ComCare: $130m (no increase) in economic downturn, rising unemployment?
Why is it that ComCare assistance remained the same, at $130 million in an economic downturn, with rising unemployment and hardly any jobs growth for Singaporeans?
Welfare
Tote Board: $4.4b surpluses – help the poor?
Why isn’t the Tote Board giving more help to the poor?
Yet another “heart-wrenching” story: where art thou (assistance schemes)?
Are our financial assistance schemes adequate in helping the poor?
GST Voucher: 730,000 less people get it?
Why has the number getting GST Cash vouchers apparently decreased?
Poverty: S’pore vs Hong Kong?
A more effective poverty support system is required in Singapore.
Diploma holder earns $800 – homeless?
Why do we continue to have a system whereby those with a criminal record are discriminated in employment?
ComCare: Less households helped – criteria relaxed, economic downturn, rising unemployment?
Why did fewer households gain help from ComCare under the condition of a more relaxed income criteria?
U-Save: Households up 10%, electricity tariff up 17%, but rebates down 16%?
Is it odd that we got $226 million of rebate costs for 800,000 households in 2001, yet only $190 million for 880,000 in 2017?
53 articles about “homeless” issues in S’pore?
The Homeless Hearts of Singapore, an incubator for those who want to start their own homeless outreach, is attracting more volunteers to join and greatly arousing their sympathies towards the homeless.
Any assistance given to jobless (6 months) mother & child?
For a 6-month jobless mother, why did she not get any financial assistance from some places which are supposed to help?