Feb 22, 2012 - Straits Times
Retired scrap collector Heng Sai Huay was a bit nervous on Feb
12. The 63-year-old had put on her best outfit, and volunteers had
helped with her make-up before it was her turn to flash a big smile
- for a free portrait photo.
'I don't have any photos of myself, except for some small
identity card-size photos, so I am thankful for the free photo,'
said Madam Heng of the effort by the MacPherson Community Club's
photography club.
Initiated by its members early this month, the project hopes to
reach out to more than 200 needy senior citizens in the area.
Photography club chairman David Lim, 56, who came up with the
idea, said he was inspired by a TV news programme in 2002 that
documented efforts by a welfare group in Hong Kong to offer free
funeral portraits to poor elderly folk.
