by Abriel | Feb 12, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Scrap metal collector Tan Yew Huat is looking forward to celebrating Chinese New Year – his home of more than 40 years has been spruced up for the first time. “It is in some way like a new beginning,” said Mr Tan, 59, who has lived in his Hougang...
by Abriel | Feb 11, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Strict upbringing by her father, who was a firm disciplinarian, left Madam Victoria Rany Francis with a lifelong fear of speaking to strangers. To avoid prying neighbours, the 82-year-old keeps the windows and door of her three-room flat closed most of the time. She...
by Abriel | Feb 7, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Mr Cho Ming Xiu, 30, a social work undergraduate at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) first saw what mental illness does to a person when he was in junior college. His classmate, who was an accomplished student and president of the student council,...
by Abriel | Feb 4, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Volunteers who help maintain rest facility for loved ones of very sick children are also a source of support. Darren Ng, 43, who works at a fintech company, spends three times a week last year and once a month this year to volunteer at the National University Hospital...
by Abriel | Feb 4, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
On Thursday evenings, Ms Chris Hortin-Tan, who has only 5% of her central vision in both eyes, usually dons a running singlet, shorts and track shoes. Ms Hortin-Tan is preparing for the Spartan Sentosa Sprint in March 2018. It is an obstacle course race which is more...
by Abriel | Jan 28, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
When her daughter suffered a stroke more than 20 years ago, Madam Tan Ah Hiang, 78, became her main caregiver and helped raise her grandson. But two years ago, she fell into a rut when pain in her knees affected her mobility and her vision blurred because of...
