F1 visitors magically increased when ticket sales at an all-time low?
The estimated cost of holding F1 in Singapore is around $150 million each year, does it even worth enough for the purpose of attracting more international visitors?
Welfare
Get CDA top-up, eggs, milk – depends on where you live?
With each Community Developmemt Council (CDC) or town council having their own piecemeal assistance programmes – we may have a situation whereby getting milk powder or eggs, and now CDA top-up, etc, may depend on where you live.
Donations down 36%, lowest welfare spending in the world?
Why are CDCs competing with other charities for “limited” charity donations?
Did family of 3 (all with disabilities) get any ComCare assistance?
Did family of 3 (all with disabilities) get any assistance from the state?
Infrastructure spending is more than 150 times social welfare spending?
Should we reconsider spending more than 150 times more on infrastructure spending, than social welfare spending?
Fiscal policies: S’pore vs Hong Kong?
Is Singapore worse off than Hong Kong?
Do not crowdfund: Good or bad advice?
Why sometimes – crowdfunding is the only hope for people in desperate circumstances
One-sided stories of the poor on social media?
More transparency is needed for assistance allocated to ComCare.
Medisave top-ups’ eligibility increased from 57 to 65?
I refer to the article “1.57 million Singaporeans to receive $1.2 billion in GST vouchers and Medisave top-ups” (Straits Times, Jun 27). It states that…
Only 1,840 on public assistance who are not in shelter homes?
I refer to the article “Homes of last resort” (Straits Times, Jun 12). It states that “The number of residents in these homes has been…