Cluttered flat in Toa Payoh gives off a stench detectable from doorway

For about 20 years, three elderly siblings have been living in a cluttered flat in Toa Payoh, with nobody to rely on except one another.

Though the flat is already untidy enough, the second sister adds to the mess by collecting cardboard daily to make ends meet, she told Shin Min Daily News.

Siblings live difficult lives in cluttered Toa Payoh flat

78-year-old Madam Ou Yayang (transliterated from Mandarin) told the paper that she lives in the unit in Block 105 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh with her older brother, 87, and their 67-year-old younger brother.

When their parents were alive, the family squeezed into a two-room flat, and their lives were difficult, she said.

But after their parents passed away, the siblings’ lives have become even worse.

As her older brother has heart problems, he relies on her for c...