Govt will help Singaporeans age gracefully: PM Lee
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SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the government will continue to help seniors age gracefully and with peace of mind.
Joining some 1,200 seniors in his Teck Ghee division's Active Ageing night, Mr Lee said staying active is the best way to keep healthy, both physically and mentally.
He said the Teck Ghee Active Ageing night is part of the National Wellness programme, started two years ago, to keep elderly Singaporeans active through various activities.
Mr Lee said the response has been very good, with nearly 200,000 seniors taking part in the programme.
Within the Teck Ghee division alone, almost 5,000 seniors are involved.
And Mr Lee's advice to them is to take advantage of all government schemes to stay healthy.
He said: "We have the Community Health Assist scheme so if you need to see a GP or you need to see a dentist, you can go to a GP or a dentist and you can get your treatment subsidised, you don't have to go to a polyclinic.
"We have the Seniors' Mobility Fund to help pay for equipment so it can help you to get around whether it's a ramp, whether it's a wheelchair, whether it's a special walking stick, which gives you support and this evening we have 14 residents who are receiving help from the Seniors' Activity Fund and will be receiving wheelchairs and other walking aid devices.
"If you are not sure whom to help, then please call, come to see us at the grassroots, we will help you, or come to my MPS, or come to the Agency for Integrated Care which is done by the Ministry of Health and we have many programmes to support our seniors.
"So don't worry, take care of yourself, eat healthily, exercise, and you'll be able to enjoy yourself and grow old well in Ang Mo Kio and I think all over Singapore too."
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too late.
if we need to grow old and ask for assistance from gov...then it already tells us the gov never take care of anyone using its policies on slary employment,housing prices,food prices,etc etc from young till middle age in the past possibly way back to 1970s.
so now doing a last minute fix back old people scheme?why not fix up everyone both young n old?
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too late.
if we need to grow old and ask for assistance from gov...then it already tells us the gov never take care of anyone using its policies on slary employment,housing prices,food prices,etc etc from young till middle age in the past possibly way back to 1970s.
so now doing a last minute fix back old people scheme?why not fix up everyone both young n old?
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yes, govt will help u. Age gracefully. Provided u can pay for it. Stay A class, wait, got enough $ for payment? Dun have? Nvm, pls q at C class. The waiting list only one year nia. Traffic congestion, cannot solve. High housing prices, cannot solve, inflation, cannot solve. Can only solve future problems? Very tekong. By that time, u not around. N no need to be responsible. Yr job is not to solve current issues? Oh, sry. I dun know. A gd pm who assign transport minister to solve transport issue, will solve transport issues swee swee. Or else, go home fly kite. A gd pm who assign ppl in charge of housing will not let high prices or lack of houses to happen in singapore. Or else, go home catch spiders.
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yes, govt will help u. Age gracefully. Provided u can pay for it. Stay A class, wait, got enough $ for payment? Dun have? Nvm, pls q at C class. The waiting list only one year nia. Traffic congestion, cannot solve. High housing prices, cannot solve, inflation, cannot solve. Can only solve future problems? Very tekong. By that time, u not around. N no need to be responsible. Yr job is not to solve current issues? Oh, sry. I dun know. A gd pm who assign transport minister to solve transport issue, will solve transport issues swee swee. Or else, go home fly kite. A gd pm who assign ppl in charge of housing will not let high prices or lack of houses to happen in singapore. Or else, go home catch spiders.
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count on me, singapore. Yes. Singapore can count on me to grab that stupid m16 to chiong. Can i count on singapore? For that $ 100. I did have not attend national day parade, n i m 40 yrs old. I think i better count on myself. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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how about giving back our CPF?
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when they say age...does it mean they want to age a 21 year old sporean into a 70 year old overnight?work camps?
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is a 21 year old senior citizen:)
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No worries, they will provide a job for you even though you are in you 90s.
That is job security.
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Originally posted by laurence82:
how about giving back our CPF?
How many more years do you have before you can touch your own cpf?
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1st of all, cannot go up the lorry. For example, i start work at age 21, work n single all the way to age 64. Change pink ic to black ic. All the cpf go to next of kin. Worst case, to the state. Wow, so many singles out here. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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n y can't i use the money when i truly need it. It my own money! It happen to my uncle, sick, medicsave all use up. But cannot use ordinary a/c. Bo bian, lan lan wait for death.
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how much annuity pay-out will i get per month?
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LHL is soo out of touch. And enough of the pity giving to act so generous.
when he go visits other first world countries on tax payers dime, what exactly did he learn with regards to senior living and retirement planning ? Obviously NOTHING. He go there to walk walk, but not much see see.
give our seniors walking aid so they can walk themselves , cannot walk then give them wheel chairs to push themselves around ? What a coffee pantry joke.
Tell LHL to sit himself in a wheelchair for one week... No one to push him around, see how far he can go. The ridiculous amount of stairs and ramps to no where will keep him stranded in his own home.
singapore is not wheels friendly.
And hello... There's such a thing call electric scooters for the old people ...didn't he see those zipping around Disney World during his US visit recently