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Business

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Singapore Politics

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Tag: allowance for parents

Woman leaves home after being unable to support parents’ S$5k/month spending, but they now threaten to call the police if she doesn’t return

“You don’t give me enough” — Mum tells her jobless daughter who could only give her S$1.9K/month from her savings

Yet another young Singaporean struggles financially as her father refuses to work despite having “no income, no savings, and no CPF left”

“Do you want me to work until I die?” — Jobless dad asks his daughter and forces her to give him money each month until she’s left with nothing

Singaporeans say they give no financial support to their parents due to student loan debt while others say they provide up to S$1.2K/month

31yo man says he gives his parents S$400/month each, but they still compare him to “other children who give more than him”

Mum retires at 55 but collects $1K/month from her son for trips to other countries 2-3 times/year, son’s wife complains

Son asks, “How to offer money” to his dad to cover his bills and top up his CPF because his dad rejects it

Woman says even though she’s jobless her mum still wants monthly allowance from her

Man earning S$4K offers his mum 10% of his salary, but mum is unhappy, says, “10% only ah”