Former cleaner Ang Swee Huay is 91 years old and should have been able to put her feet up a long time ago. But she has spent much of the past 40 years caring for her two mentally ill children who used to live with her in their four-room flat in Hougang.
Son Cheong Poh Fatt, 56, has schizophrenia, and daughter Cheong Mee Choo, 57, has polio and depression. Both have been afflicted since their teenage years.
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