Time to review subsidies for poor in nursing homes
Today From Leong Sze Hian 04:46 AM Jun 29, 2012 I refer to reports that about half of the 110 patients in a home for…
Welfare
Homeless in Singapore?
Where do the homeless go? There seems to be a perception that people in homeless shelters normally don’t get evicted, I have come across many…
Exclusion orders bar recipients of public assistance from casinos
Straits Times Forum Published on Jun 23, 2012 MR LEONG Sze Hian (‘Worry over casino gambling statistics’; Tuesday) suggested that recipients of long-term ComCare assistance…
Worry over casino gambling statistics
Straits Times Forum Online Published on Jun 19, 2012 FROM Aug 1, 3,000 people will be barred from the casinos because they, as HDB dwellers…
Homeless family lives in an office
Amy (not her real name) (“HDB: 18 appeals and still homeless”, TOC, Jun 11, 2011)http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/06/hdb-18-appeals-and-still-homeless/ came with her 39 year old brother, David (not his…
Less interest: ‘Why are the parents of eligible special-needs children still being advised to place funds with the Public Trustee’s Office?’
Straits Times Forum May 17, 2012 MR LEONG SZE HIAN: ‘The article (‘Special-needs kids plan: 98 sign up’; May 4) states that the Special Needs…
$5 benefit for every tax dollar a fairytale?
Posted by theonlinecitizen on April 17, 2012 ~ By Leong Sze Hian ~ I refer to the article “How 2-room households get $5 for every…
$1 Tax = $4.25 Benefits: Really?
Posted by theonlinecitizen on March 5, 2012 ~ By: Leong Sze Hian ~ I refer to the article “Grow economy to forge inclusive society: “DPM”…
Never-ending need for donations
Posted by theonlinecitizen on February 29, 2012 ~by: Leong Sze Hian~ I refer to the article “Donations to CDCs up 5% to S$10.9m” (Today, Feb 28). …
Spend $30 million to disburse $61 million?
Posted by theonlinecitizen on February 28, 2012 ~by: Leong Sze Hian~ I refer to the increase in funding to family service centres of about $100 million, over the…