1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (465+ words) ASIA: Less than a decade ago, Hong Kong's "cardboard grannies" were featured in the news, and people across the globe were shocked to learn about many elderly poor, especially women, collecting cardboard long hours each day to support themselves, in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (287+ words) SINGAPORE: The Housing and Development Board (HDB) has recently named Bedok, Bukit Panjang, and Tiong Bahru as "senior citizen zones, in which the government will invest in upgrading public facilities to better suit the needs of over 110, 000 elderly residents." The…...