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Teresa Hsu Chih (7 July 1898 – 7 December 2011) (Chinese: 许哲; pinyin: Xǔ Zhe), was a Chinese-born Singaporean charity worker, social worker, yoga teacher, nurse, and supercentenarian known affectionately as "Singapore's Mother Teresa", in recognition for her active lifelong devotion in helping the aged, sick, and destitutes ...
Dec 7, 2011 · Teresa Hsu Chih (许哲) (b. 1898, Swatow, China–d. 7 December 2011, Singapore) was a prominent social worker and the oldest person in Singapore at the time of her death, aged 113 years.
Dec 14, 2011 · AsianScientist (Dec. 14, 2011) – 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.
Dec 23, 2010 · Dubbed Singapore’s Mother Teresa, Teresa Hsu Chih (Xu Zhe) was one of the oldest persons in Singapore when she died aged 113 in 2011. Teresa was born into extreme poverty in China, but grew to be one of the most loved and inspiring social workers who devoted her life to helping the destitute.
Teresa Hsu Chih embodied the true spirit of unwavering altruism. Born into poverty and abandoned by her father, Hsu faced much hardship as a child. She left China for Penang with her grandmother, mother and three siblings.
Dec 14, 2011 · Tribute to Singapore’s Mother Teresa (1898-2011) Teresa Hsu Chih (许哲) was born in Swatow in 1898, during the Qing Dynasty, in an extremely poor family where her father abandoned the family. At aged 16, her family moved to Penang, Malaysia, where they found jobs as cleaners in a convent.
Teresa Hsu was born second of four children to a poor family in Guangdon Province, China in 1898. At 16, she left for Hong Kong where she studied to be a ste...
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