The Hawker's Assistant: CNA Insider's Series On Singapore's Elderly Poor

He was once so broke, he couldn't afford to eat. But even then Mr Ong Hock Soon didn't want welfare - he just wanted a job. "I still can move," he said. At 69, he's on his feet 8 hours a day serving customers at a porridge stall.

READ: The faces of Singapore's elderly working poor
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For our full series on #elderlypoverty in Asia, see: https://cna.asia/elderlypoverty

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