All posts tagged "cost of living"
-
2.1KHeadlinesElectricity Prices Up Despite Main Electricity Source, Natural Gas, Falling in Price
Singapore’s main source of electricity is natural gas, according to the Energy Market Authority. Gas prices have fallen to their lowest in...
-
956HeadlinesNUH and CGH Accused of Grossly Overcharging Patients
National University Hospital and Changi General Hospital have been accused of grossly overcharging patients. In the first incident, Ian Lee said that...
-
2.6KCow Beh Cow BuPolice Remain Mum on Splashing the Cash for S$171 Tap
ELSON: A petty theft led to the public discovery that a toilet tap in a police station costs S$171 – close to...
-
4.2K1HeadlinesHigher Taxes Likely to Come to Fund Government’s Climate Change Initiatives
In a climate change survey conducted by Mediacorp, a majority of Singaporeans and PRs (53 percent) called for the use of current...
-
6.6KHeadlinesLim Tean Champions Higher Wages for Singaporeans for the Good of the Economy
Peoples’ Voice Party chief Lim Tean has called for higher wages for Singaporeans to rejuvenate the economy. Currently, Singapore’s GDP growth is...
-
2.9K1HeadlinesWoman Asked to Pay S$19,000 Deposit to Move from SGH to Sengkang Community Hospital
2 out of 3 people in Singapore have MediShield Life integrated plans that cover them for private ward stays in community hospitals....
-
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...
-
70.4K1HeadlinesBudget 2019: Singapore’s GST “Not High” Even with Planned Increase, Says Heng
Singapore’s Goods and Service Tax is “not high”, according to Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat, when compared with member countries in the...
-
4.4KHeadlinesPolyclinic 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...
-
5.1KHeadlinesPrice Hikes of Basic Goods and Services Far Outstrip CPF Interest Rates and Wage Growth
The government paints a rosy picture of how Singaporeans aren’t feeling the pinch of rising cost with our annual wage increases and...
-
2.7KHeadlinesLim Tean: Singapore’s Meritocracy is Broken, CPF is a “Confiscation of Your Money”
People’s Voice Party chief Lim Tean launched a scathing attack on the concept of meritocracy in Singapore and the “broken” CPF forced...
-
3.3KHeadlinesNUH CEO: Treatment Recommendation that Cost S$10,000 More was Down to Doctor’s “Professional Opinion”
CEO of National University Hospital, Eugene Liu, has explained that the difference in the S$19,000 option offered by the hospital for an...
-
2.5KHeadlines
S$9000 vs S$19,000 for Eye Surgery: Doctor Questions Why NUH Fees are Two Times Higher than SNEC
A doctor has publicly questioned why the fees for a glaucoma operation are two times higher at the National University Hospital than...
-
5.1KHeadlinesLatest Health Ministry Figures Reveal MediShield Life Claim Limits Fall Short of Targets
The Ministry of Health has revealed that MediShield Life claim limits have fallen short of the targets set when the national health...
