The Singapore Prison Service retrofitted 25 cells with mobility-aid features like handrails, grab bars, anti-slip flooring and nurse call help button. State media Straits Times however attributed the double in elderly inmates due to an ageing population. – the Statestimes Review
The Statestimes Review also said, ‘Due to insufficient CPF retirement fund, Singaporean elderly are turning to crimes to get free lodging and food from the prison. According to state media Straits Times, the number of elderly prisoners above the age of 60 have doubled in the past 5 years from 359 at 2.8% of the prison population in 2012, to 651, or 5.3%,in 2016.’
With no jobs, no money, little CPF savings, Medisave as good as untouchable for minor illnesses that did not incur more than a few thousand dollars, the senior citizens are just following the trend of developed western countries like the USA, commit minor crimes to get free lodging, free food and free medical from the prison institutions.
The Singapore Prison is quite forward thinking, thinking ahead, planning ahead to cater for this new trend. Unfortunately 25 cells may not be enough given the size of the senior citizen population now about 1m and growing. The Prison authority should be more generous in the expansion of facilities for the seniors that are planning to make the prison their permanent home. A couple of blocks of HDB flats may be the solution and may shall be inadequate in view of the rising demand.
Senior citizens are getting innovative and creative in planning for their retirement, in the comfort of Changi Prison, everything taken care of. And the facilities have been upgraded to make sure they did not slip and fall. Comforting thought.
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Live in Sin, dies in Sin
Hi Redbean, speed here. So sorry to hear that more seniors in Singapore are resorting to crime. I am a very senior and I do feel for those who are in prison and those who will be imprisoned. Coping with prison life at our age must be very traumatic. I AM sorry.
...the senior citizens are just following the trend of developed western countries like the USA, commit minor crimes to get free lodging, free food and free medical from the prison institutions.
RB
What senior citizen? Even our Sinkie boy hero Amos also getting free lodging, free food and free medical from the prison institutions, not in Singapore but in USA now.
I think Amos thought it is still the lesser evil doing so in USA, instead of in Singapore, and which I agree.
So senior citizen Sinkies better not just think of Sinkie prison, better go to USA prison. I heard they even serve apple pies and steaks there! Hahahaha.
Plus Bonus. They will take care of your Burial or Cremation F.O.C.
But, sorry No Nirvana for you at CCK.
This one Five or Six Star reserved only for VVVVIPs.
Choose HDB Block at Mandai, CCK, sorry Mount Vernon no more.
Gonna developed into money making estates where the Sinkies rush to buy.
Cheep, cheep, cheep like going to Matland shopping sprees.
Sinkies lots of foresight. Grabbing all resident units both condos and HDBs in Jurong East.
Future metropolis, got lots of tenants to rent out. Now, tighten belts never mind. Think of the future passive incomes. No need to work. To hell with unemployment.
Not thinking whether, there is a Sinkieland when their flats are up.
Put monies make monies.
Anybody here know whether prison still serve "ow tau png" ?
/// Senior citizens are getting innovative and creative in planning for their retirement, in the comfort of Changi Prison, everything taken care of. ///
Do you think we should make all senior citizens into "Mentor Citizens"
Give them free lodgings, salary and free medical care at the Istana?
Yes! Living in this very very expensive sardine-packed tiny
city state is like that lah.
You dont know meh?
You-die-your-business! You-die-your-business!
No-money-no-talk! No-money-no-talk!
No choice! No choice! Is like that!
How to change? You tell me! You tell me!
Anyway, 70% OK-ed in 2015!
Btw, expected to be up up up to 79.99% at the next GE.
So.......no point kpkb.....just be happy and worry less!
Cheers!
"Singapore Prison preparing for influx of senior citizens"
- Is PAP also preparing to anoint HSK as the next Prime Minister?
- Why?
- Because there is no Plan B in PAP's 10,000 year dynasty plan?
Here’s why Heng Swee Keat can still be the next Prime Minister
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http://mothership.sg/2017/03/heres-why-heng-swee-keat-can-still-be-the-next-prime-minister/
..huh?...me tot these seniors citizens r able to get Long Ge's Silver Bonus $$, or they never qualify at all or consider outcast..as wat 1 swim king mum said few week ago ..to get garmen grant or subsidy got to "..Tan Ku Ku...", these seniors r so desperate so even resort to stealing to go to jail, those a bit oked one "rented out" their house & stay in the airport by nite & live in library by day, some unlucky one rented out their flat but couldn't get it back ...a hotel Sinkieland now is bankrupt of ideas & sinking fast..
Anybody here know whether prison still serve "ow tau png" ?
10:09 am
Long time ago lah, when Sinkieland was poor and so was prison food.
The "ow tau" is also the dish and only dish and served inside the png as one meal.
Actually "ow tau" fried with chilli and salt is quite tasty and nutritious.
