Helping residents find their way home easily

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Madam Shirley Cheong was at the void deck of her Housing Board block when she noticed an elderly woman, who she knew lived in a nearby block, walking up the stairs.

Speaking in Mandarin, Madam Cheong, 78, said: "I asked her 'Auntie, are you looking for someone?' And she said she was going home, but she didn't realise she was at the wrong block.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on June 14, 2021, with the headline Helping residents find their way home easily. Subscribe