Tag: cardboard collectors
Grace Fu calls for ‘tolerance, compassion,’ for elderly woman after Jurong residents complain about...
Singapore—Madam Sallemah, a woman in her 80s, has been collecting and selling cardboard boxes for years.
But after her regular karung guni man stopped showing...
Netizens say old lady pushing cardboard “is as good as dead”
A photo of an elderly lady circulating online has earned many disapproving comments from netizens about the cost of living and the extremes that...
‘A Mile in Their Shoes – Leaders of Singapore’ canceled after police requires permit...
Singapore— The Singapore Police Force issued a statement on Friday night, December 13, saying that an event organized by a group called Happy People...
Progress Singapore Party joins fundraiser aiming to help elderly cardboard collectors
The Progress Singapore Party (PSP) has pledged to take part in a fundraiser aiming to help elderly cardboard collectors.
Organised by non-profit community organisation, Happy People...
High praise for PAP MP Lily Neo who helped relocate elderly cardboard collectors
Two elderly cardboard collectors who had their collection point at Chinatown shutdown have now been relocated to a much nearer one by People’s Action...
Elderly cardboard collectors struggle to walk up to 30 minutes after their Chinatown collection...
Two elderly ladies who collect and sell cardboard for a living spoke about how much harder their jobs became when a collection point at...
Inspiring NTU student starts project to raise awareness about and funds for elderly cardboard...
Singapore—21-year-old Adrian Foo obviously believes that little drops of water make a mighty ocean. This student from Nanyang Technological University collects the five-cent coins...