Helping the Disabled 帮助残疾人

During my recent stay in Singapore, I walked across Orchard Road several times a day at the pedestrian crossing, Paragon.  I met up with this well-dressed handicapped tissue-paper seller on a fairly modern wheelchair.  He had an almost twisted neck and also a deformed leg.  That he was a disabled person was without doubt.

最近,我在新加坡逗留了好几星期。 一天几次我在人行横道Paragon穿越乌节路的时候，我遇到一。我在一位穿着考究的残疾人薄纸销售商。他的脖子几乎扭曲了，腿也变形了。毫无疑问，他肯定是一个残疾人。

There were two questions that I need answers, though. One, who transported him to the busiest part of Orchard Road, every day (or several times a day as he must need comfort toilet stops)? Then, two, who was supporting him?

不过，我有两个问题需要答案。第一：谁每天（或每天几次），将他送至乌节路最繁忙的地方？，然后，第二：谁在支持他呢 - 穿的那么整齐？

I did talk to him and I was pleasantly surprised at the answers he gave me in between his slow dragged-out stammering voice. He was an educated person and had a stroke some five years back. His wife left him two years ago and he was living with his two children in a Housing Board flat. Both his children had their family members to care for and he had no or little help from the Governmental agencies.

我确实和他交谈过，他在缓慢拖拉的结结巴巴的声音之间给了我答案，对此我感到很惊讶。他是一个受过教育的人，大约五年前中风了。他的妻子两年前离开了他，他和他的两个孩子一起住在一个政府平民住住宅。他的两个孩子都有家人照顾，政府机构无能帮助他。

I am not sure what the Singapore Government’s attitude is on this topic of street peddlers. Suffice it to say that begging on the streets of Singapore is legal. But I only article on street peddlers in Singapore on the internet is the following blog: 我不确定新加坡政府对街头小贩的态度是什么。只需说在新加坡街头乞讨是合法的。但我在互联网上关于新加坡街头小贩的唯一文章是以下博客：https://ionsg.blogspot.com/2014/04/tissue-paper-peddlers-technically.html

Selling Tissues - A Turning Point https://youtu.be/72YpFDbcPCA 卖卫生纸对他来说是一个转折点。

Singapore’s Tissue Paper Peddlers: https://youtu.be/PmiPgzZTN8s 新加坡的纸巾贩子.

I am going to do a research on this topic and I shall be publishing my findings in the form of a booklet. I shall be selecting some interviewees primarily from Singapore and New Zealand to answer some relevant questions as to how we can assist these disabled persons without directly donating cash to them.

我将对此主题进行研究，并将以小册子形式发表我的发现。我将选择一些主要来自新加坡和新西兰的受访者来回答一些有关我们如何在不直接向他们捐赠现金的情况下帮助这些残疾人的相关问题。

Thanks, and please stay in touch.
谢谢，请继续保持联系。

For the younger readers, the following videos show some of the fake beggars we can meet in society. Take care when we next decide to donate a dollar or so to beggars.

对于年轻的读者，以下视频展示了我们在社会上可以遇到的一些假乞丐。当我们下次决定向乞丐捐款一美元左右时，请当心。

Fake Beggars: https://youtu.be/kbRALNRbgak 假乞丐.

Alleged professional beggars in Melbourne, Australia. 据称在澳大利亚墨尔本的专业乞丐. https://youtu.be/VcPttFDkqV4