During the Q&A session of the inaugural Progress Singapore Party (PSP) Talk on poverty in Singapore and gaps in the social safety net, veteran economist Yeoh Lam Keong was asked why the 250,000 people living in absolute poverty in the country are not putting more pressure on the PAP for help.
Mr Yeoh illustrated that the majority of those living in poverty are children and so they are not voters. Of those who do vote, they only make up a fraction of the overall voting population. They are, unfortunately, a small minority said the former GIC Chief Economist. There aren’
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