I've worked in Singapore for 7 years and yes, I saw some elders living on the street. It is so heartbreaking 😢 seeing old people on the streets because it is the time of their lives that they should be taken care of and enjoying the rest of the years that they will be alive

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of." - Confucius, Chinese teacher and philosopher

This is Singapore, not just your filtered and edited shots of the mbs, gardens by the bay, orchard road or changi jewel on Instagram accounts liked by outsiders. Sad truth.

I can't help but wonder, what decisions in life had led them to this stage -- of how much they have been through and how they are still surviving through it all. What mental strength and grit they must have developed. How ironic that the old man is sleeping in the vicinity of Marina Bay, surrounded and juxtaposed with wealth all around. Why do I feel depressed now....

Our Government does not really care . They are interested in taking care of the rich and wealth overseas. Born in Singapore and had no space to live in a proper home.

I went to singapore with my family 2 months ago...it is all about money.I felt like everything there has a huge price.the situation was a lot better when I went there for the first time in 2006

Seeing this from an other nation. I appreciate Spore is clean and safe enough to live outdoor.

Guess when LHL said no one is left behind he did not see these people. Sad.....so sad

Well this is what happen to a country that is based on meritocracy.

I see a lot of homeless in Singapore, very sad

Maybe our govt scholars can think about helping these people instead of coming up with policies that only benefits certain group

"Bus isnt operated yet when i need to take it to work" dude thailand is backward compare to singapore but our bus operate since 4am. . .

This is so heartbreaking 💔

I hate this society. the money system does not work for the vast majority. humanity does. start helping, giving selflessly. share your love and compassion. humanity is a family.

thanks to Singapore government make everything expensive and make us soooo stress out.

This is sad... the government should do something to help these people

There are still many poor and helpless ppl here in Singapore ,just wondering how our government would do and look into it?

Why can't Singapore just run the public transportation earlier? Surely one of the wealthiest places in the world could afford to do do.

So pitiful to find homeless people in wealthy Singapore, the government should help provide them with job, food & proper shelter

I had never imagined of seeing this when I was in Spore.

Where are their families?

you should come to beach road and see. i stayed there since 1998 as a kid. my mum's still staying there. occasionally i would go back. seeing mostly familiar faces. there you find plenty of elders sleeping at void deck, they're of course my neighbours; knowing the fact that they sleep at the void deck at night because they don't want to die unknown in their flat. my next door neighbour passed away at home took us a few days to realise he was dead. most of them have kids, adult kids. hopeless kids. rely hopeless kids.

Being single with no money, u can only get a studio rental flat, but you can't stay by yourself, they will put another single man who is a stranger to stays with you. Sure there's a lot of problem, and this rental flat for single is studio with no bed room, it's very small with no privacy, valuable can be easily seen, easy to have conflict with two people living in a different life style, that's why they rather sleep outside. I think they should change the part where one person are allow to rent and not compulsory to be only rent by two.

Singaporean are welcome to live in Laos. We have plenty of space for more good Singaporean people whom cannot live in a modern and very expensive Singapore anymore.

why I never see this kind of video from Channell News Asia?

Life in Singapore is stressful

reading comment below on how hard is it for Singaporean to own a house I think Singapore need to build highest of highest apartment or a boat as a house.

I always had this question about homeless people dying...like what'll happen. I'm glad this man has clarified things for me,And I just wish the best for him. I wish I could help

The building behind it has a big pool on it right?

There's always "Homeless" in my recommendation. Is KZfaq trying to imply I will be homeless in a near future or sooner?

Wow the comments I see are disturbing... these “homeless” people ain’t real homeless... first guy rented a place but he doesn’t want to stay there because it’s too “far”. The second guy is worse.. he don’t want to rent a place to stay because of his previous encounter with a roommate.. what kind of homelessness is this compared to other countries??

Singapore why not provide boutique homes, smaller than 1room flat but good enough to sleep and clean oneself, with a mini kitchen? Can rent or buy.

If I'm jobless and without a home I will rather go prison then live in the street. Free meal, shower, clothing, can exercise and sleep under a roof... Plus there is free health care

Can the person who filmed this clip🧡🥀 please go and give Mr Chau. Don't know if i spelt his name right but please go and tell him that he can be very proud of himself and he has a job and most of all he does not steal and he tries to keep himself as neat as possible. It's not his fault that the rent is so high. He can be proud of himself and hold his head up high. He has nothing to be ashamed about. My name is Sharon and I am from South Africa. My prayer for him is that someone watching this can help him to get a place to live closer to work.

