SINGAPORE – The daughter of taxi driver Cheng Teck
Hock – who was killed in a high-speed crash involving a Ferrari –
will have her school fees taken care of should she qualify for
university, while her family will receive “all necessary
assistance”, including legal assistance, said Law and Foreign
Affairs Minister K Shanmugam.
Mr Shanmugam, who is the Member of Parliament for Nee Soon
GRC – where Mr Cheng’s family resides – gave this
assurance yesterday when he attended the wake for Mr Cheng at Block
306, Canberra Road.
He said Mr Cheng’s daughter, Stephanie, 21, who recently
graduated from a polytechnic, need not give up her hopes of going
to university to work and support the family.
Mr Cheng, 52, had been the family’s sole breadwinner.
Mr Shanmugam said: “Education is not an issue here and as long
as she qualifies for university, we will make sure it will be taken
care of.”
As for the long-term needs of the family, such as their
outstanding payment of their five-room HDB flat, Mr
Shanmugam said that “a package will be put together” with help from
the constituency’s welfare fund, NTUC, Mr Cheng’s
employer ComfortDelGro, voluntary welfare organisations and
well-wishers.
Details of the help that will be given have not been discussed
as the family has called for time to grieve, he added.
Mr Cheng died after a crash early on Saturday morning involving
a Ferrari, his taxi and a motorcycle. The Ferrari driver, Mr Ma
Chi, was killed, as was Mr Cheng’s passenger, Ms Shigemi Ito.
Mr Ma’s passenger, an unknown Chinese woman, and motorcyclist
Muhammad Najib Ghazali, 25, are still in hospital.
Mr Cheng had been a taxi driver for 10 years. He leaves behind
his wife, two sons and a daughter.
Nothing in the media mention about the info of latest
investigation progress.
Disappointed, but hope Mr Shanmugam will fulfills his promise to
help the family all the way.
need the ppl kpkb then they come out do tins..............
