It’s Sunday morning as I am writing this. If you are in Singapore and have no plans for today, you might want to drop by at Suntec Convention Centre and check out “LIFE MATTERS” on Level 4. It’s an event for active agers. I was curious enough to drop by yesterday. Here are some photos […]
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We have all been to farewell parties where we bade a fond goodbye to a colleague who is leaving for better job prospects elsewhere, or to a family member or a friend about to emigrate to greener pastures overseas. We experience mixed emotions – we celebrate the occasion but at the same time feel a
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Screen-shot from Sunday Times 22 April Who would have believed that old friends Thng Wan Kow, 70, Tan Kok Sing, 87, and Teo Kee Huat, 68, have made it to Oprah’s blog. “Oprah who?” they would probably ask, wondering what all the fuss was about. While most of us are still struggling to get out
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Yesterday’s Mail Mail cover page (30 April) Many of us will remember MM in its heydays. It was the only English afternoon paper then, and arguably the best local paper to refer to for sports coverage and classifieds. Then as the years passed, its readership slowly declined as it lost its competitive edge to other
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I still haven’t got over the events of yesterday. It will take some time to digest. How could something that began in a festive-like atmosphere descend into scenes of violence and chaos? Anyway, there are plenty of reports in the newspapers, and enough Youtube videos to keep you glued to your pc screen for hours,
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Fact or fiction? True or false? Who knows. These figures were revealed in the 2010 National Population and Housing census. Of these centenarians, 16,438 are Malays, 7,155 Chinese, 2,109 Indians and 1,576 others. The current average life expectancy of a Malaysian is 75 years. Both the Star and the New Straits Times carried reports on
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From Straits Times 25 April In yesterday’s Straits Times report titled “Population will shrink from 2025 without new citizens”, the government argues that the island nation needs 20,000 to 25,000 new citizens each year to arrest the decline in the population. Singapore’s fertility rate of 1.2% is one of the lowest in the world. What
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Retailers are incorporating more elder-friendly features in their shops and supermarkets to win over older customers. As age advances on us, shopping becomes increasingly a dreaded chore. Retailers here have little clue as to what constitutes happy shopping for those aged 60 and above. Based on my own experience and my observations, I have come
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Straits Times April 21 PM Lee Hsien Loong has finally joined the global Facebook community. I checked out his FB page, and thought I might as well do the same with our PM Najib’s FB page. The two men are only a year apart in age, but interestingly enough, what their FB page says or
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From Straits Times 19 April The International Monetary Fund )IMF) has just released its Global Financial Stability report 2012. The report carries a warning of the rising healthcare costs of ageing. An underestimation of the average life span by a mere three years can translate into additional trillions of dollars in pension and healthcare costs
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