Most of those polled also feel the Government should help those who cannot afford basic necessities.
SINGAPORE - Singapore residents generally believe they should be responsible for providing for their own essential needs such as air-conditioning and emergency savings, but that the Government should help those who cannot afford basic necessities like three square meals., but feel that the Government should provide for healthcare and childcare-related items, a recent poll by the Institute of Policy Studies has found.
More than three in five said individuals should be responsible for things that ensure a decent standard of living, such as an annual vacation in a South-east Asian country and dining out in restaurants at least once a month. “Taken together, this may suggest that while there is a desire for more generous government support for low-income individuals, there are lingering concerns that such support should not reduce recipients’ self-reliance,” said the survey report.younger respondentsIPS principal research fellow and head of its Social Lab Mathew Mathews said younger respondents might be looking at models in different countries where there are more public support schemes.
There was no clear consensus on where this funding should be reallocated from, though the areas that drew the highest responses were the arts and culture , sports , and heritage conservation .
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