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By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 03 December 2008 1937 hrs
SINGAPORE: Singaporeans can survive this recession by making small adjustments in their lifestyles and lending a helping hand to their neighbours.
To help achieve this, the Central Singapore Community Development Council (CDC) has launched a survival guide in October to give residents the tools and guidance to ride through the recession.
The guide has three main features, which include simple savings tips that can help cut down expenditure by up to S$1,330 a year, especially by saving electricity in several ways.
The guide also has information on how residents can land a job in new growth industries. It contains the numbers of important helplines for residents if they need information on jobs and financial assistance, or if they just want to talk to someone.
Mayor of Central Singapore District Zainudin Nordin said: "Taking a leaf from how Singapore handled SARS, information flow was important. People were constantly updated about how the disease had spread, how to avoid it, how quarantine was conducted, and so on.
"Fears were allayed and panic avoided because people understood the problem and knew what they could do to deal with it. It is the same for avoiding panic during a recession. People need to know that there are things that they could do to help themselves during this period; they are not powerless."
Central Singapore CDC will distribute the guide via its bi-monthly newsletter, "Voices", to all 280,000 households in its district by mid-December.
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By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 03 December 2008 1937 hrs
SINGAPORE: Singaporeans can survive this recession by making small adjustments in their lifestyles and lending a helping hand to their neighbours.
To help achieve this, the Central Singapore Community Development Council (CDC) has launched a survival guide in October to give residents the tools and guidance to ride through the recession.
The guide has three main features, which include simple savings tips that can help cut down expenditure by up to S$1,330 a year, especially by saving electricity in several ways.
The guide also has information on how residents can land a job in new growth industries. It contains the numbers of important helplines for residents if they need information on jobs and financial assistance, or if they just want to talk to someone.
Mayor of Central Singapore District Zainudin Nordin said: "Taking a leaf from how Singapore handled SARS, information flow was important. People were constantly updated about how the disease had spread, how to avoid it, how quarantine was conducted, and so on.
"Fears were allayed and panic avoided because people understood the problem and knew what they could do to deal with it. It is the same for avoiding panic during a recession. People need to know that there are things that they could do to help themselves during this period; they are not powerless."
Central Singapore CDC will distribute the guide via its bi-monthly newsletter, "Voices", to all 280,000 households in its district by mid-December.
[email protected]
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