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Retrenched PMET driving for a living says he can’t afford to spend his last days in Singapore

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Retrenched PMET driving for a living says he can’t afford to spend his last days in Singapore

www.theonlinecitizen.com
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Netizen shares her plan to leave, does not intend to keep her HDB

A netizen shared the former director’s sentiment, stating that she had also planned to leave Singapore to retire happily elsewhere.

She wrote that she does not intend to keep her HDB flat as the government could en-bloc it at any time and compensate them below market rate, while the monthly CPF payout of $650 was not enough to cover household expenses.

“I intend to follow my friends turn over our passport / citizenship & move on like our grand parents & start new & happier life elsewhere.”

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Other comments highlighted the reality that many Singaporeans are unable to retire, questioning the standard of living that Singapore provides for its citizens during their golden years and expressed concern for those who lack the financial means to retire.

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One netizen commenting on the driver’s experience of being unable to secure employment despite having overseas experience, suggested that this is yet another example of how the Singaporean government is insincere when they say they want their citizens to gain overseas experience.

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Jeffrey Khoo offered words of encouragement: ‘there is always a way out’

Another comment lamented the harsh reality of “working till death” in Singapore and expressed a feeling of resonance with Jeffrey Khoo’s post.

“This is the present-day Singapore! Working until you’re old and unable to retire! Reading this post, my heart is touched. Life is helpless.”

In response to this comment, Jeffrey Khoo offered words of encouragement, saying, “There is always a way out, never give up hope. 天无绝人之路,” which means that there is always a way out for those who persevere.

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Ordinary Singaporeans struggle to make ends meet as cost of living continues to rise

The high cost of living has been a long-standing concern among Singaporeans, particularly with the rising prices of housing.

This issue has also caused frustration among young single Singaporeans who are hardly participate in the HDB housing programme and who are increasingly dissatisfied with the current People’s Action Party (PAP) government.

The recent increase of GST by 1% from 7% to 8% effective January 2023 has further pushed up food prices, as all vendors have reason to raise prices now.

The housing prices have risen significantly in recent years, and the government had to implement several cooling measures in December 2021 and September 2022, to moderate demand in the property market.

In addition, the Singapore government announced an increase in Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) rates, effective from 27 April, in an effort to prioritize housing for owner-occupation.

More than 20 years have passed since 1999, and many elderly Singaporeans continue to struggle every day working to survive.

According to a Reuters’ report in 2019, many elderly Singaporeans look for jobs after retirement because Singapore’s CPF retirement saving scheme does not provide enough money for them to survive.

“If I don’t work, where will my income come from?” said 71 year-old Mdm Mary Lim, one of many elderly cleaners earning a meager wage clearing up to 400 plates a day at a foodstall in Singapore’s Chinatown.

“If I stop my work, how will I survive?”

The Singapore government announced in the Budget 2023 that it will increase the minimum monthly payout for the Retirement Sum Scheme (RSS) from S$250 to S$350 starting 1 June 2023, as part of the effort to boost retirement adequacy.

However, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) at National University of Singapore published a survey finding in 2019 that an older Singaporean above 65 years old would need S$1,379 a month to meet his or her basic needs.

https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/20...t-afford-to-spend-his-last-days-in-singapore/
 

syed putra

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Looks like malays will get their island back sooner than i thought! And turn it back into a pristine swamp.
 

batman1

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The problem is high jobless rates in SG.No job,no CPF and worse your CPF is overstretched for many uses.
 

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This place is for FT(s), not for Sinkies, so please get the hell out of SInkieland
 

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It is hard for the PAP too ...they have to keep Modi happy. Lots of pressure, trying to balance the demands of sinkees and Modis. At the end of the day, Modi will make the ministarts richer, so the interests of Ah Nehs have to place higher than that of Sinkees.
 

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It is hard for the PAP too ...they have to keep Modi happy. Lots of pressure, trying to balance the demands of sinkees and Modis. At the end of the day, Modi will make the ministarts richer, so the interests of Ah Nehs have to place higher than that of Sinkees.
They have to keep so many leaders happy globally, so backside very pain. To release the pain, they will turn around and poke SInkies' backsides.
 

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I have said this b4 n will say it again. The shit that Singkies are getting now are their own doing. This shitcas thing, foreigners gaining easy jobs in Singkieland did not happen yesterday. It started in the early 90s under wooden. But only now Singkies KPKB?

Look at the voting patterns since the 90s...till now.. Singkies been giving the same excuse till now.... Don't vote pap...mata catch me, I vote pap to get my upgrading, I vote pap but I hope the oppies win... n the worst is the women, they don't serve NS n were least affected by the opening of floodgates n got women's crapster etc n make up half the popn, than it affected them n now....too little too late.

Despite the pap dominance, there were a few opportunities to have given the pap a black eye but Singkies blew it ...Ah Bock's failure at the PE...n how the wankers sabo him, the by erection for ah chee to win BB......Singkies voted for a pappie with a drug addict son, n the erection after dead fart deaths . .so many bleeding heart emotional BS..I vote pap in remembrance of dead fart..I mean dead fart die...your problem?.. n recently...the lost of PSP at West coast against a minister who is basically a traitor to Singkies....so now Singkies Kenna hantam by pap....they bought it upon themselves... They are the ones that put pap there...u get the gahmen u vote for. Don't comprain
 
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My area many sinkies grads get chopped, left ceca, jiuhu around,I am surprise tgat ppl say nobody want to work my area,cos its infested with PR mgt,lol, 60% can carry vote till their kids get chopped when layoff coming,lol
 

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You have to congratulate these people! They have been voting for PAP all these years and when PAP plays their backside, they couldn't even grow balls to point out that PAP is the problem? Is there another word worse than 'cowardice' to describe these people?

They deserve what they get.
 
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