DAP MP builds new home for senior citizen

13-May-2021, 20:45

13 May 2021, 20:45

Ah Hock had been living without electricity and water at a dilapidated home for many years, according to Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim.

Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim and ‘Ah Hock’ outside of his newly built home. (Twitter pic)

PETALING JAYA:

A 75-year-old Penangite who had been living without electricity and water at a dilapidated home for many years was recently presented with a new home by DAP’s Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim.

Sim said the man, who was only called “Ah Hock”, was frail, had no income and lived alone in the “home” that also had a roof that leaked when it rained.

The dilapidated home where Ah Hock stayed for years.

“He has been harvesting rainwater for general use all this time,” Sim said on Twitter, adding that the man was also blind in one eye and relied on the kindness of his neighbours at a Malay village nearby for his daily meal.

Sim said that the “home” also did not have a toilet and Ah Hock answered the call of nature in the bushes nearby.

Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim busy laying bricks for the new home he and his team built for Ah Hock in nine days.

“Fortunately, in nine days, we were able to build him a new home. He now has electricity and water. Uncle (Ah Hock) does not need to live in the dark and rely on rainwater anymore.

“We also served him some steamboat, to which, he said he last ate it ‘during the Japanese era’,” Sim said on Twitter.