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Wan Zaleha volunteers at a centre for needy people; she herself lives in low-income public housing (BBC, 17 Feb) - Wan Zaleha smiles as the smell of freshly-brewed coffee permeates the air at a non-profit centre caring for low-income and needy people in Singapore. For the last six years, from Mondays to Saturdays, the 72-year-old... 

(Bloomberg, 17 Feb) - Singapore said it will increase aid to its poorest citizens and boost wages of older workers as the government seeks to defray rising living costs and reduce dependency on foreign labor. The government will cut the proportion of overseas workers that companies can hire and may consider increasing levies... 

(14 Feb) - Though the University is not contributing to Yale-NUS fundraising efforts, the Singaporean college has raised roughly $16 million in donations, National University of Singapore President Tan Chorh Chuan said Friday. Tan and the NUS Office of Estate and Development are currently handling fundraising for the jointly...