Old age not a blessing


  • Opinion
  • Saturday, 25 Aug 2007

With the rising cost of living, senior citizens who have little education, money or family support are becoming the city state’s rising disenchanted.

WEALTHY Singapore has unfolded a strategy to deal with the plight of a growing number of financially strapped retirees who live for 20 years with insufficient savings.

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