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Senior volunteers: At 89, she still cycles around Tiong Bahru to befriend seniors
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Madam Teow Swee Cheow phones seniors living alone and visits them in person regularly, cycling to their homes.
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SINGAPORE - Madam Teow Swee Cheow is an experienced befriender, with 20 years of helping seniors who live alone under her belt.
And at 89 years old, she is also social service agency Lions Befrienders' oldest volunteer.

