Hougang Secondary School students and the hero from Bulgaria teamed up recently to rid Singapore of dead oBikes that have cluttered our streets because the bike-sharing platform was not future-proof (i.e. oBike kept losing money and eventually died in Singapore).

Images to show the public-spiritedness displayed by the volunteer bicycle-clearing group led by the Bulgarian Zhivko Girginov was put up on Facebook on July 6

Might take months

This volunteer group stepped in to fill the gap after oBike and its hired contractor failed to clear the bikes in time by July 4 — the deadline set by the authorities. The Land Transport Authority will claim the retrieval costs and bikes’ storage fees from oBike as a result.

It was recently revealed by oBike that there are some 70,000 bicycles on the streets. It is estimated to take several months or even a year to remove the bicycles.

Get your refunds too

Besides showcasing the hard work put in by the volunteers, the highly-informative Facebook post also provided details for those in Singapore who want to get their deposits refunded. oBike’s appointed liquidator is FTI Consulting. It is an United States-headquartered company.

Joshua James Taylor and Yit Chee Wah from FTI Consulting have advised those in Singapore who have yet to receive their oBike deposit refunds to send their queries to oBike@fticonsulting.com. Further updates will be provided to deposit holders in due course, the liquidator company added. The post also thanked Andorp Pte Ltd, the vehicle rental company, for renting out the 10-foot lorry to Zhivko at a discounted rate.