"天若有情天亦老, 人若无情不吾老;
孔子使老有所终, 孟子老吾老之老;
老人无敷鸡之力, 无跨山越岭之劲;
报警反被铐牢牢, 老人惊呆又苦恼;
枷锁手铐伺候老, 晚年沧桑又潦到。"
Layman translation:
"If heaven has emotion it will also age;
Human without compassion forsake the aged;
Confucius exhorted respect and care for the aged;
Mencius expounded compassion for other aged akin to own old folks;
Curiously, aged do not possess the strength to hold down a chicken,
Much less the energy to scale mountains and hike ridges;
To be manhandled roughly and handcuffed unexpectedly and humiliatingly make oldies shocked and distressed;
Especially when treated so abrasively at such old age,
Poverty, misery, impecuniousness seem to beckon to them wretchedly in their twilight years."
I saw those foreign workers eat their rice (a lot of it to give them energy) with curry gravy only. Not say meat, not even vegetables! So sad.
If Sinkies become too poor, they may have to eat such meals, if they don't want to go prison.
Upgrade and reskill to resolve everything - so simple
25 new prison cells for senior citizens is only one small drop of water in the ocean of 1 million or more senior citizens. Including foreigners who are PRs, there will be at least 2 million seniors. If only 10% go to prison, either self-elected or forced to, because the failed to pay up their compulsory life-long stranglehold medishield life premiums, the number of extra cells required will be 200,000 conservatively.
I think unlike western jail, Singapore prison does not provide bed and mattress. One sleeps on concrete floor for old folks with brittle bones, very jialuck one. Otherwise it's a good proposition yo retire
"I saw those foreign workers eat their rice (a lot of it to give them energy) with curry gravy only. Not say meat, not even vegetables! So sad.
If Sinkies become too poor, they may have to eat such meals, if they don't want to go prison.
March 19, 2017 10:48 am"
Workers eats so little vege and meat but a lot of rice is because of exploitation by their middle men hr agent. They paid both native country agents and sg agents who team up with the native agents lots of money up front, as much as $10k. These agents take the money to enjoy ktv and screw women. Workers are kept at low salary, cannot ask for more as they owe money first. Some want only 500pm to live in sinkie land. How to eat meat? fish, lagi more expensive.
Exploitation 1.
Old cannot find jobs, become poor as there is no land to plant vege in sinkie land. Must buy. Jobs garmen give to foreigners as they are will to take 500pm, can sinkie take 500pm? Yes if the job last for short period, no when job is long term, old folks go bankrupt for paying more and earning less long term. Garmen is exploiting these sinkies so that they are forever poor, dont want 500pm, indians a neh have the jobs. Just brand sinkies choosy, ok liao.
Exploitation 2.
Some died without having relatives to know living alone. Not all are so hardup to go prison. The 25 places are catered for prisons still serving sentences growing old.
Old fellows better dont take the advise in this post. Let say u touch the backside of working lady at mrt, u may not be sent to prison, may be fined, and bankrupt, or do social work for free.
U owe mor money. Be wise, vote for opposition to find solutions.
l suggest that Sgp buys or leases Pangkor lsland in Malaysia for Sin Elderly Offenders to be interned.
Malaysian Guards are much cheaper and so are the Expenses for the Utilities and Amenities.
The Elderly Prisoners can be made to do primary productions for the Food and Other Needs for themselves.
Homeless senior citizens indeed should find ways to get free food, shelter and medicare by getting themselves into jail.
There is no better option as job is not available and costs of living are beyond most Sinkies.
patriot
Seniors want to pass their golden years in the World Class Changi Prison, Golden Age Decision, must be a bit smart lah. Make sure the offense you intend to commit has mandatory jail sentence, like thef and drug offences. Of course, do not go and touch women's backside lah. So stupid or what?
Old people still can vote for opposition and still can go enjoy free food, lodging and medical from Pay and Pay mah. Right or wrong?
Smoke and drink in public transports and any shopping centres shall get one a chance to have free food, shelter and medicare.
Those wanting to stay in the Bungalows longer can curse and swear at the magistrate. Or spit at him or her.
Correct! Take whatever goodies What Pay and Pay dished out to you, it whatever schemes that benefit you, even staying in prison and hospital - as long as they are free, take it. Then when elections come, vote Opposition Parties. This "double-crossing" method is what Pay and Pay has been doing to you all the time. So give back their bitter medicine for them to feel how it is like to be double-crossed! You are absolutely right!
Old news liao. In countries like Japan, they are already hiring nurses to guard the old prisoners together with normal prison guards. They are needed to carry the elderly to/from beds to wheelchairs, and to help bath them in the mornings, and also to carry them to/from commodes & toilets. It's like nursing home liao.
Below is why Singaporeans will always vote PAP.
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“In China, what must you do to become a matured person?
