All posts tagged "elderly"
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6.2KHeadlines71-Year-Old Ah Ma Falls from Overhead Bridge onto Busy Road
A 71-year-old ah ma fell from an overhead bridge yesterday (13 Jun) and was pronounced dead on scene by paramedics. The incident...
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7.0KHeadlines70-Year-Old Cleaner Uncle Refuses to Stop Working Despite Traumatic Injury
It was a pretty traumatic experience for this 70-year-old cleaner at Tampines Avenue 8 – in April, he slipped and fell during...
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2.6KCow Beh Cow BuOld Men are Shaping Singapore’s Future and Pushing Youth Out of the Way, and That’s Frightening
ELSON: No, that young lady above isn’t the PAP’s newest (and chioest) member. She’s Yeo Bee Yin, Malaysia’s Minister of Energy, Science,...
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10.9KHeadlinesTeck Whye Ah Pek Beats the Heat by Roaming Around Naked
With temperatures hitting highs of 34 to 35 degrees of late, Singaporeans have been finding ways to beat the heat. For this...
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2.9KCow Beh Cow BuWorries Abound that CPF Withdrawal Age and Amount Locked in Retirement Sum Will Be Raised
RONALD LEE: Let’s clear the air on this first – people are not so much afraid that they have to work longer...
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5.4KHeadlinesAngry 70-Year-Old Retiree Questions Why Over S$60,000 of His CPF Money is Being Withheld
MICHAEL TOH: CPF is our life time savings for retirement. It is our money saved with CPF. I was asked to retire...
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4.5KHeadlinesPolyclinic 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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3.2KHeadlines“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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2.5K1HeadlinesRetiree 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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3.8KHeadlinesPAP 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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6.6KHeadlinesAngry 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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3.5KHeadlinesSengkang 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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7.2KHeadlinesNTUC 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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1.7KHeadlines7 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...
