You can escape heat, but you can't escape humidity. 29c with low humidity vs 29c at high humidity is a huge difference. You can stand in the shade doing nothing and still sweat like a pig.
@@sonnymq I was also surprised they recommended "Aircoolers". These appliances work best in hot, dry climates. But it would make the room more humid in tropical climates such as Singapore.
Wtf is this retardation? They are recommending humidifiers to cool your house in a humid climate? Good luck with the mold and suffering from the humid air.
so many global experts consulted, high tech cameras used to measure temperature, but not a single mention about humidity Humidity affects evaporation and how hot or cold our skin feels the air, its a very important factor
Because is nothing much that can be done to affect humidity inside such a small space. That's why she still wants the aircon at the end because while 2 degrees is a big improvement, it's still fking uncomfortable.
@@charmainechin9249 Agreed. Wish him and family good health and many blessing. His documentaries are very educational for me esp. things happening in Singapore.
Maybe invest in an air purifier and dehumidifier, there are models that have both built-in... Staying on a low floor, I have to deal with smoke from vehicles, cigarettes and joss paper/incense sticks almost on a daily, and since I got an air purifier and dehumidifier plus a ceiling fan, it has helped a lot when I have to shut my windows...
Same!!! Bloody smokers. How come they dun die from lung cancer smthg but live long and cause health problems for non smokers with their 2nd and 3rd hand smoke.
Wtf is this retardation? They are recommending humidifiers to cool your house in a humid climate? Good luck with the mold and suffering from the humid air.
I think cooling things down will still solve the issue, even with high humidity. But yeah, lower humidity is more comfortable and healthier. Ironically the humble aircon is a good dehumidifier.
Anyone who buys wood products/uses wood decorations in Singapore is crazy, unless he is able to afford those extremely expensive solid wood from Europe, Western/Central/Northern Asia.
Usage of aircon is only exacerbating the environmental crisis and creating a vicious cycle of warmer temperature due to global warming. Be creative. Eat healthily so won’t grow fat. Fat ppl tend to feel sweaty and hot.
@@Theodore2303 how many of us at home can replicate what they are doing tho. how many people have thermal cameraas, that wind measuring device, the misting thingy etc to rearrange our furniture in a way that can cool down our house? unlikely anyone is going to hire an expert to come to their house just for that, and the people that have the money to do so already have an aircon
@@nikibowe hey there, engineer here, one easy way to do this is to to get some ice cream from chateraise, they will give you a dry ice pack with it. Drop that dry ice (using chopstick, don't use hand) into a container filled with water, it will give you the same effect albeit less cool and less apparent.
What they failed to mention was that Bukit Timah has got all the rich people staying there. So, more place for trees and better living for the rich. Us staying in the HDB estates, we have to deal with it!
@zaycee_4273 low density with alot trees, that is the coolest. High density but alot of trees, ok manageable high density, next to industrial estate, few trees. the worst... cite me other examples if u don't agree
I lived in bedok surviving the heat for the past 30years only recently install aircon + ceiling fans in all my rooms. Realised that i don't rely that much on aircon only turn on when necessary but ceiling fan is a MUST once i stepped into the house. Highly recommend to install ceiling fan not only energy efficient, cost saving, save the space unlike standing fan and so much easier to clean as compared to orbit fan.
I live in Karachi, a coastal city, with very hot and humid summers. With just the fan on we’re still uncomfortable, like you move around a bit and you start sweating. So air conditioning definitely helps cool the rooms, fans don’t do that much, but air con is expensive.
Yes!! The episode is very badly bad. Aircon is only exacerbating the environmental crisis! More fossil fuels are needed to power the aircon. The result is endless vicious cycle of rising global temperatures. Ppl should get creative on how to keep cool. And also ppl should stop procreating! I’m an antinatalist & an advocate of VHEMT. Nobody needs to have 3 kids, single mum or not. Humans are the driving force of the environmental crisis. Everyone thinks their 2 kids won’t make a dent. Think about the cumulative effect of billions of others who are also procreating. 2500 soiled diapers alone are thrown out in just the first year of ONE baby. Not to mention the carbon footprint of every human for the entire lifespan. Obese ppl also tend to feel sweatier and hotter. When I go into malls with aircon, I always wear a cardigan, but some fat ladies will still be carrying a little fan with their trotter hands.
Maybe you are right but while the meal we saw wasn’t the healthiest of choices. I want to give the mother the benefit of doubt. The McDonald’s may be a treat from the film crew. She is a single mother with 3 children living in (I assume) a 2-rm flat. Her financial situation is probably not optimal. Most people would like to eat healthy but let’s face it, the poor cannot afford the healthier options, fresh meat is way more expensive than luncheon meat, for example. I hate to question her food choices for her family because she came across as a loving mother and she may be doing her best with limited resources. Food, utilities, school, basic needs… think of all her expenses. Who is to say we would not make the same choices if we found ourselves in her situation.
Could someone advise Fiona to prepare more foods with green leaves instead of canned luncheon meats and French fries then her eldest and the third boys can reduce their skin issues, bad foods bring bad body reactions.
She can also go down buy cai fan for her son. As someone who cook, i believe she didn't include veggies because they turn bad within 2 to 3 days. She is lazy to travel out of house even for air con. I do think her size make it harder for her to go marketing daily or even buy cai fan for 2 meals a day. Her teenage sons are big enough to do marketing or buy cai fan thou.
usually ppl dont install them coz ceiling fan is harder to clean. If you are lower income, its hard to hire cleaners so its usually easier to just clean standing fans
As a northshore resident, the flats here are built not too close to each other and we are near to the sea which provides the cooling wind as opposed to other estates.
Wtf is this retardation? They are recommending humidifiers to cool your house in a humid climate? Good luck with the mold and suffering from the humid air.
As an Aussie guy who partly grew up in the central desert and the tropics of Australia, I would gladly volunteer my time to help struggling Singaporeans in lower-income households escape the heat by helping them implement changes to their housing setup. I don't really need an income anymore as I run an online business, but I would love the opportunity to live long-term in Singapore to help folks in my favourite city in the world.
That's mighty nice of you, I hope you get the chance to help people all over the world. I think even just sharing what your experience with passive cooling already starts to help. I hope Channel News Asia covers more of this too
Humanity is starting to reap the fruit of industrialization. Climate change is decades-old topic but now people are really directly feeling the effects. This is definitely just not Singapore, there is an El Niño map.
I feel cool in my small flat in boon keng without aircon (i also have the luxury of living on a high floor) but i didn't realise how much the lack of clutter and mindful material choices make to my comfort levels. Very insightful and hopefully people feel empowered.
Yes it's not suitable for living, the humidity and heat are unbearable. Even if your body is able to adjust to the climate, you can't do any decent home decorations as most furnitures and decors deteriorate very fast in high humid temperature weather.
So thankful I’m born in Malaysia coz we have Bkt. Timah kind of living everywhere. Space isn’t an issue for us. I’m only commenting on this particular topic. So haters, don’t be a soar loser to shoot me on “your opinion” on other issues. Tell me which country have zero issue. Don’t fool yourself.
Also eat healthily. Luncheon meat and French fries are toxic food. Look at their size! No wonder they feel sweaty and hot. When I go into malls with aircon, I always wear a cardigan but I see some fat ladies still carrying small hand-held fans with their trotter hands!
@@ABC-ed8cgsounds like you got anaemia lol, have you seen a dr. Most malls barely have functioning aircon. Edit: seems like you mentioned them being obese in several comments and calling them pigs.. yikes lady
I have visited two room flats before and they were well maintained, uncluttered and airy.. this mom's housekeeping needs improvements, cleaning and proper planning... The air con is just to fix the heat but cleanlines of house and air con servicing are different matters.
Her diet also. She’s feeding her kids toxic food and she’s wondering why they have eczema. You’re what you eat. I eat clean food like smoothies blended from scratch at home. She’s feeding her kids processed food with absolutely no nutrients-- luncheon meat and French fries. Nobody needs to have 3 kids, single mum or not. Humans are the driving force of the environmental crisis if you don’t already know. Everyone thinks their 2 kids won’t make a dent. Think about the cumulative effect of billions of others who are also procreating. Obese ppl also tend to feel sweatier and hotter. When I go into malls with aircon, I always wear a cardigan, but some fat ladies will still be carrying a little fan with their trotter hands.
The family needs the following: 1) Get rid of the cloth in the door so it wont block the air and install a 2nd hand steel gate so they can leave the main door open. 2) Install a Ceiling fan in the bed room and living room 3) Install exhaust fan on one of the end of the house to suck out heat and create wind flow 4) Have plants outside without blocking the windows and some inside too 5) Talking Point could have ask sponsorship from Uniqlo and sponsor the Mom & kids with Airism clothing and wear oversized clothes for comfort 6) Also sponsorship from Ikea for additional cabinets for clothes 7) 6 months sponsorship for a free lunch dish/ meal in a hawker so they will have their daily exercise to get the food 8) Have the kids get a very short haircut or buy an electric trimmer and have Fiona trim the hair of her kids. 9) Put the stove at the back with the exhaust fan
With evaporative air coolers you need really good ventilation, otherwise it will drastically raise the humidity in the environment. In the context of Singapore, it will make one feel even warmer and extremely sticky.
exactly my thought... evaporation is endotermic, meaning absorb heats. But to evaporate ... you need low humidity. Same reason if you spray water in AC room, it will feel really cool and if you spray the same water in Sauna, it will feel really hot.
the mother and children should learn to keep the house clean and clutter free. Everything is dumped around and they even sleep with rubbish on the floor. Of course it is hard to get the wind to circulate. As long as you keep things clean and off the floor, even a small house can be well ventilated.
Easier said than done… Single parent household, mum will be very tired after a day of work. Not easy having to deal the kids after, much less having additional energy to housekeep..
i think this is a side effect of the chinese culture of treating male children highly over female children. that by being a male exempts them from house chores. the mother should have trained her sons that they should pitch in their part in maintaining the household. especially in their case that they are a one parent household and that one parent can't do all those things/chores by herself.
@@alekto101 this is so true, then can't get GF because never lived a day as a dependable male let alone male partner. in the end buy anal beads and PCC until die.
Wrong. One day off to get it situated and then discipline the kids. I'd know, I grew up poor and most of my extended family was poor. We still lived a better, cleaner, and healthier life than same income households with less kids. Now many of us have great careers meanwhile many of the kids of pushover parents are min wage👌🤌 be a parent not your kids friend.
Trust me, within a week it wiil be back the same way it was before. Its not about what they need. Its about what they dun need. Its about culture and education
They definitely don’t need luncheon meat and French fries. Not with their size. The poor diet also contributes to or at least exacerbates their eczema.
I remember an episode already done on this yrs ago and it showed how aircons can actually contribute to the heat especially when the condensers are stacked up. I really appreciate that the estates have been planned with all these put into consideration. Other countries cld learn from us and i think we pioneer in this aspect.
