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1. To allow the FAPee Traitor Deadwood to stay in power and draw billion-dollar salaries forever.
2. To justify witholding Sporns' CPF funds.
Dec 18, 2010
CREDIT WORTHINESS AND SENIORS
Time to review age bar to reflect reality
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I AM not a senior citizen, but Ms Tang Lye Kuen's letter on Monday ('Aged 55? Sorry, no credit card for you') reflects my sentiments in relation to my experience in a different area.
When I made a mid-career switch to the Ministry of Education (MOE) as a teacher recently, I had to sign a teaching bond that required two sureties.
As one key requirement was that the sureties had to be under 55 years old, I appealed to the ministry for an exemption to the age bar because my first guarantor was my 60-year-old mother.
She fulfilled the primary objectives of being gainfully employed and met the minimum monthly income stated by the ministry.
The ministry rejected my appeal, reiterating the age-limit requirements.
All my other relatives were older than 55 years which meant that I could not pick a family member, something which I felt was rather counter-intuitive.
As a nation with one of the highest life expectancies, coupled with a fast-growing ageing population, we have been encouraged repeatedly to continue working to the extent that there is supposed to be no retirement age.
Yet, the signals we receive are contradictory.
With the average age of Singaporeans getting married on the rise, it is simply a matter of time before the new generation of teachers entering the education sector will face this predicament - with their relatives-cum-sureties likely to fall into the 55 to 60 age category.
It is time the Government raised the age bar.
Ms Debi Lin (Ms)
2. To justify witholding Sporns' CPF funds.
Dec 18, 2010
CREDIT WORTHINESS AND SENIORS
Time to review age bar to reflect reality
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I AM not a senior citizen, but Ms Tang Lye Kuen's letter on Monday ('Aged 55? Sorry, no credit card for you') reflects my sentiments in relation to my experience in a different area.
When I made a mid-career switch to the Ministry of Education (MOE) as a teacher recently, I had to sign a teaching bond that required two sureties.
As one key requirement was that the sureties had to be under 55 years old, I appealed to the ministry for an exemption to the age bar because my first guarantor was my 60-year-old mother.
She fulfilled the primary objectives of being gainfully employed and met the minimum monthly income stated by the ministry.
The ministry rejected my appeal, reiterating the age-limit requirements.
All my other relatives were older than 55 years which meant that I could not pick a family member, something which I felt was rather counter-intuitive.
As a nation with one of the highest life expectancies, coupled with a fast-growing ageing population, we have been encouraged repeatedly to continue working to the extent that there is supposed to be no retirement age.
Yet, the signals we receive are contradictory.
With the average age of Singaporeans getting married on the rise, it is simply a matter of time before the new generation of teachers entering the education sector will face this predicament - with their relatives-cum-sureties likely to fall into the 55 to 60 age category.
It is time the Government raised the age bar.
Ms Debi Lin (Ms)
