A Singaporean couple who were kicked out of the home of their eldest son after an argument moved into a three-room rental flat in Taman Jurong on Wednesday.
Foo Thin Tak, 62, his wife Tham Swee Kheng, 55 and their 27-year-old youngest son moved into their new home after spending two nights at McDonald’s outlets in the Woodlands area.
Earlier on Monday, a heated family argument had prompted the couple’s eldest son, a 33-year-old army regular who wanted to be known as Foo, to kick his parents and younger brother out his five-room flat in Woodlands Drive. Foo is married with two daughters.
Together with their youngest son, who is employed as a security guard, they will be sharing the place with another family, with rent costing around S$245 a month.
However, the couple were initially selective in choosing the flat for various reasons. For instance, they initially refused a flat on the 16th floor, claiming that they had to walk up the stairs as the lift did not stop on the floor. And when shown a flat on the 13th floor, they also rejected it saying the west-facing room in the house was too hot.
Eventually, they chose the former flat after the private operator declined to show them other flats as the policy states that residents will be allocated the rooms instead of being allowed to choose.
This was not the first time Foo had thrown his parents and brother out his house. They first moved into his flat in 2007 but stayed only for six months after constantly getting into arguments over the state of his brother who was unemployed then.
The couple had no home of their own as they had sold their 4-room Teck Whye flat a few years ago after failing to pay the monthly instalments. In 2010, Foo reconciled with his family and offered them to stay in his flat. However, constant arguments over money led them to the current situation.
Now clearly estranged with their eldest son, Tham said she will be picking up the rest of the family’s belongings from his house later this week, adding that she also does not want to maintain any ties with him.
Foo Thin Tak, 62, his wife Tham Swee Kheng, 55 and their 27-year-old youngest son moved into their new home after spending two nights at McDonald’s outlets in the Woodlands area.
Earlier on Monday, a heated family argument had prompted the couple’s eldest son, a 33-year-old army regular who wanted to be known as Foo, to kick his parents and younger brother out his five-room flat in Woodlands Drive. Foo is married with two daughters.
He had claimed that his father had threatened to kill him with a knife during an argument, in which police were later called in, reported The New Paper. But this and other allegations made by Foo were refuted by his parents who labeled him as hot-tempered.
Desperate to find a temporary shelter, the couple went to HDB Hub in Toa Payoh on Wednesday morning and managed to select a rental HDB flat managed by a private operator.Together with their youngest son, who is employed as a security guard, they will be sharing the place with another family, with rent costing around S$245 a month.
However, the couple were initially selective in choosing the flat for various reasons. For instance, they initially refused a flat on the 16th floor, claiming that they had to walk up the stairs as the lift did not stop on the floor. And when shown a flat on the 13th floor, they also rejected it saying the west-facing room in the house was too hot.
Eventually, they chose the former flat after the private operator declined to show them other flats as the policy states that residents will be allocated the rooms instead of being allowed to choose.
This was not the first time Foo had thrown his parents and brother out his house. They first moved into his flat in 2007 but stayed only for six months after constantly getting into arguments over the state of his brother who was unemployed then.
The couple had no home of their own as they had sold their 4-room Teck Whye flat a few years ago after failing to pay the monthly instalments. In 2010, Foo reconciled with his family and offered them to stay in his flat. However, constant arguments over money led them to the current situation.
Now clearly estranged with their eldest son, Tham said she will be picking up the rest of the family’s belongings from his house later this week, adding that she also does not want to maintain any ties with him.
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