ComCare: Less households helped – criteria relaxed, economic downturn, rising unemployment?
I refer to the article “Parliament Shorts: 39,200 needy households on ComCare” (Straits Times, Oct 3). It states that “About 39,200 needy households received financial aid from the Community Care (ComCare) Endowment Fund in the last financial year ending in March, a dip of about 300 from the year before. Senior Parliamentary...
Debt Management, Restructuring, Consolidation Schemes: What’s the difference?
Someone asked me what’s the difference between the Debt Management Plan, Debt Restructuring Scheme and the Debt Consolidation Plan? Let me try to explain briefly in layman’s terms. If you have unsecured debts like credit cards, credit lines – you can go to one of the regular briefings done by Credit Counselling Singapore. They...
Elderly women ‘expect to work’ up 3 times?
I refer to the article “Singaporeans expect to work for longer as 70 becomes the new 60: Survey” (Straits Times, Oct 27). It states that “Survey respondents were more likely to report that they expected to work past age 65 if they were male, low-educated, low-wealth, single, or healthy, the figures showed. Is it any surprise...
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