I am a retiree. 70 years old. Under Merdeka scheme. 我每六个月去政府 polyclinic 检查身体。体检费用加上六个月的胆固醇药，眼药水和鈣片，只需大慨SGD70. 生活很悠閑，每星期在老人活动中心做一天义工。教老人玩口琴。其餘時間就唱歌和运动，也定期捐一些小钱，感觉很好。我是第三代的本土新加坡人。我爱新加坡❤
Singapore senior citizen are basically very independent group of people. Many of them remained employed to stay active. Not for money but to pass time in a meaningful way. Our government Out of gratitude has returned the pioneer and merdeka group with lots of privilege. Our Government also top up their medisave yearly. Basically, medical is heavily subsidies if you opt for government subsidies class. In Singapore, busking needs to apply for license and adhere to the regulations. Begging is illegal in Singapore.
Under the Spore govt, this old gentleman is under the Pioneer scheme in Spore. There is also Merdeka n recently Majullah schemes. Each scheme caters to different age n generation in appreciation of their contribution to the nation as a whole. Different schemes are accorded different entitlement n benefits too. Medical is heavily subsided for the Pioneer generation...if they use the public hospitals.. as they were the 1st generation in spore. Men who served in the army also get extra benefits. Our public clinics n hospitals are very very good.
最近我去active SG gym,其实蛮多老年人去那儿运动，they play table tennis, badminton and make use of the gym equipments too. Some a lone,some they form a group. Regularly do exercise there.
My parents are the Pioneer Generation, one generation older than Merdeka, most of the time its free medical, sometimes we need to pay a very nominal amount like $10. Even for expensive diagnostic procedures like MRI or CTscan, we can use Medisave, and gov regularly top up the Medisave significantly, even if you are not working, simply because you are the Pioneer generation that built Singapore.
I agree with you on the interviewer, very distasteful of him to shove money onto the interviewee, even after the interviewee has made clear he doesn't want to receive payment.
Agree with you. Senoir citizens in Singapore are mostly independent. I am in the merdeka group (ie born in the 1950s, senior minister Lee HL is in this group as well) and must say the Singapore government is doing a good job of preparing for the aging population. One in five of Singaporeans are over 65. Keeping this group of people healthy and active is an important aspect in many ways. I respect this gentleman of donating, and refusing the money. I have a friend who has retired, he took a completed a theology degree a few years ago. Thanks for this episode's interesting topic. I don't have experience in busking, but have asked a busking musician to play his guitar (was curious about his amplifier), and passers-bys put money in his money box. That was so satisfying (money went to the busker of course).
Govt tops up the Pioneers' Mediaave to pay premium for Medishieldlife for hospitxation Pioneers seek😅 medical help in Hospitalsl and Polyclinics even private clinics Quaterly payput of $900/$720/$540›accordingly to the type of hoúse they live and their household income There many other ibenefits
@MenYee6669: Yako James is a Hyena( a Scavenger) that stolen someone else's belonging! He is stealing someone else's video, then he use it to " blah blah blah... gosspping!!! U cried because U were impressed by the old gentleman NOT Yako Jjames . Don't be FOOLed by him!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x4BQrBzuDho.html
Nothing is free in spore as our late PM said: there is no free lunch. Our medical fee is deducted from our Medisave account. U are very long winded l no patient watching
urgh u yourself a liar. govt top-up is not free? tong ji hospital is free if u can't pay. no one is denied medical care if can't pay. is that not free.? if u r pioneer many medical r free like flu jab. Its obvious u r unhappy your money is being force to put aside for medical care. if no one gg to save for thier own medical, the 3M don't work. why canada medical is free cos of high tax. u want to pay 20% gst n minimum 20% income tax?
