We are the fifth most expensive city to live in in Asia Pacific. And the central bank has revised upwards - for the third time this year - the inflation rate which is already at a 26-year high, according to various news reports.
When I read news like this, I think about the old folks who go around collecting empty cans and discarded cardboards for money. How do they get by? And then there's those who earn barely enough to pay the bills and send their kids to school with nothing left to save. Because things will only cost more in this fine city we live in.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20080725/tap-344-singapore-ranked-fifth-expensive-231650b.html
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20080725/tap-437-mas-revises-inflation-forecast-6-231650b.html
3 comments:
yeah, it's sad when you think of others who are barely making ends meet...
sometimes i feel guilty when I indulge a lil' bit more, thinking how things are getting much more, more, MORE expensive and that there are others out there who have never even eaten/dined out before...:(
sighh..
i'm constantly under pressure to think of something to keep rolling in the turkey bacon.
it's a good problem personally, when i look at it that way but it can be pretty taxing on the spirit.
of those aunties and uncles picking up cans and cardboard boxes from the streets, they're getting more and more and younger and younger as years go by.
it's a really sad thing. it's tough to help them all.
on my part, with chicky's full support, i have gotten in touch with the southwest cdc to potentially employ some of these folks when i eventually make two big steps up from where i am now.
i'm looking forward to work with those in the yellow ribbon program too.
ms mumbles: yes, i hear you. we are blessed with more than others, i constantly remind my kids.
ronin: that's a very good and nobel idea. some of the people from the yello ribbon programme, for example, do need a break to umm achieve a break through in their life, i think.
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