We need to give more help to parents to have children.
After writing “National day focus: Something very wrong with preschool help?” (Aug 10), about the childcare fees’ financial assistance for a family of four with two children and gross household monthly income of $4,501 – I shall now write about the financial assistance for kindergarten fees, using the same family as an example.
According to a media report this year – “The PCF could not provide a range for how much fees would increase by, but a letter to parents from PCF Sparkletots Preschool @ Nanyang Blk 922 on revised fees — which was has been circulating online since last week — showed that from next year, K2 fees will be S$617.90 a month for Singapore citizens. Permanent residents (PRs) will pay S$765 and foreigners pay S$926.80.
For infant care, fees would be S$1235.80 a month for citizens, S$1,530.10 for PRs and S$1,853.70 for foreigners.”
In this connection, the Maximum % of Fee Assistance for household income of $4,501 is up to 35 per cent or Maximum Fee Assistance of up to $60.
So, does it mean that this family will get only $60 of financial assistance for each of their two childten’s kindergarten fees?
The infamous couple of Toa Payoh who bullied an elderly man in a hawker centre were fined in court today. Tay Puay Leng, was fined $1,200 for the usage of abusive language towards the elderly man and Chow Chuin Yee was fined $1,500 for using criminal force.
The maximum sentence for Ms Tay could be jailed up to six months and fined up to $5,000 and the maximum sentence for Mr Chow could have been jailed up to three months and fined up to $1,500. You can refer to our links below for a brief history of this duo.
Car window got smashed at Toa Payoh and valuable from the vehicles were also missing.
The location of the incident happened at Toa Payoh Lorong 8. The owner of the vehicle was surprised when he approaches his car and notice that the windows were broke. He was on his way to work when he realised that the belongings in his vehicles went missing.
The car owner reported the incident to the police immediately and the suspect was caught swiftly. Although the car had no cameras installed he was full of praises for the police quick action.
Celebrate with a storewide 20% off at OG on most brands’ regular-priced items from now to 13 Aug 2017. For double happiness, we are offering super buys that you won’t want to miss!
Head on down to your nearest OG store now and we’ll see you there!’
Fri-yay! FREE* delivery from foodpanda has been extended till 14th August, Monday!
Grab yourself some delicious handmade pasta, or pizza fresh out from the oven, and get them to deliver to you right at your doorstep. What a great idea to avoid the humid weather!
*Only for orders in Central area
*Only available in selected stores (Marché Mövenpick 313@somerset, Marché Mövenpick Raffles City, Marché Mövenpick Suntec City, Marché Mövenpick VivoCity)
**UPDATE: Please take note that the Singapore vs. Brunei match on 23 August will kick off at 8.45pm.
The 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games – Men’s Football Tournament will commence on 14 August (Monday) in Kuala Lumpur, where our National Under-22 Squad have been drawn with Brunei, Laos, Malaysia and Myanmar under Group A.