's little helper

July 13, 2012 - 2:29am

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Benson Ang

TNP PHOTO: Choo Chwee Hua

Like other seven-year-olds, he started school this year, but he is no ordinary Primary 1 pupil.

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Smelly no more

June 6, 2012 - 12:52am

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Benson Ang

TNP PICTURE: GARY GOH

A TNP reader has helped to clean up the stink of an elderly man's incontinence in Woodlands.

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Elderly cleaner punched by woman in foodcourt

June 5, 2012 - 1:51am

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Fabian Koh

PHOTO: Lianhe Wanbao

She had told a foodcourt patron not to leave used trays on the floor.

For that, 72-year-old cleaner Lim Geok Kim got a volley of vulgarities from the woman and a punch in the face.

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'It smells worse than a public toilet'

June 1, 2012 - 1:39am

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Benson Ang

TNP PHOTO: Ariffin Jamar

The smell of urine from this Woodlands flat is so strong that it allegedly keeps some residents awake at night.

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Void deck toilet a welcome relief for most

March 17, 2012 - 12:23am

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Lediati Tan
Void deck toilet a welcome relief for most

TNP PHOTO: Kelvin Chng

You may have come across this unusual sight at Block 26, Sin Ming Road.

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Studio apartments for elderly: Some Toh Yi residents still say no

March 13, 2012 - 9:34pm

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Bryna Sim

Artist's impression of the block of studio apartments. PICTURE: HDB

A few Toh Yi Drive residents have made one more attempt to reverse HDB’s decision to proceed with building a block of studio apartments for the elderly near where they live.

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