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Singapore’s Retirement Dilemma

Singapore’s Retirement Dilemma

Government behind the curve on rapidly-aging society

Aug 22, 2020
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By: Murray Hunter

Singapore, which has engaged in social engineering to create a level of affluence far above its regional neighbors, today is confronted with a rapidly-aging population that has eroded the cradle-to-grave vision of its founders and threatens what has been called the “Singapore dream.”

With the elderly coming to be seen more as a burden r…

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