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The National Day Rally And Our Retirement Adequacy
By My 15 Hour Work Week  •  August 19, 2014
Lack Of Significant Changes After the very high-profile Roy Ngerng incident and the relentless consultations (yeah, even some of the financial bloggers were invited to attend some retirement forums) and feedback on CPF policies, many were expecting some serious changes to boost the retirement adequacy of Singaporeans. So it was surprising to some that this year’s National Day Rally did not really introduce any significant changes, maybe except for extending the Lease Buyback Scheme to 4-room elderly owners (which I will talk more about in a later post). But not me. I expected it. This is because we are going to have an election in around a year’s time. Seriously, if PAP doesn’t take advantage of the euphoria of the SG50 celebrations and reiterate how far they have improved the lives of Singaporeans over the past 5 decades, I am reallygoing to eat my shoe. ;-) And this means that the most substantial and visible goodies would ......
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By My 15 Hour Work Week
Hi, I am Thomas (a.k.a. Mr 15HWW) and I am in my early thirties. Very happily married (very strong emphasis here), I am the co-writer behind this blog. The other permanent writer is my wife Jasmine who has written two blog post so far (good luck searching for it here). But well, her contribution goes far and deep since she thinks she is actually the mastermind behind the rest of the other post ...
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