With 3 boys in a 2-room rental, I don't think there's much improvement that can be done with that amount of space for a single mum with 3 kids. But yeah maybe they can get rid of the big unsightly tables, and just have the kids hold up their reading materials in the air while studying. Or just go buck naked! That way you wouldn't need a place for clothes. And think of all the space the 3 boys could enjoy in the bedroom by sleeping upright instead of being spoiled enough to want mattress space. Endless possibilities with minimalism!
Cibaiii dont anyhow judge. A single mother responsible for 3 kids u think its easy?? U dont think she has to work and takecare of herself too? Nabeii. Help and talk less cibai
Enjoyed this insightful episode and talking point. Well done Steven and the production team for a great job. Hope the team can look into what other ways the government and organizations can do to help combat the rising heat in Singapore.
Wtf is this retardation? They are recommending humidifiers to cool your house in a humid climate? Good luck with the mold and suffering from the humid air.
Wtf is this retardation? They are recommending humidifiers to cool your house in a humid climate? Good luck with the mold and suffering from the humid air.
As a fellow tropical & archipelago citizen who is living in Indonesia, we need to raise the talk about humidity. Bet some of us have never heard about RH level. We are living in high humidity level places, yet we rarely hear peoples complain about this. With the same temperature (24-27), but a slightly lower RH level can make us feel more comfortable "to live with".
Wtf is this retardation? They are recommending humidifiers to cool your house in a humid climate? Good luck with the mold and suffering from the humid air.
Yeah but even now that you're talking about it, i think most people don't understand what you're talking about. RH refers to relative Humadity- the amount of moisture in the air.
@@AR-ek1jr Yes! There’s rH (relative humidity), because the warmer air gets, the more water/humidity it can store. Relative humidity is important to understand if water can evaporate (=create cooling) or not. If there’s already 100% of water in the air, it cannot evaporate/cool. The higher the humidity, the slower the evaporation/cooling. If rH is 70-80% like in SG, it’s very difficult for water (or also sweat!) to evaporate/create cooling. That’s why it takes so long for clothes to dry here and also why the body generates more sweat (trying to cool down more) and we feel sticky. Do you think that explains it better?
Help can't afford to buy and install aircon, next help can afford to pay the electricity bill, next can't afford to service the aircon and then when spoil can't afford to replace the aircon. Clearly the solution she is thinking of comes with a chain of problems down the road.
As someone who work with social workers. There are multiple private and government sectors will help. And i also agree it's the poor living standards and choices that lead to their issue. Given their poor condition they still expect more than they can afford. It's eventually the taxpayers money that will pay for the money leeches use. I rather the money we pay for tax go to those senior or those grateful souls instead.
she’s a single mum!! why are you all so ruthless with her? i have both parents thankfully but we still couldn’t afford fix the aircon for more than 5 years… only after i graduated and got a full time job pay then we could fix it. if i removed the aircon from all of you here for 5 years, how would you feel? sg is only getting hotter.
@@AverageAufa When my washing machine was spoilt, I handwash my clothes for 2 years. When my water heater was spoilt I bath in cold water for 3 years. Have not been using aircon for 20 years. Live is still livable. The comment is just a preview of what the problems she will face even when an aircon is installed unless her financial suitation improves. Adopting a victim hood mentality to think that people comments are ruthless against a single mother helps no one.
@@AverageAufa because she is leeching the society. When your parents are poor do your parents go around leech the society too or they use own effort and educate their children to improve so the family can have a batter future? Why harsh at Fiona because she only want the social worker to provide her with everything. She have no plans to self provide. Worst she continues to groom her son to be lazy and unable to be independent. Words may be harsh now but if she don't wake up by harsh words, do you want her son to lose their mother then unable to find job to feed themselves and beg the society and social worker? How many single mother out there are working hard to provide a better future for her children? Leeching parents will be scolded even if they aren't single mum. It's the leeching mind set. What make you assume the few old folks aren't single parent at age 70s too?
To feel cooler, you should wear thin, loose, and light cotton shirts or blouses. Thick, black or dark clothing will attract more heat, hence making you feel hotter. Try or test it and see for yourself whether this is true or not.
Buy a good ceiling fan. My room feels air-conditioned with just a ceiling fan. Standing fan takes up space, my home used to have more than 10 of those, made a switch to ceiling fan, best decision of my life.
All these people talking smack about ceiling fan, defending how standing fans are better, never had a ceiling fan before. Also, don't buy those fancy KDK or Prism fans. My friend bought a KDK for like 400+, i swear my cheap ass Fanco feels way stronger.
@@AR-ek1jr Yah , I agree . I have 2 KDK ceiling fan in my living room and dining room rooms , performance is so so only . We use standing fans in all the bedrooms for safety reasons .
Those so called experts weren’t really expert. To cool down the place, it is more effective to put a fan at the bedroom door facing the outside and leaving the window opened. Put another fan in the living room facing the kitchen and leave the kitchen window opened. Blowing a fan right at your face or using a ceiling fan to circulate air within a room itself isn’t effective in reducing the temperature. Drawing fresh air from outside into the room and expel the air out from the kitchen window helps. Airflow will bring fresh air into the rooms and cool it down. The airflow will also pull the hot air from the fridge, mould spores, odour etc out. The “experts” also never consider the sun and wind direction. North and South facing opening are windy depending on the time of the year. If wind is coming from the kitchen, they could place the fan facing the other way. Drawing air from the kitchen and blowing into the bedroom. N facing has sun from Oct to Mar and S facing Apr to Sep. Blocking out the harsh sun during the day will help keep the room cooler. blackout or alum foil screen helps. Having plants at the windows will also help to block excess light and reduces the heat. Put a tatami or bamboo mat on the mattress. Those were very common in the past when most home do not have aircon.
Luncheon meat = $3 Fries = $5 Instant noodles = $3 Didn't even include the oil and saucers and drinks cost... 2 veg 1 meat cai fan = $3 at all those 2 room flat estate sure got such pricing cai fan. Or simply buy vegetable and 1 bag of 2kg frozen chicken to cook a healthier meal for your son. Walking down to buy cai fan twice a day can help u stay active too. 😂 More walking burn more fats and increase the heat your body can endure.
Advocator of ceiling fans too! You get more coverage, less clutter and get to use a remote at the comfort of your bed :) - its not too exp our family uses Fanco - cheaper than KDK and you get the right power at lower price
I live in an apartment with a balcony in Hong Kong where there is relatively good open space and I would say that rotating fans are better for flats simply because ceiling fans seem to circulate hot air. Great for reaching smaller spaces with the AC on but if we're talking ceterus paribus then a regular ROTATING fan would be the best for air flow since apartments(depending on where you're facing and the density of the buildings) tend to have much less circulation This seems to be why ceiling fans are popular in restaurants but relatively uncommon in apartments. I have one but it is rarely used
I'm not a fan of ceiling fans :) They just blow the air downwards. It still circulates within the apartment when you don't open the windows. It blows HOT air from the top of the ceiling down, so it just spreads more dust everywhere. They also make lamps flicker unless you get expensive ones that have the lights below them. DIRECTIONAL fans are important to direct the air to flow where you want it to. For example, blowing hot air OUTSIDE the house, instead of just circulating it up and down.
Those kids aren’t that young. They should do something to help themselves. Instead of relying on others for help, there are many things they could do to help themselves. They seems to be doing better than many lower income families here. Giving them an aircon wouldn’t solve their problem.
@@zestiny_amazing??? I stayed around fion stayed and its still hot and humid with less item i have in my room. Dont just assumed just by watching the video. Its really bad here. Even the water its hot without the heater on
Sleep on the bare floor. Clean the floor first. Place thin cotton sheet. Shower first before sleeping. Drink barley water boiled with pandan leaves. Shower frequently. I use ceiling fans instead of air conditioner.
14:30 I find the advice to use an air cooler very misleading, and even harmful, especially in a humid climate like Singapore. It will increase the humidity even further, up to 100%. Also, the cooling only happens when the water can evaporate. This is the case when humidity is low. At 100% humidity, the water cannot evaporate, hence only increasing the moisture in the room. This will not at all lead to a cooler house but to a house with mold.
Sad to see many Singaporeans are living in less than satisfactory conditions..wish there are more of these programs to help clean up their living space and make it more livable
Yes i can beat it. I lived in a house with no aircon for 20years of my life and only relied on a fan. And my room out of my sibilings and family's is so badly unventilated that the rain wont go into my room unless its extreme rain+ wind. But the trade off is that i cant handle long hours in a aircon that is 25 degrees or less.
You have evolved biologically to adapt to the environment, so you have an advantage of paying less out of a lifetime of air-conditioning. I would say that is a genetic gift 😀
I grew up without air conditioning in our 3 room hdb flat. Open windows and fan to create draft. Got use to it. Was the climate cooler than now I cannot say but what I can say is that during those time we have had water rationing because reservoir level went low.
yes same didnt have aircon until end of poly in 2019 when the heat just got too bad, every night sweating unless it rains, one factor would be the climate second would be the number of people that are now using aircon..
also like the video states, depends where you live it might be hotter or cooler. which floor u stay in also affects the heat… i live low floor right next to the road on both sides and no tall trees
Hi ... I'll be renovating my place in two weeks' time and have a 4 yrs window air con up for grab. It's super cold & well maintained with low usage. Thought it's a shame to let the contractor to discard it during hacking. Do pm me if you are keen 😊
there are lot poor ppl in sg . not everyone is fortunate like these people with aircon. the country may look rich ,but there alot low income ppl in sg.as alot young ppl only buy condo ,alot plants and tree have to remove. this very sad to see in sg
all I can say about Singapore is unbearable HOT HOT HOT ! how strange I find in most flats in Singapore dent install curtains or blinds which can be a greta help to reduce the temperature down a lot. wow that families of a single mom and three boys are basically munching on junk food and idling around playing videos games and not help tidy and clean up the house, the house is just simply chaotic adding stress to the super hot glasshouse .
What I don’t understand is why SG opts for blinds inside the room, not external sunshades. When the blinds or curtains are inside the room, a large part of the heat will come inside. The shades always heat up - so much better to have them outside the window.
@@uncle-k3m , I think it is illegal to make the exterior look different than everyone else's. Basically the building management regulators want to minimize maintenance and risk of falling debris so the regulator's aren't thinking about their resident's living conditions.
@@mehere6189 If they’re all on the outside per regulation that problem would be solved. They’d still need to be properly installed though and maintained, that’s true…
why can Singapore and Malaysia provide a low-watt Air Cond? In Indonesia a low watt air-cond is really in high demand, for 1/2 PK or 5000 BTU the power consumption is only 260 Watt to 310 watts which saves more energy and money, sometimes in the large bedroom, we put 1/2 PK air-cond so we are not getting freezing but the room temp still comfort and breezing (24-26 degree Celsius)
Typical media nonsense. Singaporeans struggling everyday to afford to live n feed their kids... Living in cramp condition due to EXTREME HIGH property price in this EXPENSIVE sg!! Maybe instead of coming in and criticise this poor lady for messy house, they could give her bigger house. She don't even have $$$ to put ceiling fan but the guy ask her to put stiff in wardrobe where wardrobe are almost 250-300 dollars... Maybe Steven better try n b a single Mum w 3 kids b4 criticising... 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Perhaps in the evening, it would be a good idea just to open up the windows fully and blast the fans just to vent out the hot air from the rooms - the Germans do something similar caused Stoßlüften ("Shock Ventilation"). Just doing this for 20min can make a huge difference to the room temperature. The use of ceiling fans and exhaust fans can further complement this.
i think that might not be applicable in this case because it looks like their bedroom is facing the HDB hallway so there won't be any privacy if they open up their bedroom window hence the show's solution of switching the curtain for blinds.
