/articles/causes-week-2016-helping-write-story-ages
Over this month and next, 500 elderly people in Singapore will be writing stories - without knowing how they end.
Each of them will be given a blank book and asked to fill its first five pages…
/articles/staying-upbeat-despite-his-cancer-bout-wifes-dementia
SINGAPORE - Mr Michael Wong sat on a metal bench in the garden beneath his Housing Board block in Toa Payoh North, looking tenderly at his wife.
Every now and then, the 78-year-old would reach…
/articles/family-holiday-without-whole-family
One-to-one parent-child travel is on the rise and a great opportunity to bond, say parents and kids
Photographer and film-maker Stefen Chow, 38, calls himself a "jaded traveller".
He takes…
/articles/food-5000
Willing Hearts, with volunteers' ready hands, provides meals to the needy 365 days a year
It is 4.30am. In a kitchen about the size of two badminton courts, Mr Tony Tay, 69, and three staff members…
/articles/dose-art-may-keep-dementia-bay
Two museums are trying art reminiscence therapy to engage seniors at risk in new study
Museum volunteer Tan Ai Yea is used to showing visitors works of art. The 39-year-old introduces up to…
/articles/volunteer-spotlight-growing-garden-city
Growing a Garden City The first Commissioner of Parks and Recreation Mr Wong Yew Kwan, 83, shares his experiences in helping to shape Singapore’s greening legacy.",,"
I play an advisory role on the…
/articles/facing-monster-wave
Francis Chin was inspired by Wee Tee Kiah (Befriendee) & Tan Chor Koon (Befriender) to write this fishing tale of the old man and the sea.
Wee Keong couldn’t believe what he was seeing. A…
/articles/one-100-years-old-one-just-31
These individuals fund specific causes in a targeted way, with a keen focus on results
DR OON CHIEW SENG, 100
At the grand old age of 100, Dr Oon Chiew Seng is still not done with work, and…
/articles/love-care-time
Love can blossom in one's golden years, even in a seniors' home.
Mr Lim Hoo Ching, 86, and Madam Tan Khin Lan, 75, are among four couples who have met and married at the AWWA Senior Community…
/articles/being-fish-its-job-dive
Philip Chan has been with Underwater World Singapore since it opened in 1991
A diver in a red and white Santa Claus costume, with a stringy beard no less, plunges into a tank, sending the fish…
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/articles/lets-meet-some-lifelong-learners-wendy-ong
From as early as the age of 5, Wendy Ong wanted to learn English so that she can be a doctor.
There was a time when my colleagues and I would hide away from English-speaking customers. But later, I…
/articles/getting-more-seniors-volunteer
Greater recognition, training opportunities and flexible volunteer work are some ways in which more seniors can be encouraged to give their time to a good cause.
These were among ideas…
/articles/help-seniors-produce-own-audio-shows
DIALOGUES on grandparenting, interviews with elderly volunteers and advice on making end-of-life preparations.
These will feature on the "Gift of Age" show, an Internet podcast series launched…
/articles/building-circles-friendship
Volunteers at a new social club for oldies are getting as much from the gatherings as the senior citizens
With a greeting on her lips and a smile on her face, she moved easily among…
/articles/living-life-no-regrets
A jovial granny on-stage and off-stage, Beatrice Chien shares how she pursued her passion of acting at the age of 62.
This 71-year-old grandmother of three had the acting bug at an early age. But due…
/articles/retired-nurse-tends-health-care-needs-seniors
MADAM Yeo Chwee Fong spent 36 years as a nurse in hospitals all over Singapore.
But despite retiring 14 years ago, the 70-year-old is still conducting health screenings and dispensing useful…
/articles/delivering-food-his-weekly-date
GREGORY Lee Ying Meng, 72, has a date with his wife every Saturday night.
They go round collecting and delivering bread for food-distribution charity Food From The Heart.
Mr Lee began working…
/articles/going-fourth-multiply-talking-about-old-issue
By 2030 there will be estimated 600,000 Singaporeans aged 75 years and older.
By 2030 there will be estimated 600,000 Singaporeans aged 75 years and older. Many, if not most, of those in this…
/articles/secrets-rome
Joanne Poh uncovers some of the Italian city’s lesser-known attractions
ROME is home to some of the world’s most recognisable postcard images.
Yet, when pressed for off-the-beaten-track…
/articles/splendour-and-despair-budapest
Take in the majesty and gravity of the storied Jewish quarter, where tens of thousands were tortured during World War II
While admiring the glory of the religious structures in Budapest's Jewish…
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