The plight of one Singaporean was shared by a Kilmar Wong on 25 February. This Singaporean earns money by collecting carton boxes. He can only collect between 300-400kg per day. At 300kilos, the carton boxes are valued at a mere $30.
This Singaporean is working to get by and support his wife who is at home. The wife suffers from rheumatism. To do his job, he rents a Toyota Hiace van which costs him about $1500 a month. According to our calculations, that would get him about a loss of $500. When asked how he pays off the rental, he claims to do other delivery jobs as well.
Look at how some of us Singaporeans have to suffer for an income less than $2000. Kilmar Wong appeals to rental companies to lower the rental costs for such Singaporeans and also to the recycling companies to increase the buying price of carton boxes from $0.08cts to $0.13cts per kilo.
One question comes to mind after reading this post: Singaporeans are trying to help. But is our government doing anything?
