[ad_1]
It looks like a jungle bursting from within the second storey HDB flat at Block 158 Tampines Street 12.
And it has made some members of the public jittery during Singapore’s worst dengue outbreak.
But Mr Victor Lee’s four-room home is neat, clean and well lit.
And because he makes sure water does not pool in his flower pots, preventing mosquitoes from breeding, his neighbours are fine with him keeping his tropical “rainforest” indoors.
Mr Lee, 71, who lives with his wife and child, spends up to four hours daily tending to his plants at the windows and along the common corridor.
Recently, a picture of the unit was featured on citizen journalism website Stomp. It showed a curtain of money plants covering the windows.
PHOTO: The New PaperThe Tampines Town Council visited his flat on Tuesday morning asking him to trim some of his plants.
A neighbour, who did not want to be identified, said he was not bothered by the foliage.
[ad_2]
Source link
