Xinyi, Club President:<\/p>\n
Apologies for not posting this earlier, I didn’t know you guys wanted to read my take on the session too. I thought Rui En, Jean and Jiamin already did a pretty good job to describe the experience and I was more concerned with other issues, hence I did not post here.<\/p>\n
But I did write, not for RBKD though; I sent my letter to Straits Times Forum instead.<\/p>\n
Here’s to share before you guys niam at me for not sharing.<\/p>\n
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Improve living conditions in interim housing<\/b><\/p>\n
I WAS fortunate to have had the chance to join the social workers of Beyond Social Services during their door-to-door work at Block 29 Taman Ho Swee recently (‘Homing in on interim housing’; last Thursday).<\/p>\n
The concept of interim housing being transitional and temporary is sound and reasonable. But when one talks face-to-face with the residents and hear their despair and feelings of being abandoned by society, one wonders if the scheme can factor in empathy, apart from being efficient.<\/p>\n
It is true, sometimes, facilities can never be good enough for some. But I am sure more can be done to improve the present living conditions.<\/p>\n
Bedbugs, mosquitoes, cockroaches, urine-stained corridors and, sometimes, common walkways sullied by faeces – one cannot help but feel for the residents when they describe such basic hygiene problems so matter-of-factly and wonder why they cannot be helped.<\/p>\n
Peh Xin Yi (Miss)<\/p>\n
Published on Oct 31, 2011<\/p>\n