When a mother and daughter lost their belongings at a basketball court in Hougang, they sought help from two migrant workers working nearby. Little did they know the workers would spend the next four hours searching high and low on their behalf, even rummaging through...
The 45-year-old mother then tried tracing the location of the phone using another phone, and sought help from nearby construction workers.As the mobile tracking system could only pinpoint the location of the lost phone within a 1km range, the trio then searched a 17-storey HDB block floor-by-floor.
When Zhang and her daughter left to lodge a police report over the lost items, the lone worker roped in a compatriot and continued searching. "The weather was very hot at the time, but didn't complain. Although they were sweating, they were still enthusiastic about helping us find the lost items," Zhang said.
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