Monday, May 26, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
New wellness centres for senior citizens of Singapore
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and active-ageing champion Mr Lim Boon Heng said that in the two-year pilot programmes, community groups will run the six centres.
These six centres, called Seniors Connect Plus, will be located in Kim Seng-Kreta Ayer, Radin Mas, Whampos, Bukit Panjang, ALjunied-Paya Lebar and Bukit Timah. These centres will promote a healthy lifestyle for the elderly.
It is very much like the Wellness programme @ MacPerherson, which is the 3rd of the six one-stop "wellness" centres to be set up in various neighbourhoods. The first two were opened in Jurong Central and Punggol South, and three more will come up in Ulu Pandan, Jalan Besar and Kebun Bahru within the next year. These are more of the "ground up" meaning the facilities are run by elderly volunteers who support and befriend other senior citizens in the constituency. Besides actiivities, they also offer counselling, befriending and medical services.
Each centre is expected to reach out to at least 1,000 senior citizens.
Singapore is greying quickly. In 2005, 291,000 Singaporeans were aged 65 and above; by 2030, the number will triple to nearly a million.
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These six centres, called Seniors Connect Plus, will be located in Kim Seng-Kreta Ayer, Radin Mas, Whampos, Bukit Panjang, ALjunied-Paya Lebar and Bukit Timah. These centres will promote a healthy lifestyle for the elderly.
It is very much like the Wellness programme @ MacPerherson, which is the 3rd of the six one-stop "wellness" centres to be set up in various neighbourhoods. The first two were opened in Jurong Central and Punggol South, and three more will come up in Ulu Pandan, Jalan Besar and Kebun Bahru within the next year. These are more of the "ground up" meaning the facilities are run by elderly volunteers who support and befriend other senior citizens in the constituency. Besides actiivities, they also offer counselling, befriending and medical services.
Each centre is expected to reach out to at least 1,000 senior citizens.
Singapore is greying quickly. In 2005, 291,000 Singaporeans were aged 65 and above; by 2030, the number will triple to nearly a million.
Do you have any comments to share, you are welcome to drop me a line.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
ST Index crosses 3,200 for the first time since Jan 08
The Singapore market index finally closed above 3,200-point mark on 28 April 2008 for the first time since January 08.
Though the STI closed higher at 3,201.63. most investors are on the sidelines ahead of the Fed meeting starting on 29 Apr 08, which investors are hoping for a 0.25 percentage point cut in the US benchmark interest rate. Just for the update, below are some of the counters having some positive outlook :
1) Palm oil - Wilmar Intl - adding 23 cents at $4.88
2) Indofood Agri-Resources - gaining six cents at $2.40
3) Singtel - added five cents at $3.87
4) Indonesian palm producer - First Resources jumped 4.5 cents to $1.04 with a target price of $1.60 as quoted by the analysts.
On the overall picture, analysts seem optimistic about STI's prospects. A DMG technical report said : " We continue to believe that the 3,300 mark is within reach. Any pullbacks in the STI should be limited.
Over at our China counters listed in Singapore, which saw a bull charge last week, were hit by a bout of profit-taking. The Shanghai stock market resulting from last week's cut by Beijing in the stamp duty on stock trades was waning.
Cosco Corp which slipped 17 cents to $3.30 and Yangzijiang, which is in shipbuilding was flat at $1.10. These 2 stocks is part of the 50 China plays of the FTSE ST China Index. The index fell 2.3 % to 493.3 points.
Though the STI closed higher at 3,201.63. most investors are on the sidelines ahead of the Fed meeting starting on 29 Apr 08, which investors are hoping for a 0.25 percentage point cut in the US benchmark interest rate. Just for the update, below are some of the counters having some positive outlook :
1) Palm oil - Wilmar Intl - adding 23 cents at $4.88
2) Indofood Agri-Resources - gaining six cents at $2.40
3) Singtel - added five cents at $3.87
4) Indonesian palm producer - First Resources jumped 4.5 cents to $1.04 with a target price of $1.60 as quoted by the analysts.
On the overall picture, analysts seem optimistic about STI's prospects. A DMG technical report said : " We continue to believe that the 3,300 mark is within reach. Any pullbacks in the STI should be limited.
Over at our China counters listed in Singapore, which saw a bull charge last week, were hit by a bout of profit-taking. The Shanghai stock market resulting from last week's cut by Beijing in the stamp duty on stock trades was waning.
Cosco Corp which slipped 17 cents to $3.30 and Yangzijiang, which is in shipbuilding was flat at $1.10. These 2 stocks is part of the 50 China plays of the FTSE ST China Index. The index fell 2.3 % to 493.3 points.
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