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CDCs should prep up for inflation

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CDCs should prep up for inflation
04:46 AM Oct 15, 2011
Letter from Leong Sze Hian
I REFER to the report "Fewer sought help last year, but CDCs gear up for uncertain outlook" (Oct 6), which reported that between April last year and this March, the Community Development Councils disbursed S$61 million to assist 61,500 beneficiaries.
This is down from the S$66 million given to more than 80,500 residents through the national ComCare schemes the year before. It works out to an average monthly assistance per beneficiary of S$83 and S$68 over the two years, respectively. This means the average monthly assistance has increased, by 22 per cent.
I applaud the CDCs for giving more assistance and for their various funding schemes with corporations and individuals to help needy Singaporeans through other non-ComCare assistance programmes.
Notwithstanding the good work that the CDCs are doing, with inflation running at 5.7 per cent in August, I suggest that ComCare assistance benefits be indexed for inflation.
After all, even with the increase in the average assistance given to beneficiaries, S$83 may not be enough now.

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