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FINALLY A TV SERIES ABOUT SENIORS

Get ready for this: Mediacorp (Singapore) will be screening its first ever TV series with the focus on the 50+. Comprising 13 episodes, “Silver Lining” will premiere this August 10 at 8.30pm. A dramedy, the series give viewers a peek at life in the golden years as experienced by two grandfathers and their neighbours. Click here

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BREAKING NEWS: LAUNCH OF FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE RETIREMENT

Some really exciting news to report. The over-50s in Malaysia will now have an organization to look into their interests and needs. It’s been a long wait but better late than never. The Foundation for Sustainable Retirement (FSR) was launched at the conclusion of the Retirement Transformation Conference held yesterday at the Sime Darby Convention

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“THERE SHOULD BE NO RETIREMENT AGE”

That’s what Lee Kuan Yew, 86, Singapore’s former PM and now MM (Minister Mentor) proposed in his speech two days ago at a function celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF). From 2012, Singapore employers have to offer re-employment to workers when they reach the retirement age of 62. Here is what LKY has

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ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF RETIREES

The public’s view of retired middle-income professionals is they have unlimited financial resources to live on for the rest of their golden years. After working a good 30-40 years of our lives, retirees like us should have millions in EPF savings, right? Absolutely not! But that’s how investment brokers and mutual fund agents look at us. And that’s why we are a popular

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SENIORS ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AGAIN

I am a big advocate of lifelong learning. It doesn’t matter whether it’s for the paper qualifications or just for the fun of learning something new. I get all excited whenever I meet like-minded retirees. There’s instant bonding. That’s exactly what happened last Sunday. I was at Wawasan Open University’s Orientation Day for new students.

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