@Loki-fl1rk Singapore is not that hot at night. Even during day time, I don’t turn on aircon. Ppl should get creative in keeping cool and not just rely on aircon. Using of aircon only exacerbates the environmental crisis and global warming.
@@ABC-ed8cg oh, I am absolutely not a fan of aircons, I don't have one either. I was going by the info of this video, where they say it's not getting much cooler at night in between the buildings and I think it is unfair to judge other people who might not have the same option as I do. If it does get cooler, yeah cross ventilation is the way to go
Air coolers are bad and expensive idea! Install 1 ceiling fan in the bedroom and another 2 in the living hall will cool these rooms significantly. Move 1 or 2 standing fans to the cooking area too. Ceiling fans are easier to clean than standing fans too. Ceiling fans blades can be wiped with slightly damp cloth every 3 months, while standing fans need to clean every 3 weeks. The mother needs to cook more green vegetables and cut down on deep fried foods & carbonated drinks. Lotsa of outdoor exercises (walking, skipping and jogging) and sunlight (free Vitamin D) will help body to detox, thus reducing eczema flareouts too. Instead of spending so much on expensive anti itch eczema creams and skincare products, frequent washing of bedsheets and house cleaning help too. Too many baths will dry the skin even more. Eczema is caused by allergens in the air and frequent contact with sweat and dust, and mites. Invest in ceiling fans, a good Omega 3 supplement, changed diet and more outdoor exercises will improve the health of the family. Good personal hygiene, healthy diet, exercises, tidy & clean living conditions are the keys to better living, not installation of aircon! Just sharing my personal experience.
It's because healthly meals are more expensive thanks to capitalism (subsidies are also in sugar, etc) but also the SIngapore region doesn't have a lot of lands so they import a lot of the fresh foods (90% of their food is all imported and only 1% of their lands are farms). You can't have a single parent working full time with 3 boys to feed to have that type of income to buy healthy meals. Not neccesarily about eczema part because you forgot mold. See these flats are from the 70s or 80s era with the regulations a lot less steller than today's regulations (there was a huge need to house a lot of people and we know more today) and there are likely mold because that's everywhere in Singapore (Talking Point has an article about mold in homes). Ceiling fan as a recommendation is fine, quite frankly this is the responsibility of their government to ensure ceiling fans are on all apartments but they like to cut costs especially on subsidies for low income citizens.
@@EmeraldMara85 Nothing is free in this world. No one owes anyone a living. Not to mention asking the government to pay for the ceiling fans!?? Being in the lower income Group doesnt mean its their entitlement to anything free. Everyone has to work hard to get out of poverty, not waiting for handouts. Adding more vegetables and less deep fried food is actually more economical, not only healthier. Our public rental flats are in liveable and pretty clean condition, not as bad as those in other countries. Far better than those in Hong Kong. fyi, I am a Singaporean, not from another region.
@@citrinebubbly8821 , building contractors regularly throw out perfectly good appliances and building materials. There are tons of people renovating houses in Singapore and they always throw these out. Good Hood may try to pair donors with those who need it, but it needs more critical mass. Carousell is already at critical mass with people offering free appliances they can't get rid of, so maybe Good Hood needs more staff and personnel to manage the pairings and partner with Carousell. So yes, lower income people should be entitled to some degree of quality of life because it is just their human right. They can get free secondhand stuff because rich people throw their stuff away all the time, it's better than recycling or putting them in a landfill. Working hard does not get people out of poverty, working smart does. So there's no need to blame the less fortunate because it is always smarter to ASK. I've seen people in poverty needing things until they die, but either cannot or will not ASK for it. The fact that this woman ASKED for something for her sons is admirable, because who knows, her sons can grow up and pay future taxes that will pay for other unfortunate Singaporeans in the future. Never be too proud to ASK for help.
@@citrinebubbly8821 Excuse me? Low income people have 2-3 different jobs because as the term says, these jobs pay very little. AKA they are more likely to work harder than you that human rights organizations would say they're being exploited. The only reason someone is able to lift out of poverty is because government subsidies which Singapore does help only 400+ families out of the entire SIngapore population in full sibsidies while a few thousand have some subsidies when there are over 100,000 families in need of assistance. Most of them are helped out by NGOs (in fact NGOs are the ones who are so streched thin in Singapore). And the majority of the Singapore population were poor were it not for the Singapore government programs to lift people out of poverty by providing programs to train their citizens like seamstresses, factory workers + housing programs + build infrastructure like schools and roads (but this was in the past, it's not the same today). AKA you owe your success to government systems and pure luck like being born in the right families. And maybe nepotism involved like how rich people only help rich people + exploiting the poor. After all SIngapore has no legal minimum wage hence the exploitation is all too possible. It's part of why Singapore is the 2nd Asian country of highest income disparity (from no paid salaries, wage theft, the companies hiring low income people with "additional fees", overtime is not regulated so forced on employees). AKA working hard has nothing to do with income levels at all seeing as exploitated people worked until they have health problems from working too hard and yet paid so little.
@@EmeraldMara85 i am social worker for more than 10 years. Stop lying about only 400 households get help. There are many funding from government alone. That doesn't include private sector. Act like a director of 1 charity or social worker group can know what other group budget or who they help. If you really know funding to help the poor then you know the available fund is limited each year. If we social worker give money to leecher then those hardworking and who really need funding to survive will not be able to get the fund. You think go around spreading false information because of your hate of the rich and government won't bring consequences?
Think Fion’s eldest son is a special child . More welfare supports for the family is needed. But, the rest of boys are big enough to help mummy with house chores. Once you tidying up the area with a proper declutter will ease the heat and better hygiene for their skin condition. Anyway , I am so grateful that I able to use the air con and air purifier every single day ❤ counting my blessings ❤
You know why Spore is hot? Becos it is an island. To make it worst it is island full of concrete and asphalt. Island is generally hotter than inland. Ocean in tropic is hot, not cold. I dont know why poeples always believe ocean is a cooler. Wrong! Cooler area is like rural area of Malaysia where away from the ocean and has lots of greenery. Compared to Spore, KL for example KL is lot cooler since it is surrounded by mountain ranges. You can see lot of mist in KL surrounding area in early morning.
@@facemakerable not only junk food but the laziness and attitude. A homeless guy can eat junk food but choose to go out to work and save money. Eventually his health may not be worse than a fat guy who eat free junk food and lay around play video games with no intention of improving his life using own effort. Whatever financial aid given to fat guy is spend on enjoyment for short term. This is the most important factor that keep the people poor. Lack of discipline to even tidy the house or walk down to buy food.
Not really, they could have just spent 800 on second hand air con and changed their lives instead of moving a few objects around and putting up a blind. Decent tv but she still has a poor q of life
@@sherro74this is cheaper in the long run, and also they cant be turning on aircon 24/7. This should be the ideal even if you have aircon. Stuffy rooms lead to more mold and damage overtime.
The mother really needs to feed her kids healthier food... she's got them cooped up in a messy apartment and feeding them McDonald's and processed meat? Come on.
I live in Indonesia. Somehow the air cooler thing doesn’t work. I tried putting it in an enclosed bedroom but it just blew more humidity which made the room even stuffier. It does work in an open area, though, like living room but it kinda beats the purpose 😢 aaand freezing the ice packs for the air cooler water is another hassle 😅
huh? I dont know what to make of this. I grew up in small hdb flat, house only got 2 toyomi fan, no air con. this one is kdk leh.. 😅 also cannot open window neighbours smoking smelly . if hot, then go mall or downstairs openspace sit lor
The only difference is.. You and your family doesn't try to leech the government and social worker and demand free air con plus funding for electricity bills for your post air con installation. Most likely your family also know how to get a job to improve your life conditions instead of lazy at home and expect the social worker to provide more and more.
Look at the old folks at the beginning of video. They just admit they cannot afford air con so learn to cope with it. As social worker i rather help these folks instead of the mother.
@xianlonglee-n6h We only know what we see. Do you know the intimate details of her life? Did you notice that her elder son looks to be autistic? Did you know notice there was no mention of her husband? None of us know IF she was abused or, abandoned. Before we make judge others, look at our own lives.
On each floor, these apartments need a 3 m wide open but covered verandah to keep sun and rain off the walls of the building. Each room requires a ceiling fan. Air conditioners create unwanted noise and extra heat. The city officials need to reduce and restrict automobile usage in the city and to do this requires safe pedestrian and bicycle lanes and frequent environmentally friendly public transport. Plant more trees in public spaces and place a sail over the public play areas. Children need active play with protection from the sun and access to play during periods of rain. Grow vines over buildings and the verandah posts.
Yes, the episode seems to encourage aircon which is very bad. It only exacerbates the environmental crisis, causing an endless vicious cycle of ever-increasing global temperature. Electricity to power aircon burns fossil fuels. Ppl should get creative in keeping cool. Also we should keep fit by not eating processed food. The obese family in the video will suffer cos fat ppl tend to feel sweatier and hotter.
Fiona needs to do daily housecleaning and she and her boys need to learn how to put things away. This apartment had really bad ‘feng shui’ I’m not surprised it was uncomfortable to live in.
Talk about fengshui and health, the fridge is at the centre which will cause constant stress and heat 24/7. For heat or even for health according to fengshui should move fridge. That fridge also indicates skin disorder.
I agree! I lived in Yishun all my life. Then moved to farrer park. My private apartment was the last in the quiet row and my unit was facing a large field. Waaay cooler. Now back in Yishun and baking
I grew up with air conditioning in the house .. now that i have my own home .. i do not own an air con .. how do i beat the heat and humidity .. I am blessed with a corner unit where winds comes in all directions .. to stay cool .. besides taking a cold shower and drinking ice cold water, i simply slightly close the windows and turn on the fan .. slowly the whole house is cooler .. not as cool as having an air con .. but cool enough 😂😂😂
Yup I agree. Opening your windows and doors will help with the airflow and definitely less clutter. I have the privilege of living at the featured Northshore. Thank you architects!
Madam, please avoid cooking processed meat such as luncheon meat, french fries, maggie noodles, fast food, etc..to your child. Your eldest he look so unenergetic and weak. Once in a while is fine. Sometimes it is also related to the food that we consume on a regular basis that causes itchiness aside from the hot environment.
It is too hot in Singapore and Malaysia. If I move to Singapore or Malaysia, I will make sure there is air conditioner at the place I will be living at and I will turn on the Air Conditioner even if I have to pay extra money for the electric bills.
