Celebrating the S’pore spirit?

Posted by on August 10, 2008 1 Comment

At the crack of dawn at 5.30am when I go to work, one get to see many of the elderly behaving like the proverbial early bird getting the worm – scavenging at dump sites and rubbish bins for cartons, drink cans and anything that can be sold for cash. You get to see people rummaging through the rubbish bins of the nearby Sheng Song supermarket for any thrown-away vegetables and fruits that are still edible.

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One Response to “Celebrating the S’pore spirit?”

  1. sotong 11 August 2008

    What you have seen is not abnormal or out of “Money not enough movie”. Since the days of the Asia Financial crisis, many poor people were forced to do extra jobs, pick up other people rubbish and try to salvage as much as possible whter usable or anything can be sold for monies.
    My friend told me that they had no money to buy new furniture and they pick up good quality furniture from the dumping area in HDB or private estate to reuse at home. I remenber that when my son’s project in school was recycling we actually went round to pick up drink cans from the roadside. We realised that we were not alone, we have many “competitors” Till today, we have never throw away a single can or waste paper. Everything was recycled. There are sad to say many poor people in Singapore who are in need.