In the words of existentialism: I make choices; I have freedom; and I exist.
There is a need to make our own life choices, as a genuine and living individual.
But in our country, everyone is asked to ‘be obedient’.
At home, we should listen to our parents;
In school, we need to obey our teachers’ instructions;
In society, we have to heed the words of our leaders and the government.
From ancient time till now, it’s always the ‘father/son’ and ‘ruler/subject’ relationship.
We are always living our lives based on someone’s wishes.
Our vitality has never been tested, and this means it is impossible for one to mature.”
http://mothership.sg/2017/03/a-country-of-giant-babies-book-banned-in-china-due-to-perceived-negative-influence/
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There is no hope for a Chinese society like Singapore.
Prepare to eat shit and die under our PAP government.
Bro Anon 11.57.
Take smelly slipper or shoe throw better.
They give you first class Air cooled Solitary Cell to yourself.
No disturbance.
Take smelly slippers and throw is violence. Charge under Assault. Assaulting a majestrate or judge or minister sure get IMH for life, in solitary cell. Bright light shine at you 24 hours until you cannot sleep are really go crazy. You can shout and scream, nobody come to you. Nobody can hear you. Your good is one paper plate of rice mixed with some horibble soup. You eat with your hands. No fork, spoon or chopsticks. Scare you kill yourself.
Take smelly slippers and throw is violence. Charge under Assault. Assaulting a majestrate or judge or minister sure get IMH for life, in solitary cell. Bright light shines at you 24 hours until you cannot sleep and really go crazy. You can shout and scream, nobody come to you. Nobody can hear you. Your food is one paper plate of white rice mixed with some horibble soup. You eat with your hands. No fork, spoon or chopsticks. Scare you kill yourself.
Someone will instigate old folks to not vote pap. Like saying sinkies always vote for pap. Not true lah. ex pap like gks tcc, did help sinkies to survive get educated and stand on own feet.
New pap are different, do the opposite with sinkies gst money. Look at that: welfare coming to 100 millions, kek tapis would come out to make noise, wa sinkies over spent, could not sustain.
Then opposition Yjj asked how much was spent free for foreigners education in sinkieland, parliament said 360 millions.
Sinkies must not use their heads to vote? still vote for these pap to waste money on foreigners while exploiting welfare, which more are in needed as more are jobless and old.
Does sinkieland need to give free education to foreigners?
Sori ..off topic.
Yesterday in Shin Ming Chinese newspapers a motor cyclist ( named 斯乐马 or Selamat) was being hit by 'flying' wheel & killed & died on the spot..according to the newspaper Selamat is a ruby coach & a active 'supporter' of the Jurong YU Hua ward & even gave speeches in GE 2015 in support of the ruling party...even the minister A Grace Foo came to attend the coach funeral...a sad scene tat such mishaps happened (dunno is it a sign of cause&effect or juz a mere co-incident..NoBoLee knows)..
...Selamat is a ruby coach & a active 'supporter' of the Jurong YU Hua ward & even gave speeches in GE 2015 in support of the ruling party.
1:43 pm
What's wrong with supporting ruling party? Ruling party even want President to be from his race, u know.
What's wrong with supporting ruling party?
2:01 pm
It is not what's wrong but rather less wrong, or the lesser evil.
Because for obvious reasons, it is more wrong to support opposition, given the state they are in during GE 2015 and even now.
No opposition leader has announced that his/her party is ready to be govt, so this alone is reason enough not to support them, or so the 70% thought.
So either the opposition is ready to be govt, or 70% need to be convinced that it is OK to vote for a opposition which is not ready to be govt. Which is easier?
Don't have to think too far ahead. Singapore has been changing hands from one country's ruler to another like changing underwear. Who knows in 20 years' time, which country will rule Singapore? China? India?Indonesia? Japan? Malaysia? USA? PAP cannot rule forever one, lah! After LKY died, already can feel some serious economic problems coming up. After LHL died, don't know what else will turn up? Maybe FTs will revolt and topple PAP with external supports from Arab World or India, or Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand or Vietnam? Anything possible. This is a City of Possibilities - as declared by LHL himself not too long ago mah. So, just be happy and live life as it comes lah. Let God do the thinking for you and just become a robotic obedient dog, horse, monkey, pig, sheep or cock (in the year of the Cock) talking Cock and drink coffee or beer at coffeeshop with Beer Mei Mei sebo with you.
The Gov knows something we ordinary people don't know, maybe? US is going to attack North Korea. 3rd World War is assured. Because China and Russia are not going to sit down and do nothing. If NK is attacked, irrespective of whether by South Korean forces with Support from US, or a Coalition led by USA, the 1953 Peace Agreement is null and void. China and Russia will have the liberty to interfere in order to protect their own respective territories. It will then escalate into a Nuclear War. Russia already deployed her nuclear weapons near NATO countries' borders. China already deployed her nuclear weapons within range of US main cities. In the event of a Nuclear War forced upon them by US Aggressive actions, China and Russia will destroy South Korea, Japan, Okinawa, Taiwan and Singapore. This could be the reason why the Gov suddenly increase water price by 30%, giving all sorts of funny illogical reasonings. At the same time also increase prices of other items. ....