Last month, 2 big trees opposite my block Hougang street 51 were cut down. I dunno why they cut the tree that stands 15 m far from the building. Now the heat and noise from the road is getting worse.
Try kodomo baby powder for itch and sweat. I saw them eating instant noodles and lunchon meat and that's poor nutrition. Any organisation can provide at least some proper foods for them?
They already get free money to buy food. It's their poor choices. The organisation usually give money every month to self buy. Given the food prices she cook. She can buy 4 cai fan with 2 veggies and 1 meat for themselves. There are some home delivery of cooked food for senior citizens or handicap. But this women and son need more movements to keep themselves healthy. She already reluctant to move out of house for aircon or buy cai fan. If give her free food delivery, it's only harming her more. When Steve ask her if she worry about high electric bills after installation of air con. Her reply already can tell she expect more financial aid. The real poor people are the few elderly at the beginning of the video. Those are the type we social worker should be helping. Look at the choice of cream they choose when given medical funding. Most poor only use basic brand cream or urea cream provided by polyclinic. These more expensive cream are a choice the patient choose by asking the doctor prescribed so their full medical bill is fully paid 100% by social worker. Then some even resell these cream on carousell.
here's a thing that people should know and i don't know why nobody is even mentioning it. In climate such as Singapore where the humidity is high, an air-cooler that cools you via evaporation is literally redundant. Air coolers works best in dry climates where the humidity levels are low. I'm so confused why people are still selling/buying such products. It boggles the mind. Essentially, buying a simple fan beats buying an air-cooler, which if you think about it... is just a pimped-out fan. Not only that, but if you use an air-cooler, you're introducing even more moisture into your already humid room. You're buying features that are not only redundant but might make things worse. Oh... and not to mention the HUGE difference in price. Sheeeeesh...
i live in malaysia and i use an aircooler.I usually use it without the water and it's much much cooler than a fan. When the heat get's bad I turn on the water function and it's just as good as an aircond with cheaper electricity bill and less additional heat from the compressor.
@@Littlelamb86 An aircooler w/o water is just a fan. The only reason could be that it’s stronger than your other fan, but it’s still just a fan. With the water, you’ll have mold in no time.
Hmm, a lot of Singaporeans also have no aircon in older HDBs, i don't have aircon too. Just use fans lo. Newer HDb have to have aircons since they are packed so closed to each other , the heat from other aircon units will blow directly to your house lol. So blame the designers of new HDB why pack them so close together and trap heat.
Why blame the designers when they are forced to work within the limitations of the small plot of land? If anyone should be blamed, it's our dear government for cramming more people into this island in its pursuit of unsustainable GDP growth
1st you think you need an aircon, then you discover you can't afford to pay the electricity bill because you are using aircon. After one problem is solved another is created. Really need to make better choices in life. Alot of people has no aircon or can't afford replacing their spoilt aircon and live with it.
Sad to see how detached from reality is the "team". She cannot afford cotton sheets and wardrobe as those are expensive for her budget. The "cluttering" concept is from rich people. Poor people save whatever they can as that is all they have. It's easy to criticise and not put themselves in her shoes. Coming up with purchased items and a team to do what she could never because is just herself and 3 children, is easy. Adding electrical appliances will increase her electricity bill that she cannot afford 😢 Expecting any person to sleep fine in a 28C is really lacking in empathy.
This is really BS journalism, most of the people does not have air conditioner @ home , we still growing up normal, and the the outdoors at the start of the video is another BS! Who are gonna play in the hot sun! Another BS why would SG government built a exercising corners or playground made of metal which is a good heat conductor.
There are also things which can be done like installing solar films on windows. Most of us would keep windows closed or at least some windows closed when we go out of the house to work in the morning. Glass windows are a recipe for trapped heat via greenhouse effect. Nanoceramic solar films can cut IR heat at least 90% down and contribute to much less trapped heat.
@@quasimodo7753 you don't really need much money if you buy the solar films yourself from shopping portals and DIY it by cutting it to size and then pasting it on the windows
Actually it’s not uncommon to not have AC in the HDB flats here and still make living conditions bearable. You really just need to declutter your space and allow for cross ventilation of the space. So opening windows and doors. Been living for 35 years without any AC…
@@springal3139it is without proper circulation. I open my windows and bedroom door to let the air circulate, my fan is in between the door and windows, and the air coming out is okay I feel. Of course there are times where it's hotter than normal but at least with the fan and proper circulation, the air is not as bad as to blowing hot air out. That is bad
I enjoyed and learnt so much every single time when I watched Talking Point. I wish my country Malaysia also had this incredible documentary show that always aims to help the People
You can escape heat, but you can't escape humidity. 29c with low humidity vs 29c at high humidity is a huge difference. You can stand in the shade doing nothing and still sweat like a pig.
As professionals, I'm surprised they didn't mention/measure the humidity, let alone still use a evaporative cooler!
@@sonnymq I was also surprised they recommended "Aircoolers". These appliances work best in hot, dry climates. But it would make the room more humid in tropical climates such as Singapore.
Wtf is this retardation? They are recommending humidifiers to cool your house in a humid climate? Good luck with the mold and suffering from the humid air.
Evaporatives coolers are useless in humidity @@sonnymq
Fun fact pigs have no ability to sweat at all. It just another "king of the jungle"
so many global experts consulted, high tech cameras used to measure temperature, but not a single mention about humidity
Humidity affects evaporation and how hot or cold our skin feels the air, its a very important factor
Air conditioning is a good dehumidifier 😅
Yah!! Especially since NEA uses the wet bulb temp to gauge heat stress.
Well it would have been against their narrative, as a dehumidifier only works in an enclosed space.
Because is nothing much that can be done to affect humidity inside such a small space. That's why she still wants the aircon at the end because while 2 degrees is a big improvement, it's still fking uncomfortable.
Steven still looks the same after 2 decades. The voice, the hair. Ageless, timeless. Hope to see him host the CNA documentaries the next 2 decades.
20 decades is 200years do you mean 2 decades?
@@blackhowl19 Thanks. Yes you are right. 2 decades. I better edit now to avoid misunderstanding.
love his presence and personality! somehow seems so congenial and interested in all his interviews
@@charmainechin9249 Agreed. Wish him and family good health and many blessing. His documentaries are very educational for me esp. things happening in Singapore.
@@jasonlai1892 he part of the ageing Singapore. Everyone growing old, doing the work and no young people left to do.
I would love to open my windows but the smoking neighbours just forbid me from doing it... 😭
Maybe invest in an air purifier and dehumidifier, there are models that have both built-in... Staying on a low floor, I have to deal with smoke from vehicles, cigarettes and joss paper/incense sticks almost on a daily, and since I got an air purifier and dehumidifier plus a ceiling fan, it has helped a lot when I have to shut my windows...
I sleep with my window open. I'm glad my neighbours don't smoke. The morning feel so nice
Same!!!
Bloody smokers. How come they dun die from lung cancer smthg but live long and cause health problems for non smokers with their 2nd and 3rd hand smoke.
Spray baygon
Not only that... The stupid noise from outside.........
Frozen plastic bottles of water in a bowl in front of a fan works great to cool air down. From Australia.
I'd like to try this!
Very effective for places with dry air
Use ice to melt in water for bathing. Guaranteed cooler feeling.
Your fridge probably produces more heat just to froze your water
hot is not a issue, is the high huminity
Wtf is this retardation? They are recommending humidifiers to cool your house in a humid climate? Good luck with the mold and suffering from the humid air.
Seems English is the issue here. 😅
@@willybilly99humidity*. There i volunteer to correct for her. Dont have to shame others prick. Go get a fking life
I think cooling things down will still solve the issue, even with high humidity. But yeah, lower humidity is more comfortable and healthier. Ironically the humble aircon is a good dehumidifier.
Anyone who buys wood products/uses wood decorations in Singapore is crazy, unless he is able to afford those extremely expensive solid wood from Europe, Western/Central/Northern Asia.
lmao the honestly of the homeowner, all those academics with their fancy equipment, simulations and solutions cant beat a good old aircon
Usage of aircon is only exacerbating the environmental crisis and creating a vicious cycle of warmer temperature due to global warming. Be creative. Eat healthily so won’t grow fat. Fat ppl tend to feel sweaty and hot.
I think the intention is to show viewers that a rearrangement of furniture can sometimes be sufficient to provide lower room temperatures ❤
@@Theodore2303 how many of us at home can replicate what they are doing tho. how many people have thermal cameraas, that wind measuring device, the misting thingy etc to rearrange our furniture in a way that can cool down our house? unlikely anyone is going to hire an expert to come to their house just for that, and the people that have the money to do so already have an aircon
@@nikibowe hey there, engineer here, one easy way to do this is to to get some ice cream from chateraise, they will give you a dry ice pack with it. Drop that dry ice (using chopstick, don't use hand) into a container filled with water, it will give you the same effect albeit less cool and less apparent.
And ironically the aircon blow hot air into the outside…raising the temp outwidev
Can say with experience that shaving our heads is the number 1 way to stay cool
Yeah, he saw the effect of tidying up the room and started to think… 🤨
i do so LOL
not only staying cooler but also strengthening muscles immediately! gym bros hate this fact!
@@johnsmithsu310 it’s ‘big gym’ keeping the ceiling fans out of homes.
that is very true. hahaha. but best to leave some hair up there else... ur gonna get ur scalp sunburnt. lolol xD
What they failed to mention was that Bukit Timah has got all the rich people staying there. So, more place for trees and better living for the rich. Us staying in the HDB estates, we have to deal with it!
That’s not very true
Steven mentions it at 6:41
@zaycee_4273 low density with alot trees, that is the coolest. High density but alot of trees, ok manageable
high density, next to industrial estate, few trees. the worst...
cite me other examples if u don't agree
Now we know why the rich loves SG.... That goes to show how much SG govt loves the rich than poor
@@gotmyonu1027 every country likes rich ppl more than poor, it's all capitalism and no shame in that
I lived in bedok surviving the heat for the past 30years only recently install aircon + ceiling fans in all my rooms. Realised that i don't rely that much on aircon only turn on when necessary but ceiling fan is a MUST once i stepped into the house. Highly recommend to install ceiling fan not only energy efficient, cost saving, save the space unlike standing fan and so much easier to clean as compared to orbit fan.
I live in Karachi, a coastal city, with very hot and humid summers. With just the fan on we’re still uncomfortable, like you move around a bit and you start sweating. So air conditioning definitely helps cool the rooms, fans don’t do that much, but air con is expensive.
Agree that ceiling fans are a must!
the irony is: air con reduces heat inside the house, but increases the heat outside of the house, so that area as a whole will have higher heat.
Yes!! The episode is very badly bad. Aircon is only exacerbating the environmental crisis! More fossil fuels are needed to power the aircon. The result is endless vicious cycle of rising global temperatures. Ppl should get creative on how to keep cool.
