Include S’poreans who reach 65 in future in Pioneer Generation?
Pioneer Generation package once-off only According to www.pioneers.sg – “The Pioneer Generation package is not meant for all who turn 65 in 5, 10 or 25…
Welfare
Why no ‘poverty line’ in S’pore?
1 in 5 Hong Kongers in poverty I refer to the article “One in five residents lives in poverty: Report” (Straits Times, Oct 13). It…
“A third of students go to school with no pocket money to buy lunch”?
Record No. of needy students helped I refer to the article “ST School Pocket Money Fund helps record number of needy students” (Straits Times, Oct 10)….
Spend millions to deliver peanuts?
Opening of 23rd Social Service Office I refer to the article “Punggol gets its 23rd Social Service Office” (Straits Times, Oct 2). It states that “The office,…
GE: With You For You For Singapore – Welfare (part 1)
With You For You For Singapore I received in the mail today – an 86 page booklet “With You For You For Singapore“. On page…
GE: Promise 30 times more spending on aging?
$3b plan to help seniors live more fulfilling lives According to the Strait Times news report “$3b plan to help seniors live more fulfilling lives” (Aug…
Give back to society, giving our people a better life has worked for the last 60 years?
I refer to the articles “Seize opportunities, but remember to give back to society: Chan Chun Sing” (Channel NewsAsia, Nov 22) and “PAP reaffirms commitment…
Hundreds of thousands of responses to REACH over the years, but still …?
“Retirement adequacy received the most feedback” We refer to the article “Retirement adequacy tops feedback received by REACH” (Channel NewsAsia, Nov 18). 39,000 responses in…
Parliamentary replies: Non sequitur?
We refer to the article “Poorest households spend S$801 more than they earn each month: MTI” (Channel NewsAsia, Nov 4). Reply: Bottom 25% when question…
NKF: $289m reserves & $6.6m surplus for the year
We refer to the article “Revitalised NKF ready to come out of ‘tortoise shell’” (Straits Times, Oct 27). It states that “The controversy took a…