许哲

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content: 许哲在家辞世于2011年12月7日、享年114岁,是新加坡超级人瑞、多年来积极从事公益活动。和生前的作风一样:为善不为人知,她逝世的消息在一个星期后才传开来。 Singapore’s oldest person, Teresa Hsu Chih (许哲), has died at the age of 113. She passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday 7, December 2011.  Hsu was born into poverty in Guangdong in 1898 but rose to become one of Asia’s most beloved and inspirational social workers. She started studying nursing after World War II, at the age of 47.  She later founded the Heart to Heart Service and the Home for the Aged Sick in Singapore, and her contributions to charity earned her the Public Star in 2009.  According to a notice on the Heart to Heart website, Hsu had requested that no media announcement be made, and that no rituals or ceremonies be conducted. Hsu was cremated that day and instructed that no claim be made of her ash.  On August 7 this year, Hsu spoke at an Elderly Health Day 2011 event in Hong Kong about what it takes to live a long and healthy life.  “My secrets of longevity are simple: I stay positive, I contribute, I eat a healthy diet, and every morning I do yoga,” said Hsu at the Hong Kong event.  “I think nutrition is very important. I try to stay away from heavy cooking because it takes away much of the vitamins in food. I also try to avoid caffeine. Overall, my eating habits are very simple: I consume a lot of foods like avocado, milk, beans and raw eggs that are high in nutrients like proteins and omega-3,” she said.  Hsu also discussed the benefit of meditation in staying healthy at her age.  “Meditation is also an important part of my life. I spend a couple of hours every morning ‘clearing my brain’ and focusing on the day ahead. I believe a healthy brain goes a long way toward living a long, quality life,” she said 和许哲生前的作风一样:为善不为人知,她逝世的消息在一个星期后才传开来。  “谨此依据她平静离去、不在新闻媒体公布死讯,以及省免任何可能对他人造成干扰与不便的仪式的遗愿,她于同日送往火化。”  让人不解的是,声明透露许哲也交代不让任何人领取她的骨灰。发表这则声明的是多年来跟随许哲,与她携手推动公益事业的刘忠义(Sharana Rao) 他在声明中吁请许哲的朋友、拥护者、捐款者、义工和善心人士尊重她的遗愿,好让她得以安息。  刘忠义信守对许哲的承诺,不愿接受媒体访问回应任何与许哲病情、死亡时间有关的问题。  许哲在1898年出生于中国潮州汕头,在四名姐弟妹中排行第二。她自幼家贫没能受教育,只能通过自学,慢慢充实自己,后来成了一名护士。  在漫长的人生中,她曾在香港、英国、南美洲生活与工作,在国际义工组织担任护士,能讲华语、英语、马来语、潮州话、广东话、福建话等语言和方言。  她在1963年来到新加坡,两年后于后港一带的惹兰巴窑内(Jalan Payoh Lai)设立了专为老弱和孤苦病人而设的福利养老院(Welfare Resthome),并出任养老院院长及赞助人。 1968年,一群扶轮社会员接手管理准备扩充的福利养老院,成立了安老协会(Society for the Aged Sick)。今天,安老协会就坐落在后港1道,与“心连心”彼此 为邻。 这些年来,每当有养身之道、本地人瑞的报导时,有新加坡“特丽莎修女”之称的许哲总会通过媒体分享她的长寿心得。她的秘诀在于吃长斋、每天做瑜珈。她还特  别喜欢阅读,读物包括各种书籍、杂志和报章。  她曾告诉记者,若能再活上一百年,她「还是会一样『哈、哈、哈』过日子,照样唱无聊的歌曲,逗得每个人都哈哈大笑。」 许哲在刘忠义的提名下,获选为  2003年「最活跃乐龄奖」。许哲自60年代中来到新加坡后,积极从事公益事业,帮助身边贫困的人。 (档案照片 2009年,许哲坐在轮椅上从当时的总统纳丹手中接过公共服务星章(BBM)。 自那之后,有关她的新闻开始减少。今年初,许哲参与妆艺大游行的活动时体力明显大不如前。那相信是她最后一次出现在公共场合。  四个月前,许哲住进安老协会,回到了她在新加坡公益事业的起点,在那里度过百年人生最后的岁月。  林护士长说:“她的神志还相当清醒,但精神有时也会错乱。她的话不多,比较喜欢和守候在她身旁的看护人讲话。”  许哲因肺炎和尿道发炎,前后三次入院治疗。林护士长说,刘忠义以许哲主要看护人的身份,在11月28日表示许哲希望在家里度过余晖,于是把她接回家。  林护士长在许哲逝世后隔天,从刘忠义口中得知死讯。  国家福利理事会执行理事长汪美莲得知许哲死讯后表示,许哲献身社会的精神为本地社会服务留下重要的贡献。她说:“许哲不止是个典范人物。她以实际行动证明  了何谓可行的、何谓勇气以及如何为弱势群体乐观并任劳任献的服务。

Summary: 许哲(英语:Teresa Hsu Chih,1897年-7月7日-2011年-12月7日),曾为在世女性华人的最年长者,但未经老年医学研究小组(Gerontology Research Group)等公正机构认证。1897年7月7日出生于中国广东省汕头市,在她16岁时,她的父亲跟随另一个女人离开了家庭,许哲于是随着母亲流浪到马来西亚的槟城,曾担任过英国驻香港通讯社秘书。在第二次世界大战后,她立志成为护士,并且在她47岁时赴英国伦敦学习护理。1961年随着她的姐姐来到新加坡,并且之后于1965年创办养老病院。后居于新加坡。2011年12月7日平静地过世。

Teresa Hsu: Teresa Hsu Chih (7 July 1898 – 7 December 2011) (), was a Chinese-born Singaporean charity worker, known affectionately as "Singapore's Mother Teresa", in recognition for her active lifelong devotion in helping the aged sick and destitutes locally. The retired nurse was the founder of the non-profit charities—Heart to Heart Service and the Home for the Aged Sick, one of the first homes for the aged sick in Singapore. She had been a social worker in China and Paraguay and a nurse in England, before coming to Singapore to start similar non-profit charities since 1961. Despite being a supercentenarian, Hsu was still involved in charity work and was one of very few supercentenarians who were recognised for reasons other than their longevity. She had spent almost all her savings on feeding and housing the poor and the elderly, all of whom are younger than she was, but she herself led a simple and humble lifestyle. In 2005, she received the Special Recognition Award from the Singapore government in recognition of her contribution to the country.