And also ppl should stop procreating! I’m an antinatalist & an advocate of VHEMT. Nobody needs to have 3 kids, single mum or not. Humans are the driving force of the environmental crisis. Everyone thinks their 2 kids won’t make a dent. Think about the cumulative effect of billions of others who are also procreating. 2500 soiled diapers alone are thrown out in just the first year of ONE baby. Not to mention the carbon footprint of every human for the entire lifespan.
Obese ppl also tend to feel sweatier and hotter. When I go into malls with aircon, I always wear a cardigan, but some fat ladies will still be carrying a little fan with their trotter hands.
Yes ! Nobody seems to mention this fact because all they care about is themselves.
This is true
@@wini6283 law of entropy, simple as that
@@bensumwisn’t that human nature? You don’t care for yourself first?
They may have eczema not from the sweat buy from the foods they eat
Maybe you are right but while the meal we saw wasn’t the healthiest of choices. I want to give the mother the benefit of doubt. The McDonald’s may be a treat from the film crew. She is a single mother with 3 children living in (I assume) a 2-rm flat. Her financial situation is probably not optimal. Most people would like to eat healthy but let’s face it, the poor cannot afford the healthier options, fresh meat is way more expensive than luncheon meat, for example. I hate to question her food choices for her family because she came across as a loving mother and she may be doing her best with limited resources. Food, utilities, school, basic needs… think of all her expenses. Who is to say we would not make the same choices if we found ourselves in her situation.
Could someone advise Fiona to prepare more foods with green leaves instead of canned luncheon meats and French fries then her eldest and the third boys can reduce their skin issues, bad foods bring bad body reactions.
can maybe lose some weight in the process too...
perhaps you could teach Fion simple healthy dishes that she can prepare in her situation?
She can also go down buy cai fan for her son. As someone who cook, i believe she didn't include veggies because they turn bad within 2 to 3 days. She is lazy to travel out of house even for air con. I do think her size make it harder for her to go marketing daily or even buy cai fan for 2 meals a day.
Her teenage sons are big enough to do marketing or buy cai fan thou.
I think this is how people with low-income make ends meet, we should not be so quick to judge without knowing the full circumstances
Maybe the childen dont like vegies..
Love how they do this report riding around in a gas guzzling Range Rover haha
Ceiling fan is not that expensive, works better than standing fan.
Definitely. SG govt should offer free installation, buy yourself a ceiling fan and book an installation appointment.
@@daveb3987 I'd take that over the tongue-in-cheek 'Climate' Vouchers
@@daveb3987 when I was 20 after army, my part time salary, I got my ceiling fan installed. If you can't even do that, shame on you.
usually ppl dont install them coz ceiling fan is harder to clean. If you are lower income, its hard to hire cleaners so its usually easier to just clean standing fans
@@Neutralears what world you living in that you hire cleaner to clean a ceiling fan?
As a northshore resident, the flats here are built not too close to each other and we are near to the sea which provides the cooling wind as opposed to other estates.
but sometimes got smell from pasir gudang, the wind blow polluted air over, air purifier screaming for clean air 😕
@@faiveorentno joke, I was in Seletar Camp, had 2 gas leaks when I was there.
+toxic fumes
Yess.... You're living in paradise.......
Just say yishun.
It's not the heat but the humidity. I live in Arizona and it's 45c and I don't sweat
Wtf is this retardation? They are recommending humidifiers to cool your house in a humid climate? Good luck with the mold and suffering from the humid air.
45 is insane😅😂
Dry heat and humid heat can differ a lot too. Dry heat apparently feels like laser beams on your skin
Yeah, even in Texas the summer sun burns but I don't sweat. But do you go to bed at noon under the 45 degree heat under the sun?
Yea, the dry air there quickly evaporates the sweat... and evaporation itself is a cooling process... thus it feels good... 😊
As an Aussie guy who partly grew up in the central desert and the tropics of Australia, I would gladly volunteer my time to help struggling Singaporeans in lower-income households escape the heat by helping them implement changes to their housing setup. I don't really need an income anymore as I run an online business, but I would love the opportunity to live long-term in Singapore to help folks in my favourite city in the world.
That's so sweet and kind of you
That's mighty nice of you, I hope you get the chance to help people all over the world. I think even just sharing what your experience with passive cooling already starts to help. I hope Channel News Asia covers more of this too
Humanity is starting to reap the fruit of industrialization. Climate change is decades-old topic but now people are really directly feeling the effects.
This is definitely just not Singapore, there is an El Niño map.
Do you have your own changes in mind or will you be following what these guys did?
Trust me, Singapore does not need your help. The government has resources to make sure every resident has air conditioning if it wanted to.
For me I am very happy with a fan no complaints
I feel cool in my small flat in boon keng without aircon (i also have the luxury of living on a high floor) but i didn't realise how much the lack of clutter and mindful material choices make to my comfort levels. Very insightful and hopefully people feel empowered.
i went to singapore only for vacation, but can't imagine living in singapore without aircon 😢
Yes it's not suitable for living, the humidity and heat are unbearable. Even if your body is able to adjust to the climate, you can't do any decent home decorations as most furnitures and decors deteriorate very fast in high humid temperature weather.
This video might as well have been named "The state of poverty in Singapore"... A disappointing situation...
have u seen other countries? u really think we are a in a state of poverty?
@@jj96432 He is referring to this household.
then you have not ventured to other countries where the normal household is same as this "poverty" household.
Luckily No bed bugs attack !
@@user-kc9uz2ml9z ah i see, my apologies then.
So thankful I’m born in Malaysia coz we have Bkt. Timah kind of living everywhere. Space isn’t an issue for us. I’m only commenting on this particular topic. So haters, don’t be a soar loser to shoot me on “your opinion” on other issues. Tell me which country have zero issue. Don’t fool yourself.
Soon all will revert back to original setting cos they ONLY want Aircon, and *don touch my thing, move here and there", just want Aircon 冷气。。。明白吗
Somebody pls tell that single mum & family, dont sit or lie on cushion like sofa & mattress because it build up heat in body
Also eat healthily. Luncheon meat and French fries are toxic food. Look at their size! No wonder they feel sweaty and hot.
When I go into malls with aircon, I always wear a cardigan but I see some fat ladies still carrying small hand-held fans with their trotter hands!
@@ABC-ed8cgsounds like you got anaemia lol, have you seen a dr. Most malls barely have functioning aircon.
Edit: seems like you mentioned them being obese in several comments and calling them pigs.. yikes lady
@@ABC-ed8cg That's kind of rude, there's no need to be demeaning.
@@ABC-ed8cghey that's rude, u can talk about unhealthy eating habits but why do u have to attack ppl looks as well
She just needed to declutter and unblock the windows and frontdoor for air ventilation. No nd for those curtains.
Agree
I have visited two room flats before and they were well maintained, uncluttered and airy.. this mom's housekeeping needs improvements, cleaning and proper planning... The air con is just to fix the heat but cleanlines of house and air con servicing are different matters.
Her diet also. She’s feeding her kids toxic food and she’s wondering why they have eczema. You’re what you eat.
I eat clean food like smoothies blended from scratch at home. She’s feeding her kids processed food with absolutely no nutrients-- luncheon meat and French fries. Nobody needs to have 3 kids, single mum or not. Humans are the driving force of the environmental crisis if you don’t already know. Everyone thinks their 2 kids won’t make a dent. Think about the cumulative effect of billions of others who are also procreating.
Obese ppl also tend to feel sweatier and hotter. When I go into malls with aircon, I always wear a cardigan, but some fat ladies will still be carrying a little fan with their trotter hands.
To be honest- healthy food is expensive
@@crazygambler920Stir fried cabbage, some self-marinated chicken, eggs and rice, how much would it cost? More than McD?
@@crazygambler920 cai fan for 2 veggie and 1 meat is only $3.
The cost of what they eat in this video is enough to buy 4 cai fan already.
@@ABC-ed8cg the fast food that her kids were eating are not cheap too you know..
The family needs the following:
1) Get rid of the cloth in the door so it wont block the air and install a 2nd hand steel gate so they can leave the main door open.
2) Install a Ceiling fan in the bed room and living room
3) Install exhaust fan on one of the end of the house to suck out heat and create wind flow
4) Have plants outside without blocking the windows and some inside too
5) Talking Point could have ask sponsorship from Uniqlo and sponsor the Mom & kids with Airism clothing and wear oversized clothes for comfort
6) Also sponsorship from Ikea for additional cabinets for clothes
7) 6 months sponsorship for a free lunch dish/ meal in a hawker so they will have their daily exercise to get the food
8) Have the kids get a very short haircut or buy an electric trimmer and have Fiona trim the hair of her kids.
9) Put the stove at the back with the exhaust fan
Excellent points. Turn that pigsty into a proper home.
@@KelvinSGwhat caught my eyes is actually the meals they ate during the interview: fast-food, fries, sugary drink, and fried luncheon. 😭
@@peterming yeah that caught my attention aswell, that definitely can't be healthy.
The unhealthy food also increases blood pressure and obviously increases body fat levels which in turn makes you hotter
I second these fantastic points! What they don't realize aircon will make your bill skyrocket and insustainable in the long run.
With evaporative air coolers you need really good ventilation, otherwise it will drastically raise the humidity in the environment. In the context of Singapore, it will make one feel even warmer and extremely sticky.
Air coolers work in dry weather.
agree with you, the water cooler will higher up the humidity inside the room, the risks are Pneumonia and Molds buildup
And they might need 1-3 units of dehumidifier to trap those moist
exactly my thought...
evaporation is endotermic, meaning absorb heats.
But to evaporate ... you need low humidity.
Same reason if you spray water in AC room, it will feel really cool and if you spray the same water in Sauna, it will feel really hot.
@@nuffaildaniaelle977 never seen a dehumidifier that not produce heat … 🙄
the mother and children should learn to keep the house clean and clutter free. Everything is dumped around and they even sleep with rubbish on the floor. Of course it is hard to get the wind to circulate. As long as you keep things clean and off the floor, even a small house can be well ventilated.
High fire risk.
Easier said than done… Single parent household, mum will be very tired after a day of work. Not easy having to deal the kids after, much less having additional energy to housekeep..
i think this is a side effect of the chinese culture of treating male children highly over female children. that by being a male exempts them from house chores. the mother should have trained her sons that they should pitch in their part in maintaining the household. especially in their case that they are a one parent household and that one parent can't do all those things/chores by herself.
@@alekto101 this is so true, then can't get GF because never lived a day as a dependable male let alone male partner. in the end buy anal beads and PCC until die.
Wrong. One day off to get it situated and then discipline the kids. I'd know, I grew up poor and most of my extended family was poor. We still lived a better, cleaner, and healthier life than same income households with less kids. Now many of us have great careers meanwhile many of the kids of pushover parents are min wage👌🤌 be a parent not your kids friend.
Trust me, within a week it wiil be back the same way it was before. Its not about what they need. Its about what they dun need. Its about culture and education
Confirmed.
Truly agreed. It is the lack of diacipline and attitude. Not the lack of “aircond”.
So what do they need???
They definitely don’t need luncheon meat and French fries. Not with their size. The poor diet also contributes to or at least exacerbates their eczema.
@ABC-ed8cg whats your food suggestions?
