Spend $26.5m on database to give needy $102.4m?
We refer to the article “National database that will speed up aid delivery to needy to be ready next year” (Straits Times, May 31). National database of the needy? It states that “Needy people who require help will get it more speedily when social service agencies start sharing a national database of information on aid...
Understanding the shift towards the social sector
What should the ‘dramatic shift’ towards social sector mean in $ terms? President Tony Tan’s Address at the reopening of Parliament has “affirmed the Government’s dramatic shift towards the social sector”, said Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong today. (TodayOnline 17th May 2014) “The shift means the social...
Little India COI Report: Where does the buck stop?
The PAP convened a COI which spent 4 months hearing witness statements and poring over video evidence to come up with the following self-evident observations? 1. Improve living conditions of foreign workers. 2. Control alcohol consumption at hotspots. 3. Improve training for police personnel to respond to riot situations. 4....
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