What a load of rubbish!
For 30 years, this family has to put up with the rubbish and the stench coming from thir neighbour's three room flat in Telok Blangah Rise. They have to keep their windows shut even when they are at home. They avoid going out their flat because the stemch is overpowering.
"It smells so disgusting I feel like vomiting," said Mr Leong Cheow Yeow, 80, who lives on the 13th floor of block 42. The retiree lives there with his wife, Madam Tam Ah Yuke, 74, and thier youngest son, who is in his 30s. The situation has become worse over years. They said they feared that the rubbish inside might be a fire hazard.
The New Paper visited the flat on Wednesday and found it so filled with rubbish that it was impossible to walk from one end to another. There are napkins, tins of butter cookies, empty food containers, books, old newspapers, plastic bags andeven sachets of 3-in-1 coffee mix lying around. They are piles that reach almost to the top of the ceiling of the flat, and the floor cannot be seen. Several of the flat's window panes are broken, and there are flies buzzing around. A foul smell hung think in the air.
The front door is held shut only by a piece of raffia string. The owner of the flat wasn't in. But according to Mr Leong, she is a woman in her 40s who livd there for about 20 years. She comes back three time a week. Mr Leong claimed that whenever the woman returns to the flat, she asks him for $10 to buy food. "I always give it to her because she looks so poor, with nobody to take pity on her," said Mr Leong. He added that she thanked him in return, and often said "God Bless You" to him.
My opinion:
I think the woman should have not accumulate rubbish in her flat. By doing this, she is being an inconsiderate and unhygenic neighbour. She should sell all her rubbish to the rag-and-bone man, so she could have money to buy food eat instead of asking Mr Leong for money.
But, I'm also glad that Mr Leong was willing to give the lady money. I think that he had done a right thing. If not the lady, would be starving to death.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Holiday News Article 1
14 signed up for casino ban by their families
A part-time student, who is not even 21, is already on the run from loan sharks, having owned them " Tens of Thousands of dollars". The student, who bet on all sorts of games, started gambling in his teens and his parents could not do anything to stop him, said Tanjong Pagar Family Service Centre ( FSC ) senior counsellor Charles Lee.
The student is one of the 14 people whose families have applied for them to be barred from the two casinos here which is currently still under construction. In the two months since families can apply their loved ones banned from gambling tables, close to 80 people have made enquiries with the Tanjong Pagar FSC on such " family exclusion orders " However, only 14 families have gone beyond enquiring about these orders to sitting through interviews with counsellors to share how the gambler's actions have hurt them, before such exclusion orders are issued.
Most of the 14 gamblers are chinese, male and aged between 31 and 60. Also, most of them hold at least O-level or higher qualifications. However, about half of them earn nothing at all or less than $500 a month.
Of the 14 gamblers, many of whom have been gambling for the past 20 or more years, not all were dragged screaming by their wives and other family members to see Mr Lee and his colleagues. Some like the soon-to-turn 21 year old youth, came willingly with their loved ones, said Mr Lee.
My opinions:
I think that the gamblers' families have done a right to ban their loved ones from the casino. If not, the gamblers would start to gamble uncontrollingly, soon, they would end up being bankrupt or depressed because of the lost of their money. As family members of the gamblers, they must help them get rid off the bad habit of gambling. By consulting Mr Lee and his colleagues, they not only help the gamblers to get rid of the bad habit, but also help them realise that they have such a caring famliy.
Therefore, I'm very grateful to such councils like the Tanjong Pagar FSC and also the National Council on Problem Gambling as they have helped many families help their loved ones get over gambling and live a better life.
I'm also glad that the 21 year old student was willing to turn over a new leaf and consult Mr Lee with his family.
A part-time student, who is not even 21, is already on the run from loan sharks, having owned them " Tens of Thousands of dollars". The student, who bet on all sorts of games, started gambling in his teens and his parents could not do anything to stop him, said Tanjong Pagar Family Service Centre ( FSC ) senior counsellor Charles Lee.
The student is one of the 14 people whose families have applied for them to be barred from the two casinos here which is currently still under construction. In the two months since families can apply their loved ones banned from gambling tables, close to 80 people have made enquiries with the Tanjong Pagar FSC on such " family exclusion orders " However, only 14 families have gone beyond enquiring about these orders to sitting through interviews with counsellors to share how the gambler's actions have hurt them, before such exclusion orders are issued.
Most of the 14 gamblers are chinese, male and aged between 31 and 60. Also, most of them hold at least O-level or higher qualifications. However, about half of them earn nothing at all or less than $500 a month.
Of the 14 gamblers, many of whom have been gambling for the past 20 or more years, not all were dragged screaming by their wives and other family members to see Mr Lee and his colleagues. Some like the soon-to-turn 21 year old youth, came willingly with their loved ones, said Mr Lee.
My opinions:
I think that the gamblers' families have done a right to ban their loved ones from the casino. If not, the gamblers would start to gamble uncontrollingly, soon, they would end up being bankrupt or depressed because of the lost of their money. As family members of the gamblers, they must help them get rid off the bad habit of gambling. By consulting Mr Lee and his colleagues, they not only help the gamblers to get rid of the bad habit, but also help them realise that they have such a caring famliy.
Therefore, I'm very grateful to such councils like the Tanjong Pagar FSC and also the National Council on Problem Gambling as they have helped many families help their loved ones get over gambling and live a better life.
I'm also glad that the 21 year old student was willing to turn over a new leaf and consult Mr Lee with his family.
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