I remember an episode already done on this yrs ago and it showed how aircons can actually contribute to the heat especially when the condensers are stacked up. I really appreciate that the estates have been planned with all these put into consideration. Other countries cld learn from us and i think we pioneer in this aspect.
The family needs to get rid of unused stuffs. I learnt to not get attached to any item, be a minimalist so you have space to live and grow.
Lots of litters all over the house .. they need to be more hygienic
With 3 boys in a 2-room rental, I don't think there's much improvement that can be done with that amount of space for a single mum with 3 kids.
But yeah maybe they can get rid of the big unsightly tables, and just have the kids hold up their reading materials in the air while studying. Or just go buck naked! That way you wouldn't need a place for clothes. And think of all the space the 3 boys could enjoy in the bedroom by sleeping upright instead of being spoiled enough to want mattress space.
Endless possibilities with minimalism!
Usually the more poor the perso is, the more of a Hoarder they will be.
Cibaiii dont anyhow judge. A single mother responsible for 3 kids u think its easy?? U dont think she has to work and takecare of herself too? Nabeii. Help and talk less cibai
@@kayabutter2883 They can use bunk beds
Fion has 3 iPads in her room but can’t afford 1 air con.
Totally
iPad probably given by social workers or school to support home based learning during covid..
Solution: Sell the iPads and buy air con
Price of 3 IPads definitely not enough to purchase and maintain Airconz
iPads are issued by the school, and deducted from their government sponsored Edusave account funds.
Single mom hard life but keep good attitude always smiling so good and strong ❤
Enjoyed this insightful episode and talking point. Well done Steven and the production team for a great job.
Hope the team can look into what other ways the government and organizations can do to help combat the rising heat in Singapore.
Wtf is this retardation? They are recommending humidifiers to cool your house in a humid climate? Good luck with the mold and suffering from the humid air.
Hope the team of experts updates themselves on some simple physics and working principles first.
Wtf is this retardation? They are recommending humidifiers to cool your house in a humid climate? Good luck with the mold and suffering from the humid air.
Slim dwn will help too boy n mum.
As a fellow tropical & archipelago citizen who is living in Indonesia, we need to raise the talk about humidity. Bet some of us have never heard about RH level. We are living in high humidity level places, yet we rarely hear peoples complain about this. With the same temperature (24-27), but a slightly lower RH level can make us feel more comfortable "to live with".
This. 👆
I learn of something new today
Wtf is this retardation? They are recommending humidifiers to cool your house in a humid climate? Good luck with the mold and suffering from the humid air.
Yeah but even now that you're talking about it, i think most people don't understand what you're talking about.
RH refers to relative Humadity- the amount of moisture in the air.
@@AR-ek1jr Yes! There’s rH (relative humidity), because the warmer air gets, the more water/humidity it can store.
Relative humidity is important to understand if water can evaporate (=create cooling) or not. If there’s already 100% of water in the air, it cannot evaporate/cool. The higher the humidity, the slower the evaporation/cooling. If rH is 70-80% like in SG, it’s very difficult for water (or also sweat!) to evaporate/create cooling. That’s why it takes so long for clothes to dry here and also why the body generates more sweat (trying to cool down more) and we feel sticky.
Do you think that explains it better?
Help can't afford to buy and install aircon, next help can afford to pay the electricity bill, next can't afford to service the aircon and then when spoil can't afford to replace the aircon. Clearly the solution she is thinking of comes with a chain of problems down the road.
Electricity bill will be high with aircon, so who will foot the bill? Then you need to regularly service the aircon too
As someone who work with social workers. There are multiple private and government sectors will help.
And i also agree it's the poor living standards and choices that lead to their issue. Given their poor condition they still expect more than they can afford.
It's eventually the taxpayers money that will pay for the money leeches use. I rather the money we pay for tax go to those senior or those grateful souls instead.
she’s a single mum!! why are you all so ruthless with her? i have both parents thankfully but we still couldn’t afford fix the aircon for more than 5 years… only after i graduated and got a full time job pay then we could fix it. if i removed the aircon from all of you here for 5 years, how would you feel? sg is only getting hotter.
@@AverageAufa When my washing machine was spoilt, I handwash my clothes for 2 years. When my water heater was spoilt I bath in cold water for 3 years. Have not been using aircon for 20 years. Live is still livable. The comment is just a preview of what the problems she will face even when an aircon is installed unless her financial suitation improves. Adopting a victim hood mentality to think that people comments are ruthless against a single mother helps no one.
@@AverageAufa because she is leeching the society. When your parents are poor do your parents go around leech the society too or they use own effort and educate their children to improve so the family can have a batter future?
Why harsh at Fiona because she only want the social worker to provide her with everything. She have no plans to self provide. Worst she continues to groom her son to be lazy and unable to be independent.
Words may be harsh now but if she don't wake up by harsh words, do you want her son to lose their mother then unable to find job to feed themselves and beg the society and social worker?
How many single mother out there are working hard to provide a better future for her children?
Leeching parents will be scolded even if they aren't single mum. It's the leeching mind set.
What make you assume the few old folks aren't single parent at age 70s too?
To feel cooler, you should wear thin, loose, and light cotton shirts or blouses. Thick, black or dark clothing will attract more heat, hence making you feel hotter. Try or test it and see for yourself whether this is true or not.
Buy a good ceiling fan. My room feels air-conditioned with just a ceiling fan.
Standing fan takes up space, my home used to have more than 10 of those, made a switch to ceiling fan, best decision of my life.
I have a phobia that the ceiling fan might crash down on me whilst I am sleeping 😱
@bakkwa8705 don't put ur bed underneath it. The blades may fly out, but it's just plastic.
Yes i only switched to ceiling fan a year ago. The difference is huge.
All these people talking smack about ceiling fan, defending how standing fans are better, never had a ceiling fan before.
Also, don't buy those fancy KDK or Prism fans. My friend bought a KDK for like 400+, i swear my cheap ass Fanco feels way stronger.
@@AR-ek1jr Yah , I agree . I have 2 KDK ceiling fan in my living room and dining room rooms , performance is so so only . We use standing fans in all the bedrooms for safety reasons .
Those so called experts weren’t really expert. To cool down the place, it is more effective to put a fan at the bedroom door facing the outside and leaving the window opened. Put another fan in the living room facing the kitchen and leave the kitchen window opened. Blowing a fan right at your face or using a ceiling fan to circulate air within a room itself isn’t effective in reducing the temperature. Drawing fresh air from outside into the room and expel the air out from the kitchen window helps. Airflow will bring fresh air into the rooms and cool it down. The airflow will also pull the hot air from the fridge, mould spores, odour etc out. The “experts” also never consider the sun and wind direction. North and South facing opening are windy depending on the time of the year. If wind is coming from the kitchen, they could place the fan facing the other way. Drawing air from the kitchen and blowing into the bedroom. N facing has sun from Oct to Mar and S facing Apr to Sep. Blocking out the harsh sun during the day will help keep the room cooler. blackout or alum foil screen helps. Having plants at the windows will also help to block excess light and reduces the heat. Put a tatami or bamboo mat on the mattress. Those were very common in the past when most home do not have aircon.
Luncheon meat = $3
Fries = $5
Instant noodles = $3
Didn't even include the oil and saucers and drinks cost...
2 veg 1 meat cai fan = $3 at all those 2 room flat estate sure got such pricing cai fan.
Or simply buy vegetable and 1 bag of 2kg frozen chicken to cook a healthier meal for your son.
Walking down to buy cai fan twice a day can help u stay active too. 😂 More walking burn more fats and increase the heat your body can endure.
$3.50 for 2 veg 1 meat la to be safe
@@goldkwi👍
1:09 uncle y u sitting on metal chair under the sun😭😭
i realised old people like to sit outdoors, maybe windier or air "fresher". same as my grandma
Advocator of ceiling fans too!
You get more coverage, less clutter and get to use a remote at the comfort of your bed :) - its not too exp
our family uses Fanco - cheaper than KDK and you get the right power at lower price
Firstly I think die also I use KDK, it's worth the money, it can last 30 years.
Second, can use canvas bed, like the old days.
So you're a fan of fans....
I live in an apartment with a balcony in Hong Kong where there is relatively good open space and I would say that rotating fans are better for flats simply because ceiling fans seem to circulate hot air. Great for reaching smaller spaces with the AC on but if we're talking ceterus paribus then a regular ROTATING fan would be the best for air flow since apartments(depending on where you're facing and the density of the buildings) tend to have much less circulation
This seems to be why ceiling fans are popular in restaurants but relatively uncommon in apartments. I have one but it is rarely used
I'm not a fan of ceiling fans :) They just blow the air downwards. It still circulates within the apartment when you don't open the windows. It blows HOT air from the top of the ceiling down, so it just spreads more dust everywhere. They also make lamps flicker unless you get expensive ones that have the lights below them. DIRECTIONAL fans are important to direct the air to flow where you want it to. For example, blowing hot air OUTSIDE the house, instead of just circulating it up and down.
Those kids aren’t that young. They should do something to help themselves. Instead of relying on others for help, there are many things they could do to help themselves. They seems to be doing better than many lower income families here. Giving them an aircon wouldn’t solve their problem.
It’s truly appreciable that the issue has been brought to light, however, such quirky ideas as furniture changes doesn’t make a huge difference.
you're crazy. a room going from 90 Fahrenheit to 83 Fahrenheit is amazing from just moving furniture. Those temps feel insanely different
huge differences often consist of many small steps added up, and this is one small step
Bro talking like he’s fion
@@zestiny_amazing??? I stayed around fion stayed and its still hot and humid with less item i have in my room. Dont just assumed just by watching the video. Its really bad here. Even the water its hot without the heater on
Sleep on the bare floor. Clean the floor first. Place thin cotton sheet. Shower first before sleeping. Drink barley water boiled with pandan leaves.
Shower frequently. I use ceiling fans instead of air conditioner.
14:30 I find the advice to use an air cooler very misleading, and even harmful, especially in a humid climate like Singapore. It will increase the humidity even further, up to 100%. Also, the cooling only happens when the water can evaporate. This is the case when humidity is low. At 100% humidity, the water cannot evaporate, hence only increasing the moisture in the room. This will not at all lead to a cooler house but to a house with mold.
Cant afford AC but can buy 8 individual cokes from McDonald when she could have bought a 2L for the price of one single McDonald coke.
declutter unused items is the most effective
Sad to see many Singaporeans are living in less than satisfactory conditions..wish there are more of these programs to help clean up their living space and make it more livable
@@Vikingsroar More effective to just educate these people instead of cleaning up their space once a month.
Yes i can beat it. I lived in a house with no aircon for 20years of my life and only relied on a fan.
And my room out of my sibilings and family's is so badly unventilated that the rain wont go into my room unless its extreme rain+ wind.
But the trade off is that i cant handle long hours in a aircon that is 25 degrees or less.
