SINGAPORE — When Vietnamese national Duong Doan first saw a bronze statue of his nation's best-known political leader, the late Ho Chi Minh, while jogging along Clarke Quay early in 2021, he was both captivated and shocked.
Captivated, because the hero of Vietnam's military campaign against the United States was so openly celebrated in Singapore, but also shocked because the monument and the area surrounding it was, to him, not kept clean enough, with leaves and fallen twigs strewn all over.
When TODAY spoke to him as he was cleaning the monument in December, he said in Vietnamese:"Uncle Ho is the love of Vietnam... he's the father of the people of Vietnam... but I see so many leaves and twigs that no one is cleaning up, so I feel like I must help." Other than Ho, statues and commemorative markers of notable figures such as Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping and Filipino national hero and political activist Jose Rizal are also featured along the same stretch at Empress Place.
Before long, a sizeable pile of leaves and twigs had formed in one corner, and the entire area was spick and span. "He has never missed a single week," she told TODAY, adding that even when he had visited his hometown of Hanoi to see his their two small children, it had never been for longer than a week, and so he would be back cleaning the monument in Singapore.It did not take long for his efforts to be noticed by the Vietnamese back home.
But this is not done for the fame, said Ms Anh, who has been working in Singapore for five years in the healthcare industry.She added that it is not just the monument that he cleans up, but that he is diligent in his housework as well.Mr Doan said that although the entire process is backbreaking work, he does not feel tired, or grumble when going about this routine.
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