Why should these poor lazy people work when they get free money for food, cigarettes, new clothers. They would rather stay at home and literally have a fucking good time. Sex, sex and more good sex. Why bother to get off the bed and work.
They have a highly developed crutch mentality. Who wants to pay for these goons, hands up.
They're offered money, jobs and food, so why are some desperate families still picky?
By Genevieve Jiang
December 09, 2008
NO MONEY: Madam Juliana Saib and her husband, who have moved 12 times in two years, are now jobless. --TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG
THEY get financial help, food rations, and even temporary shelter from community help groups.Social workers help them look for jobs, and help them with subsidised childcare and school fees, so they can work while their children remain in school.
But it can be an uphill task for community workers to get families like Madam Juliana Saib's back on their feet.
Said Mr Ravi Philemon, manager of the New Hope Shelter for Displaced Families: 'Sometimes, we help these families look for work but they refuse to take on the jobs. They are picky.
'They come up with excuses like the workplace is too far, or that the work is not suitable for them. But when you're down and out, with young kids to feed, surely any job that comes your way is a bonus.'
Are our social safety nets getting too comfortable for some, such that they breed reliance and complacency?
Should we be channelling our resources to those who can get themselves out of the poverty cycle, those who want to be helped?
With rising living costs and property prices, the number of nomadic families is on the rise, The Straits Times reported in June this year.
Each of the nine family service centres interviewed said it sees between 10 and 30 such cases each year.
Families end up at void decks, beaches and parks - sometimes for years - as a result of bad decisions and poor planning.
They over-extend themselves financially by buying a bigger flat than they can afford, resulting in banks seizing their flats over unpaid mortgage payments.
So they end up on the streets until they are allotted rental flats from the HDB or till they can afford to rent or buy a unit in the open market.
Friends and family may help, but it's often not easy for so many people under the same roof to get along.
An FSC social worker, who declined to be named, said: 'Community resources are limited, and they need to be used wisely. If families don't want to help themselves, there is little we can do.'
Said Mr Ravi: 'Some say they have no money for food but they spend on cigarettes.'
With a recession on, the situation may only get worse.
Certainly, if attitudes don't change, things are not likely to improve. After all, the community can only help those who help themselves.
Tomorrow, we meet a family who lost their youngest son because they were deep in marital problems. They did not work for more than a year after his death.
They have a highly developed crutch mentality. Who wants to pay for these goons, hands up.
They're offered money, jobs and food, so why are some desperate families still picky?
By Genevieve Jiang
December 09, 2008
NO MONEY: Madam Juliana Saib and her husband, who have moved 12 times in two years, are now jobless. --TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG
THEY get financial help, food rations, and even temporary shelter from community help groups.Social workers help them look for jobs, and help them with subsidised childcare and school fees, so they can work while their children remain in school.
But it can be an uphill task for community workers to get families like Madam Juliana Saib's back on their feet.
Said Mr Ravi Philemon, manager of the New Hope Shelter for Displaced Families: 'Sometimes, we help these families look for work but they refuse to take on the jobs. They are picky.
'They come up with excuses like the workplace is too far, or that the work is not suitable for them. But when you're down and out, with young kids to feed, surely any job that comes your way is a bonus.'
Are our social safety nets getting too comfortable for some, such that they breed reliance and complacency?
Should we be channelling our resources to those who can get themselves out of the poverty cycle, those who want to be helped?
With rising living costs and property prices, the number of nomadic families is on the rise, The Straits Times reported in June this year.
Each of the nine family service centres interviewed said it sees between 10 and 30 such cases each year.
Families end up at void decks, beaches and parks - sometimes for years - as a result of bad decisions and poor planning.
They over-extend themselves financially by buying a bigger flat than they can afford, resulting in banks seizing their flats over unpaid mortgage payments.
So they end up on the streets until they are allotted rental flats from the HDB or till they can afford to rent or buy a unit in the open market.
Friends and family may help, but it's often not easy for so many people under the same roof to get along.
An FSC social worker, who declined to be named, said: 'Community resources are limited, and they need to be used wisely. If families don't want to help themselves, there is little we can do.'
Said Mr Ravi: 'Some say they have no money for food but they spend on cigarettes.'
With a recession on, the situation may only get worse.
Certainly, if attitudes don't change, things are not likely to improve. After all, the community can only help those who help themselves.
Tomorrow, we meet a family who lost their youngest son because they were deep in marital problems. They did not work for more than a year after his death.
as mentioned in my earlier post.