My dad is worst, air con 25 he need jacket. He only can handle 28 air con
Hi5 I have air con installed years ago (because of haze) but do not use 😂 I am planning to change my table fan to a ceiling fan instead
You have evolved biologically to adapt to the environment, so you have an advantage of paying less out of a lifetime of air-conditioning. I would say that is a genetic gift 😀
@@celestialstar124 , Sometimes it is the airflow. Adjust the airflow direction and speed and maybe he won't feel as cold?
I grew up without air conditioning in our 3 room hdb flat. Open windows and fan to create draft. Got use to it. Was the climate cooler than now I cannot say but what I can say is that during those time we have had water rationing because reservoir level went low.
yes same didnt have aircon until end of poly in 2019 when the heat just got too bad, every night sweating unless it rains, one factor would be the climate second would be the number of people that are now using aircon..
also like the video states, depends where you live it might be hotter or cooler. which floor u stay in also affects the heat… i live low floor right next to the road on both sides and no tall trees
Stay here in taman jurong see u how feel. Cibai talk nothing bo
@@ewenjaja5963 only know how to 78 here and 78 there. You not born from 78 ah?
Filipino Folks
"that's cute" while sipping hot coffee at 42c climate
Hi ... I'll be renovating my place in two weeks' time and have a 4 yrs window air con up for grab. It's super cold & well maintained with low usage. Thought it's a shame to let the contractor to discard it during hacking. Do pm me if you are keen 😊
Her flat is a rental flat. Needs HDB’s permission
Hello from Goodhood! How do we reach u Nancy as we are unable to PM you
there are lot poor ppl in sg . not everyone is fortunate like these people with aircon. the country may look rich ,but there alot low income ppl in sg.as alot young ppl only buy condo ,alot plants and tree have to remove. this very sad to see in sg
all I can say about Singapore is unbearable HOT HOT HOT ! how strange I find in most flats in Singapore dent install curtains or blinds which can be a greta help to reduce the temperature down a lot. wow that families of a single mom and three boys are basically munching on junk food and idling around playing videos games and not help tidy and clean up the house, the house is just simply chaotic adding stress to the super hot glasshouse .
Strong exhaust fans.
Its greenhouse. You judgemental boomer POS. See 1 min of their life and deciding they are lazy
What I don’t understand is why SG opts for blinds inside the room, not external sunshades. When the blinds or curtains are inside the room, a large part of the heat will come inside. The shades always heat up - so much better to have them outside the window.
@@uncle-k3m , I think it is illegal to make the exterior look different than everyone else's. Basically the building management regulators want to minimize maintenance and risk of falling debris so the regulator's aren't thinking about their resident's living conditions.
@@mehere6189 If they’re all on the outside per regulation that problem would be solved. They’d still need to be properly installed though and maintained, that’s true…
that boy is smart, by wearing a mr beast shirt he is definitely gon get 10k
why can Singapore and Malaysia provide a low-watt Air Cond? In Indonesia a low watt air-cond is really in high demand, for 1/2 PK or 5000 BTU the power consumption is only 260 Watt to 310 watts which saves more energy and money, sometimes in the large bedroom, we put 1/2 PK air-cond so we are not getting freezing but the room temp still comfort and breezing (24-26 degree Celsius)
Typical media nonsense. Singaporeans struggling everyday to afford to live n feed their kids... Living in cramp condition due to EXTREME HIGH property price in this EXPENSIVE sg!! Maybe instead of coming in and criticise this poor lady for messy house, they could give her bigger house. She don't even have $$$ to put ceiling fan but the guy ask her to put stiff in wardrobe where wardrobe are almost 250-300 dollars... Maybe Steven better try n b a single Mum w 3 kids b4 criticising... 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Perhaps in the evening, it would be a good idea just to open up the windows fully and blast the fans just to vent out the hot air from the rooms - the Germans do something similar caused Stoßlüften ("Shock Ventilation"). Just doing this for 20min can make a huge difference to the room temperature. The use of ceiling fans and exhaust fans can further complement this.
We have cooler nights in Germany, though.
i think that might not be applicable in this case because it looks like their bedroom is facing the HDB hallway so there won't be any privacy if they open up their bedroom window hence the show's solution of switching the curtain for blinds.
@Loki-fl1rk
Singapore is not that hot at night. Even during day time, I don’t turn on aircon. Ppl should get creative in keeping cool and not just rely on aircon. Using of aircon only exacerbates the environmental crisis and global warming.
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@@ABC-ed8cg oh, I am absolutely not a fan of aircons, I don't have one either. I was going by the info of this video, where they say it's not getting much cooler at night in between the buildings and I think it is unfair to judge other people who might not have the same option as I do. If it does get cooler, yeah cross ventilation is the way to go
I never knew air con was such a luxury. Households here all have air con. 😳
Air coolers are bad and expensive idea! Install 1 ceiling fan in the bedroom and another 2 in the living hall will cool these rooms significantly. Move 1 or 2 standing fans to the cooking area too. Ceiling fans are easier to clean than standing fans too. Ceiling fans blades can be wiped with slightly damp cloth every 3 months, while standing fans need to clean every 3 weeks. The mother needs to cook more green vegetables and cut down on deep fried foods & carbonated drinks. Lotsa of outdoor exercises (walking, skipping and jogging) and sunlight (free Vitamin D) will help body to detox, thus reducing eczema flareouts too. Instead of spending so much on expensive anti itch eczema creams and skincare products, frequent washing of bedsheets and house cleaning help too. Too many baths will dry the skin even more. Eczema is caused by allergens in the air and frequent contact with sweat and dust, and mites. Invest in ceiling fans, a good Omega 3 supplement, changed diet and more outdoor exercises will improve the health of the family. Good personal hygiene, healthy diet, exercises, tidy & clean living conditions are the keys to better living, not installation of aircon! Just sharing my personal experience.
It's because healthly meals are more expensive thanks to capitalism (subsidies are also in sugar, etc) but also the SIngapore region doesn't have a lot of lands so they import a lot of the fresh foods (90% of their food is all imported and only 1% of their lands are farms).
You can't have a single parent working full time with 3 boys to feed to have that type of income to buy healthy meals.
Not neccesarily about eczema part because you forgot mold. See these flats are from the 70s or 80s era with the regulations a lot less steller than today's regulations (there was a huge need to house a lot of people and we know more today) and there are likely mold because that's everywhere in Singapore (Talking Point has an article about mold in homes).
Ceiling fan as a recommendation is fine, quite frankly this is the responsibility of their government to ensure ceiling fans are on all apartments but they like to cut costs especially on subsidies for low income citizens.
@@EmeraldMara85 Nothing is free in this world. No one owes anyone a living. Not to mention asking the government to pay for the ceiling fans!?? Being in the lower income Group doesnt mean its their entitlement to anything free. Everyone has to work hard to get out of poverty, not waiting for handouts. Adding more vegetables and less deep fried food is actually more economical, not only healthier. Our public rental flats are in liveable and pretty clean condition, not as bad as those in other countries. Far better than those in Hong Kong. fyi, I am a Singaporean, not from another region.
@@citrinebubbly8821 , building contractors regularly throw out perfectly good appliances and building materials. There are tons of people renovating houses in Singapore and they always throw these out. Good Hood may try to pair donors with those who need it, but it needs more critical mass. Carousell is already at critical mass with people offering free appliances they can't get rid of, so maybe Good Hood needs more staff and personnel to manage the pairings and partner with Carousell. So yes, lower income people should be entitled to some degree of quality of life because it is just their human right. They can get free secondhand stuff because rich people throw their stuff away all the time, it's better than recycling or putting them in a landfill. Working hard does not get people out of poverty, working smart does. So there's no need to blame the less fortunate because it is always smarter to ASK. I've seen people in poverty needing things until they die, but either cannot or will not ASK for it. The fact that this woman ASKED for something for her sons is admirable, because who knows, her sons can grow up and pay future taxes that will pay for other unfortunate Singaporeans in the future. Never be too proud to ASK for help.
@@citrinebubbly8821 Excuse me? Low income people have 2-3 different jobs because as the term says, these jobs pay very little. AKA they are more likely to work harder than you that human rights organizations would say they're being exploited.
The only reason someone is able to lift out of poverty is because government subsidies which Singapore does help only 400+ families out of the entire SIngapore population in full sibsidies while a few thousand have some subsidies when there are over 100,000 families in need of assistance. Most of them are helped out by NGOs (in fact NGOs are the ones who are so streched thin in Singapore). And the majority of the Singapore population were poor were it not for the Singapore government programs to lift people out of poverty by providing programs to train their citizens like seamstresses, factory workers + housing programs + build infrastructure like schools and roads (but this was in the past, it's not the same today). AKA you owe your success to government systems and pure luck like being born in the right families. And maybe nepotism involved like how rich people only help rich people + exploiting the poor. After all SIngapore has no legal minimum wage hence the exploitation is all too possible. It's part of why Singapore is the 2nd Asian country of highest income disparity (from no paid salaries, wage theft, the companies hiring low income people with "additional fees", overtime is not regulated so forced on employees).
AKA working hard has nothing to do with income levels at all seeing as exploitated people worked until they have health problems from working too hard and yet paid so little.
@@EmeraldMara85 i am social worker for more than 10 years. Stop lying about only 400 households get help. There are many funding from government alone. That doesn't include private sector.
Act like a director of 1 charity or social worker group can know what other group budget or who they help.
If you really know funding to help the poor then you know the available fund is limited each year. If we social worker give money to leecher then those hardworking and who really need funding to survive will not be able to get the fund.
You think go around spreading false information because of your hate of the rich and government won't bring consequences?
its all about education too, the mom, bless her for trying, is, borderline hoarding i feell
Think Fion’s eldest son is a special child . More welfare supports for the family is needed. But, the rest of boys are big enough to help mummy with house chores. Once you tidying up the area with a proper declutter will ease the heat and better hygiene for their skin condition. Anyway , I am so grateful that I able to use the air con and air purifier every single day ❤ counting my blessings ❤
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That's mean. What makes you think so?
@@Hippodude5 You didnt notice the Hentai drawing ?
What education? throw "ipads" to kids only.
looks like turritopsis dorhnii teo en ming
You know why Spore is hot? Becos it is an island. To make it worst it is island full of concrete and asphalt. Island is generally hotter than inland. Ocean in tropic is hot, not cold. I dont know why poeples always believe ocean is a cooler. Wrong! Cooler area is like rural area of Malaysia where away from the ocean and has lots of greenery. Compared to Spore, KL for example KL is lot cooler since it is surrounded by mountain ranges. You can see lot of mist in KL surrounding area in early morning.
Luncheon meat + French fries = yum yum. 🙄lying on bed + staring close to ipad' screen with thick glasses = very comfort 😶
Shitty people like u always have something to say man. U life must be sucks. I dont know if u have friends. If yes, they definitely hated u so bad
junk food : ((
@@facemakerable not only junk food but the laziness and attitude. A homeless guy can eat junk food but choose to go out to work and save money. Eventually his health may not be worse than a fat guy who eat free junk food and lay around play video games with no intention of improving his life using own effort. Whatever financial aid given to fat guy is spend on enjoyment for short term.
