Date of visitation 日期: 26/10/2014
Time 时间: 9am – 3pm
Beneficiary 受惠者: 苏诚群 (Soo)
Age 年龄: 69
Address 地址: Pelabuhan Klang

繁荣城市躯壳之外有家生活在巴生的贫穷家庭。苏诚群 （69岁），罗齐爱 (64岁) 以及儿子苏世雄 (21岁)，一家三口居住在一间看似五金店的屋子，地方虽大却家不像家，外人看了会觉得是一间丢荒的木板工厂。然而，他们即使面对如此恶略的环境也不向生活低头，努力动脑筋，亲自动手利用捡回来的废物修补家园，让居住环境变得更好。

这块地是注册于苏诚群 的弟弟名字之下，只用了三角板和锌板而搭建的房子，实在简陋不堪。苏诚群 原本是一个裁缝师，但介于个人的天赋和智力，无师自通的将那些拾荒得来的东西废物利用，经改装和加工后便可以拿去卖。除此之外，苏诚群在家搭了一个橱，用来分类所有废物品，方便工作时根据种类取出。由于工作的关系，家里都堆满了各种废物和垃圾，脏乱不堪。

一个这样的家会让蚊子大量滋生，而且还有很多野猫在家中出没，他们都穿着鞋子在家里行动的。为了可以更节俭一点，苏诚群在家里四周安装了水管，在水管朝下方置放水桶，雨天的时候可以直接领到雨水。他们会用这些雨水来洗衣，碗碟，以及其他需要清洗的废物品。苏诚群靠卖废物品一个月的收入大概是 RM600 – RM1,000 之间，如果他拾到好的材料或废物便可以做到好一点的东西，卖到好一点的价钱。

其实苏诚群在他2岁的时候生母就去世了，家人只剩下爸爸和弟弟。后来爸爸娶了一个后母，后母生了5个孩子 （2男3女），据苏诚群说，不管是吃的穿的，后母只对自己的亲生孩子比较照顾和疼爱。苏诚群在9年前曾经在一家公司做了27年的裁缝师，但都没有起过薪，保持 RM1,200, 他也有做过卖肉骨茶的小贩，虽然一直过得很辛苦，但他仍然依靠自己的力量来过日子。

太太罗齐爱是一个家庭主妇，两夫妇没有生育孩子，现在唯一的孩子是苏诚群领养的。当年朋友看见他们没有生育养孩子，刚好遇到有人抛弃一个仅7天大的婴儿，于是就充当中间人，要求苏诚群夫妻领养这个孩子。过后苏诚群夫妻和这位朋友失去了联络，从此他们也同时失去了找回孩子亲生父母亲的线索。

上天一直给苏诚群一家生活的考验，儿子苏世雄在13岁的时候换上了骨癌，在14岁的时候动了第一次的手术，之后1骨癌渐渐扩散到肩膀，脚，膝盖，然后又感染到肺部。苏世雄在患癌期间陆陆续续接受了很多次手术和化疗，因此停学了两年。那时候，医生已经告知他们儿子的情况已经没希望了，苏世雄因此在 Make A Wish 机构许了一个愿望，希望可以拥有一台电脑。Make A Wish 机构是为病危的孩童实现愿望为宗旨，因此给苏世雄买了一台电脑。也许是老天爷对这一家人开恩，苏世雄在 2011 年时康复了，而且在之后找到了一份销售工作，薪水约 RM1,000 多。

可是好景不常，苏世雄因化疗后脚部发炎导致行动不便而无法继续工作，并在今年3月份做了一次脚部的手术。目前苏世雄正在准备馬來西亞教育文憑考试，而且苏世雄对电脑软件深感兴趣，希望能够继续升学，报读有关课程。可是目前简陋的住处无法提供苏世雄一个好的阅读环境。

他们的生活开销比较简单每个月伙食约 RM500，电费约 RM80 – RM150, 而水费只是几零吉，当地的村长也有帮助他们申请 MyKasih 来领取一点补贴金。比较困扰的是，家里的屋顶破烂导致漏水问题，地上洋灰也裂了导致出现小坑洞，这对行动不便的孩子造成了困扰。除此之外简陋的厕所及只有破烂锌板遮掩的外墙，无法提供这一家人一个舒适的居住环境。苏成群屋子维修费用需逾 RM36,000.

所以，《南洋報業基金》決定啓動16導航修補家園專案為苏诚群的住处進行修補。同時也把歡樂帶到該 社區，與當地居民同樂共聚。

希望各界善 心人士加入南洋报业基金 【16导航温馨探访2】活动，有意要成为 【16导航2】 赞助商、合作伙伴或志愿者的朋友，请致电到南洋报业基金 （03-76508651 / 694 / 675 / 669 / 662）， 或电邮至 nyfound@nanyang.com.my。 若您无法出席【16导航】温馨探访活动，也可以乐捐的方式支持此活动。 请将您的善款汇至 YAYASAN NANYANG PRESS (OCBCI 101-108445-4)，然后再把汇款和个人资料传真到 03-76508627。欢迎游览南洋报业基金网站 www.yayasan-nanyang.org 查获更多详情。

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Make A Wish 机构在苏 世雄患癌的时候给他买了一台电脑。	妻子罗齐爱对目前简陋的饭厅兼客厅依然感到知足。
苏成群在破烂屋顶的居住环境下，依然开心的过生活。	家里的四周安装了水管，在水管朝下方放置了水桶. 雨天的时候就可以 直接 领到雨水 了。他们会用这些雨水来洗衣服、碗碟、以及其他需要清洗的废物。
屋外看似荒废的木屋	简陋的厕所
苏成群把捡回来的废物品分类置放，方便工作时根据种类取出	破烂锌板遮掩的外墙
屋子看似间五金店	一个专用在美容院的折叠式电灯已经断了脚 支， 可是他可以用自己捡回来的废物改装后搭建在电灯上，让它又可以站了起来。

Soo (79 years old), Lau (64 years old) and their son, Siong (21 years old) are living in a house that may appear as a hardware wooden store to outsiders. It was built out of wood and zinc plates. The land their house was built on initially belonged to Soo’s ancestor but the ownership had been transferred to his brother.

