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We need to ensure that our elderly are not left behind in this digital world. An email was required to set up an account on the job website. Many of these elderly folks do not have any email address. For highest education level section, we could choose from multiple options. However, the lowest qualification we could pick was PSLE. Some of our senior citizens did not even take PSLE as they could have dropped out of school before that.

I wish to inform you and all readers of the uselessness of MOM's rehiring policies for the elderly aged 60 and above as most companies have already moved far ahead to circumvent this piece of legislation to make our unemployment rates look better on track record.

As a middle-aged woman with elderly parents, I was irked when I saw the way the young couple bullied the old man over seats at Toa Payoh Lor 8 hawker centre. The uncouth woman repeatedly used vulgarities on the old man, calling him "bloody old man", "farking old man", "what's your farking problem".

It states that “As its population ages, Singapore is ramping up healthcare facilities and elderly-friendly infrastructure. But is it missing out on something equally critical in the ageing game?