You yourself said your dad was a Primary school dropout who worked in dead end jobs his whole life till his old age. He is also unable to speak English, the country’s main language.

The problem does not lie with society, the problem lies with your dad. He has had 50 odd years to learn English, get educated or learn a skill and he has done nothing.

He is an illiterate nonsensical trash. You and him are pathetic and both of you leave a bad taste in my mouth. Scram off losers.

This article sparked off 2 main thoughts in me. It would be very useful for Singapore to be even more elderly-friendly and family-friendly. First because of the ageing population, and the second to encourage people to build families – which would help to ease the many issues of an ageing population, although that is not the main motivation to start a family.

I’m currently living in another country. And the sort of facilities that are available to the elderly/wheelchair-bound people and families are commendable and worth learning from. For instance, buses have retractable platforms to allow wheelchairs/prams to board and alight easily, and there are allocated spaces in the buses for the wheelchairs and prams.

seems to me singapore is an island overfilled with trendy shops, elegant restaurants, uber-cool nightspots and ritzy hotels.

Singapore is now a playground for the rich and the young and she will be even more so once IRs are up.

Good policies help people regardless of infant, young, or old. Especially those that are young to improve themselves through good education and later could afford to feed their elderly parent.

Policies implement to help single elderly to be independent and independent does not mean to face brutal competition.

By flooding Singapore with massive foreigners to raise competition without considering the well being of citizens of all ages is something that is something I do not agree.

Young people can compete because they are young. Although, young people can compete, one must not forget that they have a duty to serve plus a family to take care of. How about the elderly, especially elderly that not married?

It is even more ridiculous for one to ask an elderly man who in the first place being severely made worse off over the years to fork out money to learn English just compete with the young foreigners (very likely to be from China who do not know English) who is branded as elite to fight for which ever a low paying job one can think of.

This author is merely asking or letting one understand the need in improving the policies related to the elderly people in Singapore and pointed out that their contribution over the years is very significant. This teenager knows that what she has now is because of what our forefathers have contributed.

Good policies must be implemented to shield this group of people who has given their effort to build this small place for our very own citizens to live and enjoy in. It is their time to enjoy the fruits and not asking them to contribute more to the society. Of cause this depends of the thinking of each individual. By the way, who do not want to retire early?

If one decided to work and contribute more, government should make sure that there is a good system being in placed to prevent them from being taken advantage by the employer.

Sadly, I hope what I have seen is an isolated case. God bless.

What I found regrettable is that when faced with a problem like this, the author’s response is to complain to the PM in an open letter.

There doesn’t even appear to be any attempt on her part to help her father through her own effort, I don’t know, help him enrol in some English classes or something.

Of course I hope I am wrong and the author has tried everything she can before finally arriving at this letter as a last resort.

I think Saiber is not wrong – the government has to do what it has to do…

But what I found is missing (both the government and even Saiber) is compassion…

The buildings and the roads – they were modeled on being the most efficient but the author has shown, they risk leaving some people behind…

Amenities like handicap access etc were put in as an after-thought and more often than not, they do not serve the purpose.