SINGAPORE – Parents of children with developmental needs will get more support with a slew of measures unveiled during the debate on the budget of the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) on March 6.
SINGAPORE - Pre-school will be made more affordable with the introduction of lower school fee caps in 2025 and greater support for more lower-income families from the second half of 2024.
SINGAPORE - Parents with babies aged from two months to 18 months will have another infant care option from the second half of 2024, when a new scheme to develop affordable and reliable services to look after babies at a childminder’s house or community space is launched.
SINGAPORE - Health Minister Ong Ye Kung focused largely on the hospital capacity crunch and rising healthcare costs during the debate on his ministry’s budget on March 6.
SINGAPORE – Patients who opt for hospital-level care at home will be subsidised and can use their MediSave healthcare savings, as well as insurance payouts from MediShield Life and Integrated Shield Plans, to pay for it from April 1.
SINGAPORE – Premiums for Singaporeans’ basic health insurance plan look set to increase, as MediShield Life is made to work harder, provide more assurance against large medical bills, and pay for new ground-breaking treatments.
SINGAPORE - About $1 billion has been set aside by the Government to make neighbourhood streets in all towns and some private estates safer for pedestrians, build more sheltered linkways and upgrade more bus stops, so they are senior-friendly.
SINGAPORE - All taxi and ride-hailing operators will have to notify passengers, drivers and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) within an hour of any systemic incidents that could impair the provision of point-to-point transport services.
SINGAPORE – Passenger service on the fourth stage of the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) from Tanjong Rhu to Bayshore will start on June 23, improving accessibility for those living in and travelling to the East Coast region, Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat said on March 5.
SINGAPORE - Plans to introduce new laws to tackle severe cases of noise disputes between neighbours, and a $15 million fund for research on viruses that can be transmitted between animals and humans, were announced in Parliament on March 5.