For more than a decade, an elderly Chinatown resident purportedly had no access to electricity, water and gas.
With bags of sundries piled high within his one-room rental flat, his nights were spent along the stretch of corridor outside the unit.
His circumstances were shared online on Dec 23 by non-profit platform Keeping Hope Alive, which assisted in decluttering the flat.
The volunteer group’s Facebook post noted how time seemed to have stopped 10 years ago for the man in his 80s, who had a 2015 calendar hung on a wall.
With water supply cut off, the man, surnamed Wong, told volunteers he doesn’t shower and only washes his face at a public toilet. He also had no shoes and could not recall when he last brushed his teeth.
He has been living in the flat since 1979 and pays $35 a month in rental, reported Shin Min Daily News.
It wasn’t reported why his utilities were cut off.
