OUT of some 3,740 units at the Rifle Range flats, more than 900 are occupied by old folk. “They stay here because of the low rental and smaller units,” he said after visiting Chin Guat Kee, 85, in Block B. After her husband passed away 11 years ago, Chin is surviving on charitable means and allowance from the Social Welfare Department. “My husband was a driver, but I am alone now after he passed away,” she said. “We have been looking for an old folks’ home since a few months back as she requested somewhere not too far from here,” he said.

Source: The Star March 10, 2018 01:52 UTC