In a bid to save money on her water bills, a woman living in Yishun resorted to hanging buckets precariously outside her 10th-floor window to collect rainwater, according to Shin Min Daily News.
Her actions have sparked concerns from worried neighbours, with the elderly woman hanging three buckets on a few bamboo poles outside her kitchen window.
The elderly woman, a 70-year-old, lives in an HDB unit located at Yishun Ring Road, on the 10th floor of the building.
She hung the buckets, comprising a large bucket and two other small ones, on the bamboo poles and used clothes pegs to “secure” them in place.
A resident who lives nearby, Luo, told SMDN that he saw the buckets dangling precariously outside the woman’s window during heavy rain last Sunday.
He said that it was very dangerous, and questioned the purpose of her saving “even that little bit of water”, asking what would happen if the bucket falls and hits someone walking below.
Another resident who lives nearby, Chen, told the Chinese paper that the elderly woman might forget that she had the buckets outside her window one day.
He added that it would be too late by the time an accident happens, “if it falls and hits someone, the consequences will be disastrous.”
According to the Housing Development Board (HDB), residents who place objects in a hazardous manner and fail to remove them after being issued a warning, face a fine of up to $2,000.