How to eradicate poverty in Singapore

(05-11-2013, 11:48 AM)NTL Wrote: Not true. There are assistance provided for poor students, there are assistance provided for poor parents, there are assistance provided for poor family, there are assistance provided for poor elderly, there are assistance provided for the disabled, there are assistance provided for the sick.

I agree. Especially assistance for students. In Singapore, a child will be provided for education no matter how poor his family is.

My brother and I received numerous bursaries from the government when we were primary and secondary students. When my brother went to poly, he also received bursaries.

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Just curious, is this the act of GOV? or some organisation?

Welfare statet, poverty level is not a main concern for me.

My only wish is education should be make available to all (poor especially).

Plus Health care should also be available to all (compassion).

Not many GOV can handle Education and Health care successfully.

This little Red Dot is doing fine.

No doubt, more could be done and I can see that our GOV is moving in the right direction.

Let's gives them more time to make the miracle.

Be the change we wanted to see in the world.
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Love & Compassion

Education may not lead to jobs. But at least, labour is more mobile now in globalised world.

(05-11-2013, 12:23 PM)Dividend Warrior Wrote:

(05-11-2013, 11:48 AM)NTL Wrote: Not true. There are assistance provided for poor students, there are assistance provided for poor parents, there are assistance provided for poor family, there are assistance provided for poor elderly, there are assistance provided for the disabled, there are assistance provided for the sick.

I agree. Especially assistance for students. In Singapore, a child will be provided for education no matter how poor his family is.

My brother and I received numerous bursaries from the government when we were primary and secondary students. When my brother went to poly, he also received bursaries.

Goh said no Singaporean kid will be denied education due to lack of $.
At least Gov made good on this promise.

(05-11-2013, 12:23 PM)Dividend Warrior Wrote:

(05-11-2013, 11:48 AM)NTL Wrote: Not true. There are assistance provided for poor students, there are assistance provided for poor parents, there are assistance provided for poor family, there are assistance provided for poor elderly, there are assistance provided for the disabled, there are assistance provided for the sick.

I agree. Especially assistance for students. In Singapore, a child will be provided for education no matter how poor his family is.

My brother and I received numerous bursaries from the government when we were primary and secondary students. When my brother went to poly, he also received bursaries.

My uncle has two young children in primary school. He earns less than 2k per month. My two cousins got free uniform and textbooks every single year.

"My uncle has two young children in primary school. He earns less than 2k per month. My two cousins got free uniform and textbooks every single year."

blessed we are in singapore, let's continue to strive hard and contribute back to society in any ways we deem fit...

(05-11-2013, 04:37 PM)brattzz Wrote: "My uncle has two young children in primary school. He earns less than 2k per month. My two cousins got free uniform and textbooks every single year."

blessed we are in singapore, let's continue to strive hard and contribute back to society in any ways we deem fit...

I hope, twenty years from now, my two cousins will do well in their careers and social standings.
And when they look back, they must remember those years of free uniforms and textbooks, just like generations before them.

There's a lot of people who think that it is good to have a poverty line but my question is, would the drawing of this line encourages people to simply seek assistance from the government instead of working hard? Since government is paying for my well-being, I don't mind just staying at home and laze around. Is it good to encourage such a behaviour especially when he is able-body? He can work hard but simply too lazy to do so.

some-one, you might be overly concern.
Lets not be too engross with the abuse but rather do what we think is fit to help out.

In any case, we own it to others to bring us up to par today and we should lead by contributing back to society.

If the GOV also done its duty, then we have double layer of protection.

If not, at least we had already done our part.

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Hopefully the playing field is level. When it comes to education, the text bk and uniform is a small part. Its the right thing that moe is ensuring the poor get the basic support for receiving educations. Many foreigen students are entering our poly & undergrads base on their country education system results, which hardly can match the gruelling and throughness system we have here. Local students are squeezed to compete for the poly/uni places allocated for locals. competitiveness sure get tougher and tougher. When I see the cut off for poly, i was a bit shocked some courses are 10pts below.

(05-11-2013, 05:07 PM)camelking Wrote:

(05-11-2013, 04:37 PM)brattzz Wrote: "My uncle has two young children in primary school. He earns less than 2k per month. My two cousins got free uniform and textbooks every single year."

blessed we are in singapore, let's continue to strive hard and contribute back to society in any ways we deem fit...

I hope, twenty years from now, my two cousins will do well in their careers and social standings.
And when they look back, they must remember those years of free uniforms and textbooks, just like generations before them.