It's not my money

[Fu Xi]

It's not my money
Coffee shop cleaner who earns $600 a month seeks owner of 4-D winning ticket worth $10,000
By Danson Cheong
June 09, 2010

Last Thursday, Madam Ong Mee Geok, 65, spotted a 4-D stub around 2pm while sweeping the floor at the Punggol coffee shop where she works.

Madam Ong, who buys 4-D regularly, betting about $5 each time, immediately recognised the winning numbers – 4886 – on the ticket.

The ticket would entitle the buyer to the first prize of $10,000.

Instead of cashing in on the windfall, Madam Ong's first instinct was to call Chinese daily Lianhe Wanbao to find a way through the newspapers to return the ticket to the owner.

For Madam Ong – who lives with her husband and two of her three adult children in a spartan three-room HDB flat in Hougang – it was, simply, the decent thing to do.

She earns $600 a month to feed herself and her retired husband.

She told The New Paper in Mandarin: "I feel we shouldn't be too greedy. This ticket doesn't belong to me.

"The $10,000 is not a small sum. Imagine how 'kan cheong' (Hokkien for anxious) the owner must be."

It has been five days since her story appeared in Lianhe Wanbao, but no one has come forward to claim the ticket so far.

 

[Alamaking]

For the moment, i though it was Ah Kong saying that statement when i read the header, lol

 

[singveld]

she is very smart. these are trap place by pap, if you cash in the lottery, they will arrest you and put you in prison.

 

[besotted]

it is expected lah, 65 year old have morals

imagine a 25 year old uni grad picking up the ticket

immediately buy iPhone iPad and follow western consumption style

 

[Watchman]

she is very smart. these are trap place by pap, if you cash in the lottery, they will arrest you and put you in prison.

Singaporeans have alot of sympathy one .

After no one claims . Someone will give her $20,000 for honesty .