Does it get cold in Singapore?

For those who still egoistic n arrogant......dont worry.....when u get old u will taste it a bit.....then u will know how they feel

Great video!

Either sleep in public places near the work place and get to work in time or sleep in your own HDB unit with the possibility of losing your job by going in late. Not actually a homeless situation for most of these "homeless men" . Life is not always what it seem from outside in little red dot, go figure!

I don't wanna be THAT guy but one would wonder where their cpf money is? At that age they should have a steady supply of cpf money( maybe not much but it should suffice ) given every month right?

I still don’t get it. Most of them are employed have have hdb flat on their name. But they prefer to sleep outdoor homelessly due to commute distance? I guess due to low crime it is safe to sleep in public places.

I'm here hoping soon humanity will rise in mankind and instead of power, fame & greed, we start to acknowledge love and gratitude regardless of race,religion, social background, & country boundaries.

Heartbroken to see people sleeping in the street. Why the government is not helping them?

In other countries when you are old government give insurance Singapore only a bit or don’t even have

I'm a canadian of chinese decent. Canada is perceived as a compassionate society with a social safety net for the less fortunate. Billions has been spent on poverty reduction and homelessness. Yet Toronto city government is the largest slum lord in North America. They own the buildings housing low income families. Buildings are now 40 to 50 years old and beyond repair. Hence, families live in slum buildings. The cost to repair is astronomical and not practical. Better to sell the land and build new. Good intentions of the past has led to a crisis of affordable housing. The destitute are often mentally ill, addiction issues, criminal past, trafficked, run aways with domestic issues, abused women, etc...We even have shelters that can house 100s of people, but you must leave in the morning. There are even all day warming shelters for those extremely cold days. We have one of the most successful charitable food drives. None of these initiatives have made a significant impact on homelessness and poverty. You can spend billions or nothing and still have poverty and homeless. There are no easy answers. But affordable housing is the cornerstone of poverty reduction.

Listen people . I dont know a lot about singapore but i want to tell singaporeans something(all of them ,from homeless to the billionaires). YOU ARE BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN BORN THEIR. Please read further. Every country has its own problems. You guys must also be having some. But you know what i know it's still least than others out their struggling to even live . Normal citizens have so much luxury. You get the best whatever thing you pay. Least chances to be scammed , best qualities. YOU SAY EXPENSIVE? NO IT IS NOT. You get best quality cheap food at hawkers, world class transportation(MRTs buses etc),best management and homeland security. I find thailand more expensive than singapore i say infact. Even still the country tries to solve every problem. IN THE END , singaporeans should be thannkful to have been born their. NEVER EVER COMPLAINT ABOUT GOVT. its probably the most efficient out their. MY SISTER HAS BEEN STUDYING THEIR FOR LIKE 5 YEARS NOW. She finds the true loveable country not at marina bay or orchard but at tiong bahru , chinatown etc . Hope you get me

I never thought that Singapore has problems like these.Knew it was way too perfect to be true.

Where is this place in singapore?

The best nation in SEA, but the poor are kicked out of sight, capitalism finest.

I feel really bad for this Uncle...😢

this is a lesson for any government. they must build public bathhouse, public toilet, and the city forest/jungle. and also build a safe pedestrian

REALLY SAD, HENCE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LEFT SINGAPORE!

you don't pay the CPF , you don't pay the town council/PUB bill , this is what you get , homeless . Pay And Pay.... or homeless , this is the truth of staying in Singapore

Being homeless, it's a situation we have somebody we cannot except in our life ,but it is the only way to let the person go

Being homeless in Singapore is still better than being homeless in any other country. Warm weather, clean public places, free public facilities. I believe if they were reach out, there will always be helping hands around. we not perfect, but we progress. Hope things will get better! =)

What happened?

Despite his predicament he still very considerate

good tips.im getting booted out soon..why not changi airport?

PAP should be proud of these homeless people because PAP ministers and MPs create this problem for them . PAP did this because they know the these poor and homeless voters won't create any threats to them in parliament. that's is why PAP hold on to your CPF and enriche themselves.

This is what a materialistic society has to offer. Pursuit for happiness, that's what matter

This is happen maybe bcoz too many foreign worker .

Where were those homeless stayed during COVID-19 CB?

I would sleep in the storage room, where I worked. Employer should give you a quiet space.

