SINGAPORE — A taxi driver who bought a flat in Tampines applied for joint tenancy with his China national wife after she attained permanent residency in Singapore.
A taxi driver who bought a flat in Tampines applied for joint tenancy with his China national wife after she attained permanent residency in Singapore.
In July 2009, Fook Tuck met China national Ms Wang Kai Qing, when she visited Singapore for a holiday. He was 48 and she was 10 years his junior. According to Ms Wang, he would stay with her in their rented room but return to the Tampines flat to sleep at night so he did not disturb his wife's sleep when he woke up for his graveyard shift as a cabby.
He took her to an HDB branch office and listened to the officer explaining that since they had chosen"joint name holding", whoever of the two of them was still alive would get the flat automatically. However, they did not go through with the solemnisation as he heard a claim from a friend that Singapore records would show they were husband and wife since the divorce in China had not been registered in Singapore.In October 2015, Fook Tuck's younger sister brought her boyfriend to live with her in the Tampines flat.
However, his plans to sell the flat did not materialise, as he became ill. He did not want his wife to accompany him for check-ups, telling her that"everything was fine". According to Ms Wang, Ms Ho never informed her about a notice from HDB about the Home Improvement Program, nor about an application for letters of administration for Fook Tuck's estate.
She also said that she did not want to go to court to chase the sister out of the flat, as the latter was still family and that her husband had not tried to chase her out when he was alive.Ms Ho said that her brother had paid for the flat and maintained it, and that Ms Wang did not visit the flat after Fook Tuck died nor broach the topic of the flat at any time.
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