This is the most important factor that keep the people poor. Lack of discipline to even tidy the house or walk down to buy food.
Mum is a bit greedy. Even if air conditioner is given to her, she may not be able to sustain the payment of the bills.
Wow. That help them a lot.
A good sleep will give a good tomorrow.
Not really, they could have just spent 800 on second hand air con and changed their lives instead of moving a few objects around and putting up a blind. Decent tv but she still has a poor q of life
@@sherro74this is cheaper in the long run, and also they cant be turning on aircon 24/7.
This should be the ideal even if you have aircon. Stuffy rooms lead to more mold and damage overtime.
Ban aircon. Everyone fair and square regardless of rich or poor. . Lesser hot air emit.
The mother really needs to feed her kids healthier food... she's got them cooped up in a messy apartment and feeding them McDonald's and processed meat? Come on.
I live in Indonesia. Somehow the air cooler thing doesn’t work. I tried putting it in an enclosed bedroom but it just blew more humidity which made the room even stuffier. It does work in an open area, though, like living room but it kinda beats the purpose 😢 aaand freezing the ice packs for the air cooler water is another hassle 😅
huh? I dont know what to make of this. I grew up in small hdb flat, house only got 2 toyomi fan, no air con. this one is kdk leh.. 😅 also cannot open window neighbours smoking smelly . if hot, then go mall or downstairs openspace sit lor
Location of the flat plays a part. Some flat units trap heat, some don’t. I experienced both.
The only difference is.. You and your family doesn't try to leech the government and social worker and demand free air con plus funding for electricity bills for your post air con installation.
Most likely your family also know how to get a job to improve your life conditions instead of lazy at home and expect the social worker to provide more and more.
Look at the old folks at the beginning of video. They just admit they cannot afford air con so learn to cope with it.
As social worker i rather help these folks instead of the mother.
9 mins portion, Children eating unhealthy food，Children should be provided with healthier food
Some people are just not meant to be parents. Poor children have to suffer the consequences.
@@xianlonglee-n6h totally agree
We don't really know what is going on with the lives of others. Some people need to stop making assumptions and being judgemental.
@@GKP999 The evidence speaks for iteself.
@xianlonglee-n6h We only know what we see. Do you know the intimate details of her life? Did you notice that her elder son looks to be autistic? Did you know notice there was no mention of her husband? None of us know IF she was abused or, abandoned. Before we make judge others, look at our own lives.
On each floor, these apartments need a 3 m wide open but covered verandah to keep sun and rain off the walls of the building. Each room requires a ceiling fan. Air conditioners create unwanted noise and extra heat. The city officials need to reduce and restrict automobile usage in the city and to do this requires safe pedestrian and bicycle lanes and frequent environmentally friendly public transport. Plant more trees in public spaces and place a sail over the public play areas. Children need active play with protection from the sun and access to play during periods of rain. Grow vines over buildings and the verandah posts.
Yes, the episode seems to encourage aircon which is very bad. It only exacerbates the environmental crisis, causing an endless vicious cycle of ever-increasing global temperature. Electricity to power aircon burns fossil fuels. Ppl should get creative in keeping cool. Also we should keep fit by not eating processed food. The obese family in the video will suffer cos fat ppl tend to feel sweatier and hotter.
Means just don't be poor and stay at bukit timah area instead of HDB if not just deal with it. 😂
Try being born in South Sudan and live there and try to make it, then come back with this statement, low iq keyboard warrior much 💀
Fiona needs to do daily housecleaning and she and her boys need to learn how to put things away. This apartment had really bad ‘feng shui’ I’m not surprised it was uncomfortable to live in.
In what way bad feng shui
@@TheBebemomclutter is bad fengshui. No airflow also bad fengshui.
Talk about fengshui and health, the fridge is at the centre which will cause constant stress and heat 24/7.
For heat or even for health according to fengshui should move fridge.
That fridge also indicates skin disorder.
Having stayed in sengkang and then moved to orchard I must say money buys weather lol😅
I agree! I lived in Yishun all my life. Then moved to farrer park. My private apartment was the last in the quiet row and my unit was facing a large field. Waaay cooler. Now back in Yishun and baking
I grew up with air conditioning in the house .. now that i have my own home .. i do not own an air con .. how do i beat the heat and humidity ..
I am blessed with a corner unit where winds comes in all directions .. to stay cool .. besides taking a cold shower and drinking ice cold water, i simply slightly close the windows and turn on the fan .. slowly the whole house is cooler .. not as cool as having an air con .. but cool enough 😂😂😂
Yup I agree. Opening your windows and doors will help with the airflow and definitely less clutter. I have the privilege of living at the featured Northshore. Thank you architects!
Plus less prone to mold growing
Hahaha, I live in Ang Mo Kio
Madam, please avoid cooking processed meat such as luncheon meat, french fries, maggie noodles, fast food, etc..to your child. Your eldest he look so unenergetic and weak. Once in a while is fine. Sometimes it is also related to the food that we consume on a regular basis that causes itchiness aside from the hot environment.
It is too hot in Singapore and Malaysia. If I move to Singapore or Malaysia, I will make sure there is air conditioner at the place I will be living at and I will turn on the Air Conditioner even if I have to pay extra money for the electric bills.
I've lived my 47 years without air-conditioning.
You're a good case of adaptation... 😊
Last month, 2 big trees opposite my block Hougang street 51 were cut down. I dunno why they cut the tree that stands 15 m far from the building. Now the heat and noise from the road is getting worse.
Losing weight makes you feel cooler. Extra weight (extra layer of fat) makes you feel hot.
Try kodomo baby powder for itch and sweat. I saw them eating instant noodles and lunchon meat and that's poor nutrition. Any organisation can provide at least some proper foods for them?
They already get free money to buy food. It's their poor choices. The organisation usually give money every month to self buy.
Given the food prices she cook. She can buy 4 cai fan with 2 veggies and 1 meat for themselves.
There are some home delivery of cooked food for senior citizens or handicap. But this women and son need more movements to keep themselves healthy. She already reluctant to move out of house for aircon or buy cai fan.
If give her free food delivery, it's only harming her more.
When Steve ask her if she worry about high electric bills after installation of air con. Her reply already can tell she expect more financial aid.
The real poor people are the few elderly at the beginning of the video. Those are the type we social worker should be helping.
Look at the choice of cream they choose when given medical funding. Most poor only use basic brand cream or urea cream provided by polyclinic. These more expensive cream are a choice the patient choose by asking the doctor prescribed so their full medical bill is fully paid 100% by social worker.
Then some even resell these cream on carousell.
solution: move to your neighboring country like malaysia, indonesia, or brunei with much more humane expense and tax
here's a thing that people should know and i don't know why nobody is even mentioning it. In climate such as Singapore where the humidity is high, an air-cooler that cools you via evaporation is literally redundant. Air coolers works best in dry climates where the humidity levels are low. I'm so confused why people are still selling/buying such products. It boggles the mind.
Essentially, buying a simple fan beats buying an air-cooler, which if you think about it... is just a pimped-out fan. Not only that, but if you use an air-cooler, you're introducing even more moisture into your already humid room. You're buying features that are not only redundant but might make things worse.
Oh... and not to mention the HUGE difference in price. Sheeeeesh...
Country with 90% humidity level being introduced to water evaporation cooling system.
Dehumidifier: Am i Joke for you?
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And the advice to get an air cooler came from "experts" who should know better. Makes you wonder if they really are.
i live in malaysia and i use an aircooler.I usually use it without the water and it's much much cooler than a fan. When the heat get's bad I turn on the water function and it's just as good as an aircond with cheaper electricity bill and less additional heat from the compressor.
@@Littlelamb86 An aircooler w/o water is just a fan. The only reason could be that it’s stronger than your other fan, but it’s still just a fan. With the water, you’ll have mold in no time.
Hmm, a lot of Singaporeans also have no aircon in older HDBs, i don't have aircon too. Just use fans lo. Newer HDb have to have aircons since they are packed so closed to each other , the heat from other aircon units will blow directly to your house lol. So blame the designers of new HDB why pack them so close together and trap heat.
Why blame the designers when they are forced to work within the limitations of the small plot of land? If anyone should be blamed, it's our dear government for cramming more people into this island in its pursuit of unsustainable GDP growth
1st you think you need an aircon, then you discover you can't afford to pay the electricity bill because you are using aircon. After one problem is solved another is created. Really need to make better choices in life. Alot of people has no aircon or can't afford replacing their spoilt aircon and live with it.
Older flats many burn incense or smoke also cannot tahan!
Sad to see how detached from reality is the "team". She cannot afford cotton sheets and wardrobe as those are expensive for her budget. The "cluttering" concept is from rich people. Poor people save whatever they can as that is all they have. It's easy to criticise and not put themselves in her shoes.
Coming up with purchased items and a team to do what she could never because is just herself and 3 children, is easy.
Adding electrical appliances will increase her electricity bill that she cannot afford 😢
Expecting any person to sleep fine in a 28C is really lacking in empathy.
Fion is an irresponsible mother.
Ppl with low educational attainment procreate a lot and they know little about nutrition.
This is really BS journalism, most of the people does not have air conditioner @ home , we still growing up normal, and the the outdoors at the start of the video is another BS! Who are gonna play in the hot sun! Another BS why would SG government built a exercising corners or playground made of metal which is a good heat conductor.
There are also things which can be done like installing solar films on windows. Most of us would keep windows closed or at least some windows closed when we go out of the house to work in the morning.
Glass windows are a recipe for trapped heat via greenhouse effect. Nanoceramic solar films can cut IR heat at least 90% down and contribute to much less trapped heat.
but they can be very pricey, depending on brands. not many or are willing to fork out a couple of grands, but true, solar films work well
@@quasimodo7753 not true as you can DIY and buy similar 3M films on shopping platforms like taobao for a very low price
@@quasimodo7753 you don't really need much money if you buy the solar films yourself from shopping portals and DIY it by cutting it to size and then pasting it on the windows
Great suggestion! Now if only the window contractors or the HDB MCST can give this to the rental flats.
I'm sure the ministers never had to worry about that and they never need a documentary episode to be made on this topic for them.
Actually it’s not uncommon to not have AC in the HDB flats here and still make living conditions bearable. You really just need to declutter your space and allow for cross ventilation of the space. So opening windows and doors. Been living for 35 years without any AC…
Me too! Living without any AC!
Fan only blow out hot air.
@@springal3139it is without proper circulation.
I open my windows and bedroom door to let the air circulate, my fan is in between the door and windows, and the air coming out is okay I feel. Of course there are times where it's hotter than normal but at least with the fan and proper circulation, the air is not as bad as to blowing hot air out. That is bad
@@ling2035 so u put ur fan near the door?
@@memorylatcher u r super.😄
Less is more, stop buying collecting unnecessary stuff and clutter
7,936 only? Bro is falling off
Many new estates are more densely packed than old estates thus even more warm.
I enjoyed and learnt so much every single time when I watched Talking Point. I wish my country Malaysia also had this incredible documentary show that always aims to help the People
This task may be handed over to you! Come on! I am May from Singapore