Joan Pereira is a Member of Parliament (MP) for for Tanjong Pagar GRC.

She is a first time MP, and primarily holds her Meet-the-people sessions at Bukit Merah View.

It was around there that she witnessed a touching display of community spirit.

Her Facebook post on Jan 17 detailed an incident where a man's motorised wheelchair encountered some difficulties, and how the community rallied to help him.

In case you can't read the post.

I wish to share about this instance of great community spirit and friendship.

Last Sunday afternoon, Uncle Sim's motorised wheelchair stalled on the pathway opposite Bukit Merah View Hawker Centre.

Thankfully, the stallholders at the hawker centre worked together to help to figure out the fault. It turned out that the battery was running low.

Another kind uncle on a motorised wheelchair lent us his charger, and the fruits stallholders offered their electrical outlet for Uncle Sim to charge up his wheelchair while waiting for the afternoon rain to subside.

Before long, the rain subsided and uncle's motorised wheelchair was all charged-up for his ride home!

It was really heartwarming to see everyone in our community working together and looking out for one another. This is indeed an inspiring example of a caring community that we are building.

Here are the do-gooders mentioned in the story.

Well done!

All images from Joan Pereira's Facebook

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