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Hougang residents have received letters and replies from Ministry of Education and Ministry of Social And Family Development, which say that the losing and unelected PAP candidate Lee Hong Chuan is the MP of Hougang SMC. This is another insidious way in which the PAP tries to hold on to power.

Do you think the ComCare assistance is helping Singaporeans "tide over a difficult phase"?

With the announcement that Tan Chuan Jin is stepping down as the Minister of Social and Family Development to take on the role of Speaker of Parliament, activist Gilbert Goh has compiled these unquotable moments to remember him by.

In a Facebook announcement today, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has appointed Mr Tan Chuan Jin, the current Minister for Social and Family Development, as the new Speaker of Parliament.

The Government should give details of how much aid was given to dispel distrust in our welfare system. Why is it that half of those who applied for ComCare did not qualify for it? If the Government claims it is indeed helping the poor, then it should jolly well be transparent and disclose details of how much financial assistance they are giving. Without more transparency, people will have the impression that they are falling through the cracks or that the Government may not be doing enough.

I encountered this very old lady who was made to beg on the streets during the day and approach food patrons at Bugis Junction in the night just to beg for money and sell tissues as she said she has no means of support after her Jalan Besar MP and SSO has rejected her application for aid several times.

A non-profit Happy People Helping People Foundation started a petition to ask the Ministry of Social and Family Development to waive electricity charges for elderly residents in rental flats. It found out through a survey that many senior citizens have difficulties paying their bills, with some owing money for months. They are unable to pay as they are no longer working or do not earn enough to begin with. Some tried asked for help but were never given immediate solutions. The foundation thus asked for MSF to consider their plight and waive electricity charges. It thinks it is unfair to deprive old people of basic needs like lighting because living in the dark will only make them more prone to accidents. What do you think? To waive or not to waive?

A Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) senior human resource executive, Vivien Teoh Yi Wen, 27 received 1 year's jail for stabbing her husband to death with a fatal wound inflicted to his heart. The sentence, which will be backdated to her remand on 1st September last year, will allow Teoh to be released in September this year.

“We are seeing more younger people, those in their 50s instead of their 60s and 70s, camping at Starbucks, McDonald’s, Internet and gaming cafes, libraries and other urban spaces, as these are places where people hang out and it is not immediately obvious that they are homeless,” he added.”

33 year-old Chia Kwang Hwee, a social service officer (SSO), was charged in court for stealing money meant for needy families when he pocketed $343,780 of aid.