Interview with MR.WONG

We did interview at Rochor Centre last week with Mr Wong.
 Mr Wong is selected as his characteristic match our persona, who is supposed to be 70 years old, has difficulty in walking, stays nearby and usually has no accompany.

We had design a series of question to understand their opinion better on the upcoming design,
the following is the record of our interview:

Thank you very much in getting in touch with us and taking part in this interview. We are current diploma student from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts who are working on a project to invent a mobility aid which will widely accepted by the elderly and decrease the difficulty of their mobility. Please let us know if you do not want to answer or have doubt with any of the following questions. We will start now and the interview is about 15 minutes.

Interviewer: What are the obstacles faced usually during the travel from your house to this hawker        centre?

Interviewee: Too many people surround me. Too far from my house. Tiring.

Interviewer: How do you feel to move around this area when the place is crowded?

Interviewee: Very dangerous. I almost fall down last time when someone accidentally pushed me.

Interviewer: Where is the furthest place you will go in Bugis area?

Interviewee: Probably Guan Yin Temple.

Interviewer: Have you ever get any accident when traveling around this area? If so, would you like to share the experience with us?

Interviewee: I fell down once in the wet market but the shop owner quickly helped me and no serious injuries caused.

Interviewer: If you are going to own a new mobility aid, would you prefer a manual tool or motorized device? We would like to listen to your reason of making this choice too.

Interviewee: A manual one will be good enough. I probably cannot afford a motorized one and it is very hard to operate.

Interviewer:  What do you think is the disadvantage of the current mobility aid that you are using?

Interviewee: The support quite weak. Sometime I found no difference even though I was using it.

Interviewer: What do you like about the current mobility aid that you are using?

Interviewee: Light , handy and cheap.

Interviewer: Thank you very much. Your responses are very useful to us!

Interviewee: My pleasure!

W e really thank the help of Mr Wong in fulfilling the session.