All posts tagged "elderly"
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163HeadlinesPolyclinic Refuses Subsidies and Use of Medisave for 73-Year-Old CHAS and PG Cardholder
Despite holding both a Community Health Assist Scheme (Chas) card and Pioneer Generation card, 73-year-old Yeo Saw Hua was denied subsidised fees...
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584Headlines“Killer” Bus Stop that Claimed a Life Strikes Again, This Time Seriously Injuring 77-Year-Old Ah Ma
Another ah ma has been injured at the bus stop which last year saw one elderly lady lose her life after a...
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1.7K1HeadlinesRetiree Wears Placard Claiming S$238,800 from His CPF Savings “Gone with the Wind” Because of Bank
This lao uncle was seen wearing a placard outside a bank at Raffles Place, apparently angry that his savings meant for retirement...
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2.8KHeadlinesPAP Proposes Raising CPF Contribution Rate for Seniors
The PAP Seniors Group, led by chairman Tan Chuan-Jin, is proposing the raising of CPF contribution rates for seniors who are above...
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4.9KHeadlinesAngry Singaporeans Demand CPF Board Strike Out Auto-Delay of Retirement Payout Age
Angry Singaporeans have stormed the CPF Board’s Facebook page, demanding the removal of the automatic delay of the Retirement Payout Age to...
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3.1KHeadlinesSengkang General Hospital Nurse Accused of Re-Using Elderly Patient’s Soiled Diaper, Saying It’s “Not Too Dirty”
Sengkang General Hospital, a spanking new facility that just opened last year, got its reputation stained on Christmas Day 2018 following an...
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6.7KHeadlinesNTUC Strips Pioneer Generation of Priority Queue Privileges, Discounts Could be Gone by June
The “Pioneer Generation”, Singaporeans born on or before 1949, will be stripped of their priority queue privileges when buying groceries at NTUC...
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1.4KHeadlines7 Floating Corpses Fished Out of Singapore’s Waterways in 6 Months
In what is becoming a worrying trend, 7 corpses were fished out of Singapore’s waterways in the past 6 months. The latest...
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2.6KHeadlinesResearch Reports: Hospital Beds are Insufficient to Meet Demands of Singapore’s Growing Population
Three separate organisations have come up with research reports stating that public hospital facilities are insufficient to keep with with Singapore’s population...
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1.5KHeadlinesTaxi Uncle Found Dead in Hougang, Believed to have Died when Coming Out of Cab
63-year-old Trans-Cab taxi uncle Tor Tiong Hee was found dead this morning at Block 675 Hougang Avenue 8. He was found motionless...
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3.5KHeadlinesPa Jiao Gone Wrong: Catapult-Wielding Uncle who Damaged Office Window in Bird-Killing Attempt Arrested
Mynahs were a perennial source of discomfort for this 64-year-old uncle, who worked at a company located on the 3rd floor of...
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1.3K2Cow Beh Cow BuCareShield Life: Singaporeans More Prone to be “Severely Disabled” than People from Other Developed Nations?
ELSON: This is what was published in the Straits Times in 2016 on the prevalence of persons in Singapore with disabilities: “The...
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43.4K2HeadlinesElderly Cyclist Suffers Multiple Fractures after being Hit by Car while Riding Across Zebra Crossing
A 70-year-old cyclist suffered fractures to his skull and hands, a swollen eye and a blood clot in his brain, after he...
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4.2KHeadlinesMRT “Gay Ah Pek” Pleads Guilty to Harassment, Jealous His Ang Moh Victim was Touching a Woman
The MRT “Gay Ah Pek”, who shot to notoriety after he was filmed asking an American man if he wanted to have...
