Tag Archives: Social Service Office

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.

How much are we spending with the introduction of these Social Service Offices, staff costs, etc? The tender to develop the system, called Social Service Net, was awarded to consultancy firm Accenture for $26.5 million, announced the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) on Friday.” ComCare only spent $102.4 million in financial assistance to needy families a year. And we are spending $26.5 million on the database system?