What's it like being poor and homeless in Singapore

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[RuneAround]

Most of them end up like this because their Son daughters or parents abandon them..

[killerinthehounds]

in your face, PAP

[rutilequartzlight]

I feel very sorry for children here too.

Mother need to go back to work as soon as possible to support family so MAID take care of babies and children and no real family value there at all.

One of my friends said he was so lonely and felt distant from his parents since he was forced to spend more time at other caretaker's house as soon as he was able to walk.

Local children are so pushed for getting high marks and be competitive since very early age and lot of children wear glasses too.

[rutilequartzlight]

I have many local friends and they are very nice and lovely people.

But this country is so controlled and I do not feel any freedom.

Real natures are kept destroying and most of garden/greens areas are artificial.

River, water reservoir and some road and area smell soooooo bad and feel the contamination.

If you go to beach early in the morning, it filled with rubbish and soooo dirty.

There are no respect for nature here....people are not educated in that manner but chase money.

[rutilequartzlight]

Tourists and foreigners are so targeted to bring more money and they spend completely different life style from locals. From Airport to main roads to City are so clean and beautiful.

But most of locals are pushed into tiny and bad conditioned rooms where they do not even have place to hang cloths or cook properly.

Maid are used and they live much worse conditions where the room with no window or aircon.

I was shocked people put same human beings in that room and ask them to work so hard...

[rutilequartzlight]

I traveled 16 countries and lived in Singapore 3.5 years.

I found this country ignore especially the LOCAL and BASIC NEEDS.

Government FORCED and created so much MONEY based social system which destroying the family value and creating such a discrimination between races.

All dirty/hard/hated work are done by poor or more poor countries workers who has no skill and no responsibilities.

And people are so afraid to raise voice since they are told they will be put in jail if they do.

[ouishansen923l]

This video went viral on Dakar



[mie182]

homeless in singapore? gosh..

[trinhmyhuong]

I am saddened by those images. Btw, that is a nice song but it is annoying in this context :|

[DEEpkvid]

I think I'm poor but after watching this...I'm now thankful and blessed for what God has supplied for me...

[vagisilsalesman]

hey singapore boasted it has the best medical social service in the world--didnt you smell the stench from Orchard Road, oops, I mean from geylang bahru