CEO of EPF, Tan Sri Azlan Zainol giving the keynote address at the conference. (Pic: The Star) I would like to share some of the messages I took home from the 2011 Conference on Private Pension and Healthcare which concluded yesterday. From Tan Sri Azlan’s speech: 7% of the population (almost 2m) is aged 60 […]
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A video excerpt from Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech on 9 August. The following is a transcript of the above speech. The graphics are sourced from the Ministry of Health’s website. They sum up the main points made by the PM regarding healthcare for Singaporeans. “The next five years – there
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Consider these statistics: By 2050, ~ The number of persons in the world aged 60 years or older is expected to almost triple. ~ In developed countries, there will be two elderly persons for every child. ~ In developing countries, the proportion of the older population is expected to rise to about 20%. ~ The
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The other day a reader emailed me with a question. He wanted to know why many of the articles on Seniorsaloud made references to Singapore. A fair question. After all, I am a Malaysian, so shouldn’t I be writing more about what’s going on here in my own country? The answer is simple. There’s so
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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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“Asia is the epicentre of the ageing crisis.” This was the comment made at a recently concluded conference on retirement planning held in Singapore. The numbers are alarming. By 2050, the world’s over-65 population is expected to treble to one in six people. Asia’s over-60 population will quadruple to 1.2b. That’s the equivalent of China’s
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