Poor thing! 95 years old Ah Mah die still kanna Sabo!

[AhJason]

Remember the news that the 95 year old Ah mah, former 红头今 who committed suicide? Internet people keep saying she committed suicide because of financial hardship and do not want to burden her children. Turn out to be untrue!

 

Wanbao clarified that the web media misquoted and mistranslated the wanbao reports by adding their own interpretation of Ah mah's suicide by stating that Ah mah's family is suffering from financial hardship and she dont want to burden the family with healthcare costs.

 

Wanbao added that it reserves legal rights to sue that web media.

 

So turn out that Ah mah's family is actually well to do and had a dedicated maid to look after the Ah mah. But old people have the traditional mindset of not wanting to burden their family ..... :( [bigcry]

 

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https://www.facebook.com/notes/kall-silva/her-name-is-mdm-lu-dai-hao/10151817917051344

 

 

A fellow Singaporean passed away on 11 Sep 13. She migrated to Singapore at the age of 17 from Canton, spent the bulk of her life working as a Samsui woman, and passed on at the age of 95, leaving behind a big family, all saddened by her sudden and shocking demise.

 

The media, both mainstream and online, have focused on the fact that her passing was a suicide. What's worse, some quarters have seized on her demise and made huge leaps of guesswork to suggest that she was forced to take her life because of financial burden, that the government does not help the poor and elderly and that her is emblematic of uncaring governance. In so doing, crass assumption like "not wanting to burden the family with hospital bills" have deeply wounded the family because, by simple association, they too are seen as uncaring and obliquely responsible for her death.

 

It's time for all the zealots and self-righteous to stop making use of this tragedy for their own agendas. None of us have any right to claim that she took her life because of this or that reason. None of us have the right to dishonour her featuring in the National Day Rally as now an irony of some imagined betrayal by the government. I believe she was truly proud to be honoured on our National Day, to tell us of how our pioneers toiled, suffered and build this home.

 

We have no right to turn her into any kind of symbol for our selfish grievances.

 

She is not your mother. She is the mother of her own children who are undoubtedly still grieving over her sudden departure. My heart goes out to them, caught up unwillingly in this swirl of mischevious media glare, while trying to heal and to move on with their lives. Let them grieve in peace.

 

A fellow Singaporean passed away on 11 Sep 13. She, like many others of her generation, helped build Singapore to what it is today through quiet fortitude and sheer determination. Let us remember her gently with respect and grace.

 

Her name is Mdm Lu Dai Hao (陆带好).

 

 

 

Edited November 29, 2013 by AhJason

[Datsun366]

When the stars threw down their spears,

And watered Heaven with their tears...

Byron.

 

FW who produced LT.

In memoriam of samsui woman, Lu Dai Hao.

[AhJason]

When the stars threw down their spears,

And watered Heaven with their tears...

Byron.

 

FW who produced LT.

In memoriam of samsui woman, Lu Dai Hao.

 

Uncle, u very cheeem. Is it a chinese poem?

[Porker]

 

Uncle, u very cheeem. Is it a chinese poem?

 

He is constantly high on drugs.

[Mcscot]

When the stars threw down their spears,

And watered Heaven with their tears...

Byron.

 

FW who produced LT.

In memoriam of samsui woman, Lu Dai Hao.

 

Bro ... it's by (William) Blake ... the other romanticist

[2BDriver]

 

He is constantly high on drugs.

He is not born Hum Berk meh

[Scion]

It's time for all the zealots and self-righteous to stop making use of this tragedy for their own agendas.

 

 

actually agendas or not, it doesn't hide the fact that the medical cost in Singapore has been rising for years, plus the undesirable efficiency at the general hospitals (long waiting times, lack of beds, etc)

 

the fact many people believe this misquoted news shows that most of us think that the medical cost here is nowhere near the affordable levels

[Ender]

 

Uncle, u very cheeem. Is it a chinese poem?

He didn't put youtube link, veyr good liao.

[AhJason]

 

actually agendas or not, it doesn't hide the fact that the medical cost in Singapore has been rising for years, plus the undesirable efficiency at the general hospitals (long waiting times, lack of beds, etc)

 

the fact many people believe this misquoted news shows that most of us think that the medical cost here is nowhere near the affordable levels

 

I won't deny that medical fees were perceived to be high. But had the web media reported truthfully, without adding unnecessary assertions to suit their own agenda, the family of the Ah Mah won't have to suffer with the finger pointing that they were unfilial. Are you able to bear with the label of 不孝？ Imagine the finger pointing from unknowing friends, colleagues and neighbours!

Edited November 29, 2013 by AhJason

[Knoobie]

so the ah ma commited suicide not wanting to burden the family huh?

[Jman888]

so the ah ma commited suicide not wanting to burden the family huh?

 

 

i think it is quite common for the older generation to think in such a way that they are burden to their children and grandchildren and choose to go ....

 

my auntie did the same more than 10 years ago.

[Itali4must4ng]

old people are very much more independent as compared to us lah.

[Gitanic]

death is nothing........,live in suffering is.

 

I've been near death few times n i know.

 

LKY is right....instant death is good.

[Playtime]

It's unfortunate that her death took on social angles of argument.

But it in no way negates the fact that people have chosen to die due to the lack of a proper way to live out their old age.

 

The Govt is no innocent angel, they are as guilty of using her as "proof" that the old and destitute don't exist and Bury the statistics.

 

Social media tried to highlight a problem we know exist.

The Govt try to deny. .. who is the bigger devil here? ????