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About 20% of people living in poor neighborhood faced problem with food. That was before the current covid pandemic. Situation is likely worse now as poverty is a fast growing problem in S'pore.
While some temples and churches offer free food, they can be located too far from where the person is staying and they may not be able to afford cost of transport.
A food stamp programme is needed to ensure that such family have access to good nutrition.
Most developed countries have them. With rising poverty in Singapore, such a programme can help alleviate the effects of poverty.
Many are pushing for food stamp amounts to be increased from current levels in USA. It has been in place there for more than 60yrs.
In S'pore we don't have anything in place and high number are suffering from severe food insecurity.
I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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Instead of spending billions and billions each year on weapons and glamorous buildings like Jewel, govt should solve basix problems like ensuring that Singaporeans have proper nutrition.
A food stamp programme like those of other developed countries can help to allevaute the effects of rising poverty in Singapore.
I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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Outside looks good.
Inside is roting.
Just like the peh chye.
Roting starts from inside.
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"
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There is 1 country in the world which has no poor ppl and its GDP is double of us.
Do you know which country is this?
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"
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Tody 1 india woman cut my queue at ATM...told her but she cb still bochap..in the end i notice her bank think no money for her to withdraw. Serve her right for being a poor woman for her life
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