Selling CareShield Life like selling ‘koyok’?
I refer to the article “Severely disabled people can withdraw up to $200 a month from Medisave from 2020” (Straits Times, Jul 3). It states that “People who are severely disabled will be allowed to dip into their Medisave accounts and withdraw cash from 2020 – provided they or their spouse have at least $5,000 in their...
Does the state of football in Singapore mirror the state of leadership?
Mah Bow Tan, former PAP Minister and President of the Football Association of Singapore, once set a target for the Singapore football team to reach the World Cup finals by 2010 just as how Goh Chok Tong targeted a Swiss standard of living for Singapore by 1999. But both were ill-fated and ill-conceived targets that never came...
Less judgment and more focus on how we can help is needed
The plight of a visually impaired senior citizen denied government aid has put the spotlight on the work of social workers of late. While I don't doubt the good intentions of the social worker in question, I do wonder if an over reliance on frameworks and an overly fixed mindset has produced a rather unfair and inaccurate result. Based...
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