DO women make better neighbours than men? Maybe they do, if this
year's awards are any indication.
At the Good Neighbour Award ceremony on Friday night, they
clearly took centrestage - nine of the 11 national recipients were
female.
Organised for the second year by the Housing Board (HDB) and the
People's Association, the awards received more than 2,500 entries,
with roughly equal numbers for the open and the student categories.
The latter was started this year to promote neighbourliness among
youth.
The youngest winner, from the student category, was primary
school pupil Nur Darwisyah Durrani Mohamad Yusof, 9.
She helps to keep her neighbours' shoes in the shoe-rack when
common corridors are being washed, among other things.
'When my sisters are unhappy, she would bring her pet rabbit to
let them play with it,' said neighbour Sumaiya Parween Mohd Sadiq,
11.