Although the family is staying under such poor living conditions, Soo has never given up. He is always striving to use his creativity and talent to enhance their living environment by recycling items that had been discarded by others.

According to Soo, his mother passed away when he was two years old. He has only one sibling. His father then married his stepmother, who gave birth to five children. The stepmother only took good care of her own children.

Soo had worked as a tailor but his salary was maintained at RM1,200 every month despite having served the same company for 27 years. He had no choice but to resign 10 years ago to look for other alternative means of income.

Since he lost his job, he started to use his talent and creativity to modify and create DIY products out of recyclable items so that he can sell them for a living. He built a cupboard to classify discarded items and use them in his future creations. Soo manages to collect approximately RM 600 to RM 1,000 per month through selling recycled items.

Due to the nature of his job, his house is filled with all kinds of waste and garbage. Such an unhealthy living environment encourages mosquito breeding. There are also a lot of stray cats that come and go, which further contributes to the filthiness of their home.

To be a little more frugal, Soo gathered some water pipes and installed them on the roof, connecting them to buckets to collect rainwater to be used for laundry, dishes and the toilet. Although life is hard, he still relies on his own strength to support his family.

Soo’s wife, Lau, is a housewife. Since the couple did not have a child, they decided to adopt a 7-day old baby, Siong, when they heard that a baby had been abandoned by his parents. They have no clues about the child’s biological parents or relatives. When Siong was 13 years old, he was diagnosed with bone cancer, which gradually spread to his shoulders, feet, and knees, and then infected his lungs after he underwent his first surgery at the age of 14. Hence, Siong was sent for several surgeries and chemo-therapies after that. Doctors had told Soo that there was no more hope for his son’s recovery.

Siong’s health condition was made known to the charity organisation, “Make A Wish”, which is an NGO motivated to turn the wishes of critically ill children into reality. Siong was given a chance to make his wish come true through “Make A Wish” and received a computer that he had longed desired. Siong eventually recovered in 2011 and started work as a salesman with a basic salary of RM1,000.

Unfortunately, good times never last. Siong experienced inflammation after undergoing chemotherapy early this year. He became unable to work after undergoing surgery in March 2014. Still, Siong never gave up on his future despite his obstacles. He had registered to re-sit for the SPM examination this year. He hopes to pass all his SPM subjects and proceed for further studies in IT.

The family’s cost of living is very low. They are living with relatively simple meals with RM500/month and electricity RM80-RM150/month, while the water bill only costs them a few ringgit. The local mayor also helped them to apply to MyKasih, which allows them to receive minor subsidy payments.

Currently, the house is in a poor condition as its broken rooftop had caused leakage. Its cracked cement floor had also created a small pothole, posing mobility problems.

The cost of repairing and re-structuring the house will cost about RM36,000. Yayasan Nanyang Press understands that a good living environment is very important not only for the family’s physical and mental health, but to also encourage aspiration. Therefore, Yayasan Nanyang Press decided to repair their house through its “16 Navigators” programme.

Thus, the 2nd Visitation of the [16 Navigators ii] will be held at 9:30 am on 26 October 2014 (Sunday), in collaboration with China Press, ASTRO, Agape Counselling Centre, BaoBei Reading Wonderland, and many other sponsors. The Black Team of “16 Navigators” volunteers will be responsible for repairing and cleaning Soo’s house as well as giving him daily necessities.

Moreover, [16 Navigators] and counsellors from Agape Counselling Malaysia will organise various activities for the neighbourhood so as to enhance the relationships between them. There will be different stalls set up in the neighbourhood such as the [16 Navigators Mobile Clinic] led by Dr Kris See (16 Navigators Mobile Clinic Advisor) together with a team of 20 medical volunteers. The free mobile clinic is ready to provide the following services:
• Body mass index (BMI) measurement
• Blood pressure measurement
• Blood sugar level test
• Medical consultation and treatment by qualified medical doctors
• Medicine prescription
• De-worming children
• Identify and assist non-apparent emergency cases
• Medical-related social support and case management
• Referrals to hospitals or other medical and social resources
• Counselling on health and hygiene
• Advice on disease prevention
• Cleansing and dressing of wounds
• Home care for the sick.

Yayasan Nanyang Press would like to encourage participation from the general public to join the [16 Navigators Visitation] as it is a meaningful charitable event. If you are interested to be a volunteer, sponsor or partner of [16 Navigators], please do not hesitate to contact Yayasan Nanyang Press via phone (03-76508651 / 694 / 675 / 669) or e-mail (nyfound@nanyang.com.my). If you are unable to attend the event, but would still like to support this event, you are welcome to make a financial contribution. Cheques can be made payable to YAYASAN NANYANG PRESS (OCBC 701-120679-6), after which you are requested to fax (03-76508627) or email the bank-in slip to YNP.

For more information, please visit Yayasan Nanyang Press’ official website at http://www.yayasan-nanyang.org.