Lost for words... Not but truly a pity to see them like that

but you guy still support government.what to do men l told hundreds time this is no more Singaporean land no more kampong sprites style. only rich n famous people around the world global economy

Singapore is governed like that of corporation rather than a nation states.

Whatever the excuse or reasons may be, you can’t call yourself anything but “developing” when there are people still sleeping in your streets and alleys. It maybe a very wealthy city state but it is not as well governed as it seems.

My old house was demolished by my cousin. I will end up sleeping in the streets. Not to worry. This life is short.

I'm with you man

May I know which countries have no poverty??

Homeless people are everywhere, is not just happening in Singapore. Is happening in Europe, in England and Wales we too have a lot of homeless people sleeping in the street. Some are pretenders who make a living out of the generosity of the public, wheather they are pretenders or truly homeless. Either through a fault of they own or due to various economic or health reasons, is a shame to the British government or any governments in the world to allow it to happen to it citizens. Social care and health so be all governments top priority, especially in countries where they is cold weather. We in England and Wales have a lot of empty building, surely the British government can afford to create special needs for their citizens who have fallen into hard time. By creating temporary accommodation so the homeless do not have to sleep on the streets, with a given address so the homeless can apply for seekers allowance and apply for jobs. Once successful candidate's who got a job then they can move on to a different accommodation and from they onwards to private accommodation or to council accommodation etc. All citizens should be given a chance

Malaysia welcomes you guys with open arms

Since the 38 Qxley rd don't demolish, should send all homeless to there

This is sad and I did not realize that this side of Singapore existed. I once had a friend that lived in Indonesia and she said that life there is hard, but she said the biggest problem is actually people are lazy and do not want to work or study hard. They would rather steal, cheat, and do other dishonest things instead of working and studying or they just give up completely. She said there was there were many opportunities around but many young people just do not want to even try.

Everytime i see a Homeless video in SG, i see alot of them smoking. Cigs are really expensive in Singapore, well unless someone gives them for free.

I think u have seen that uncle with the suit case before , maybe 4 years ago at that exact place

The last words are called wisdom

He's not homeless. Didn't anyone actually watch the video. He rents a place with his sister but doesn't want to stay there as it's too far from his work place.

Did he choose not to live in old folks home?

You can still manage by when you’re homeless in Singapore. Free showers,water and there are casual jobs you can take..It’s only age that affects our ability,saving up money before it gets worse is the only way to live

I'm an Indonesian" I once traveled to Singapore, they say, if you want to become a resident there, you will be given 9.5 billion/900,000 $' but the fact is, why do the citizens experience this?

Is sometimes very hard to get along, if u cannot get along, u rather stay outside want peace.

Our ancestors had tougher lives den them, many don’t have chance to study and learn. Yet they work hard to build this mosquito swamp land into something. Life here becomes better for their descendants yet so many complaints. Remember, our land got nothing but swamp. What can we do? Is like one year old kids fighting against 10 year old kids. Always prepare well folks out there, or maybe, maybe we will become like them. Homeless again...

Its the result of high house prices ... the rents just keep going up ... so sad it can happen in a rich country like Singapore ...

1:43 Looking at Marina Bay and this guy, makes me think that maybe Singapore wants to keep the poverty side hidden. I was a student there for 2 years and I have seen a few homeless people in orchard road and a bit in Tuas as well.

Pap where r u, wad u doin

Singaporeans are very nice people, I once got lost on the road when I asked local people they gave me money to take the bus where I asked where I was staying.

Looks like a task for MSF (Ministry Of Social & Family)

Been ther done that! All i can say is gd luck n wish these folks the very best for the future. :...(...

Not only him many r there once I was with my kids I know the pain please help

Dont u guy have hostels for homeless? I guess in most developed countries have..

you have homeless people in every country no matter how rich they are

In any case without knowing why at his age he doesn't have any savings or hdb flat from before, it's hard to say anything.

he show a picture Vietnam sometime this oldman conned by vietnam girl i seen alot n family dont want them

"There is no homeless people here in Singapore!!" -my father I was only 5 when he said that

I hope the government would arrange a room studio for him to stay. Slèeping onbthe streetnis very very difficult life. Often they are disturb fr their sleep and have to be clnstantbfinding a good spot to live. Pitiful.

Singapore needs a human touch.

i thought singapore is perfect until watch this...

It won't look good if there is slum in Singapore so the government rather let the homeless to sleep at public areas than building a ugly property

why not sleep in hostel ? takecost 600 singapore probably

hope they find help soon.