The oldies from the Sungei Road used goods market intend to march to the lstana if they are not offer a location to carry on their livelihood. Their spokesman has called on fellow Singaporeans to give them support.
Will oldie sinkies heed the calls of the elderly sinkies for helps.
The oldies from the Sungei Road used goods market intend to march to the lstana...
3:07 pm
Another Hong Lim style protest and turnout?
March to Istana for what? What can be achieved? Get arrested and charged in court and go to Changi Prison for free food and lodgings? Better March to Istanbul. At least can watch Belly Dancers and get drunk and enjoy classical musics. Then either get arrested and thrown into the desert to make friends with the camels and scorpions. Either get stung and die of instant death by scorpions' poison or die of thirst. At least can die happily with dignity intact.
B4 these oldies Sinkies of Sungei Thieves market march into Istana, most will be napped by the men in blue or maybe the Gurkas, many of these old Sinkies will be handcuffs & leg chained & they will be scared to death, they r not going to be like those garang ah neh in little India dared to burn the police cars or ambulances ...after tat they wouldn't be thrown in prison ( due to lack of space or waste taxpayers monies) but made to do corrective work orders by Ah Long, maybe the Ah Swee Sui come to help them to job match them ( but tat will be Tan Ku Ku...)..
NK can just convert to christianity and US cannot attack a christian country without being condemned heavily. Afterall, Jesus can be a korean.
Communism is a harmful western ideology created to get rid of russians and asians. It should be replaced.
Communism is a harmful western ideology created to get rid of russians and asians. It should be replaced.
March 19, 2017 4:49 pm
Tell that to China lor.
Replace communism with what?
Replace with LKY's Hard Truths?
What's wrong with collecting more money?
The oldies voted for pap.
544> replace with christianity. Jesus can be a chinese. at least he was easterners.
..someone predicted that God has sent his son again to come to Korea ( dun N or S) to teach the world on humanity, could be someone by the name of Kim or Moon (not Park la..)
@ March 19, 2017 5:46 pm
Do you think we already have a Chinese Jesus Christ here in Singapore?
With 70% believers?
@anon 5.46pm
..omg...is it tat "Kong Hee" Fatt Choy ...he made a lot of Snake oil claiming to be from the Holy Spirit which can cure any diseases ...he seems immune to the Sin law & not yet imprison cos the Lord has protected him ...
..or is it tat Ah Long san who is son of the Almighty Old Fart & even though got 2 cancers but survive & seems like his white men party gonna last till eternity ..isn't he protected by the Lord also ..he is also a natural alice-to-cat, changing laws as though he is the Lord of the Justice ( even Justice Bao will hv to stand aside when in court)...
..any one left?...anyone can tell us?..
Ah Long San.
"What's wrong with collecting more money?"
My father called me Ah Long for a good reason.
//Ah Long San.
"What's wrong with collecting more money?"
My father called me Ah Long for a good reason.//
..Bingo ..his the Jesus of Sin City ..he mentioned b4 ..he is with u & 4 u ..he will leave no one behind la..u gotta called him God or the Lord lest he will lock u up either by handcuffs or leg chained or both or pay n pay to him 4ever..
@ March 19, 2017 8:16 pm
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
That's right. Christianity screwed it. You get Rome instead.
You went through the Man of Sin, you got another father - the father of very convincing lies.
In Singapore no job no money, CPF cannot touch, see doctor so expensive, costs of living up in world's already most expensive country - just waiting for death . . .
You shall surely die
Pop corn and watch show?
@ RB from the "fake news" ST:
» According to state media Straits Times, the number of elderly prisoners above the age of 60 have doubled in the past 5 years from 359 at 2.8% of the prison population in 2012, to 651, or 5.3%,in 2016.’ «
Ah. OK. Now I get it. I finally understand why the crime rate in Singapore is SO LOW. 😲
It is because the SPF and judicial system is so on-the-bola they have managed to capture, prosecute and incarcerate all the dangerous career criminals, who obviously have had lives in crime, given their ADVANCED AGES when apprehended.
Can you imagine all these apeks hobbling around, terrorizing citizens with knives and firearms? Lucky Shanmugam and the 'Home Team' have brought these dangerous people to justice, and ensured the security and peace of Singapore.
OK, now the Home Team must go after the women too. Have you seen those 'dangerous aunties'? Fuck man, they are nasty. They are cold-hearted killers and robbers. Please Home Team, round them up and throw them in jail...and keep Singapore safe and secure! 🤡
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