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SINGAPORE – In the past five years, more Singaporeans are now living in condominiums, more are taking public transport to work, and more are remaining single until later in their lives.
These were among the insights revealed by the Department of Statistics’ General Household Survey, released on Wednesday (Mar 9).
According to the survey, while 80 per cent of Singaporean households still live in Housing Board (HDB) flats, 13.9 per cent of households now live in condominiums and other apartments, up from 11.5 per cent in 2010.
However, the number of households living in landed properties inched lower from 5.7 per cent to 5.6 per cent over the same period.
Among those in HDB flats, nearly three in four households (74.3%) were living in three-, four- or five-room and executive flats. Four-room units were the most common house type.
The survey also found that more than nine out of ten (90.8%) households also own the homes they live in. This is an improvement from the 87.2 per cent home ownership recorded in 2010.
But over the past five years, the number of households comprising two or three persons has increased, while the number of households with five or more persons have decreased. Four-person households remain unchanged at 23 per cent.
The upshot is that the average size of households in Singapore has shrunk slightly from 3.5 persons in 2010 to 3.4 persons today.
According to the report, the shift towards smaller households was most notable among Malay households, even though the community still had larger households on average than their Chinese and Indian counterparts.
With Singapore’s ageing population being well-documented, it comes as no surprise that the proportion of households with at least one member aged 65 and over has gone up to 29.1 per cent in 2015 from 24.1 per cent in 2010.
Transport
When it comes to transport, the survey found that public transport remained the most important mode of transport for residents commuting to work.
The expansion of the rail network in recent years meant that more were taking the MRT to work. Some 12 per cent of residents said they used the MRT only (up from 11.5 per cent in 2010), while 24.8 per cent commuted to work by MRT with a transfer to or from a public bus (up from 17.6 per cent in 2010).
The number of commuters who only took the bus has dropped from 19.3 per cent to 16.5 per cent, whereas those who only used cars to get to work went down from 24.8 per cent to 21.9 per cent.
Marriage and fertility
The General Household Survey also found that even though the majority of Singapore residents aged 15 and over were married, the trend of later marriages was reflected in the increase in porportion of younger singles.
The number of singles, male and female, in the 20-24, 25-29 and 30-34 age groups have all increased in 2015 as compared to 2010.
The most significant increase was among those between the 25 and 29 age range. Of these, 80.2 per cent of males and 63 per cent of females reported being single in 2015, up from 74.6 per cent and 54 per cent respectively in 2010.
Education and literacy
The overall education profile of residents has also improved in the past five years.
Among the resident non-student population aged 25 and over, 52 per cent had post-secondary qualifications in 2015, up from 46.5 per cent in 2010.
There was also an increase in the number of households that used English as their main language at home, from 32.3 per cent five years ago to 36.9 per cent in 2015, according to the survey.
Religion
The survey also revealed religious composition of Singapore residents has remained relatively stable between 2010 and 2015.
The most significant increase was among residents without any religious affiliation, rising from 17.0 per cent in 2010 to 18.5 per cent in 2015.
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When she was in Khoo Teck Puat Hospital’s Acute and Emergency (A&E) Care Centre recently with her mother, Miss Nurul Narina Abdul Hakim Amir saw a foreign worker with a bleeding hand wrapped in a blood-soaked handkerchief.
In a Facebook post that has since gone viral, Miss Narina, 20, who was upset by what she thought was improper treatment of the man, made several claims about what happened at the A&E that night.
Among her claims: The man was not helped immediately, that he was bleeding while waiting and that his drip was bloody twice. She also claimed his employer had been there for just a short time. Feeling sorry for the man, Miss Narina, who recently graduated from the Cosmoprof Academy, kept her eye on him from 8.15pm till her own mother was called in around 9pm, and again at about 11.40pm, when they met at the payment counter.
A spokesman for the hospital, responding to The New Paper’s queries, has clarified that it followed protocol and that Miss Narina did not see the interventions of their staff, including a senior consultant who attended to the man 42 minutes after he stepped into the A&E. (See report on next page.)
Said Miss Narina: “My mother had stomach flu. My brother, sister and I had brought her to the A&E. He (the man) came in… about 15 to 20 minutes later.
“The injured man was walking up and down from the registration counter to the toilet. I guess it was painful and he probably didn’t know how to stop the bleeding. Everyone saw him but no one helped, not even the doctors and nurses at the A&E.”
But the KTPH spokesman said that a nurse attended to the man as soon as he arrived.
This was verified by our reporter who viewed the KTPH CCTV footage. (See timeline above.)
The spokesman said the wound had stopped bleeding by then.
Miss Narina said it was only after her brother intervened that a nurse attended to the worker, “re-wrapping his hand to stem the bleeding”.
This was refuted by the hospital, which said that he was assessed at triage and examined by a senior doctor.
Miss Narina also said that his employer “only appeared twice, but for short intervals”.
This was refuted by his employer, who had accompanied him to the hospital. (See report on next page.)
Even after the man’s hand was stitched and bandaged, no one checked on the drip that was administered, claimed Miss Narina.
“There was blood inside the tube and my sister went to inform the nurses twice,” she said.
When told yesterday about the CCTV footage that appeared to contradict some of her claims, Miss Narina said she stood by her story.
“I shared because I wanted Singaporeans to treat foreign workers with respect and not take them for granted. They helped us build our homes, roads and rails,” she said.
KTPH: We followed medical protocols
Responding to queries from The New Paper, a spokesman for the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) said the patient in question had arrived at 8.14pm on Thursday with a hand injury he sustained at 5pm.
“He was sawing a pipe but the blade came off and cut his finger badly,” she said.
“He was brought to a GP (general practitioner), who dressed his wound and stopped the bleeding. When he arrived, his wound had stopped bleeding.”
She added that a nurse at the Acute and Emergency (A&E) Care Centre cleaned and dressed his wound.
He was seen by another nurse at triage to assess the degree of urgency of his wound and decide the order of treatment about half an hour later. (See timeline above.)
He was classified as a Priority Level 3 patient (P3) – someone with a minor emergency. (See report on previous page.)
The spokesman said the patient was seen by Associate Professor Eillyne Seow, a senior consultant, nine minutes after the triage.
There were 55 to 58 patients waiting at the A&E between 8 and 10pm on Thursday.
The spokesman said at the A&E, patients are prioritised and attended to based on the severity of their condition.
“KTPH has put in place protocols to ensure care is not compromised despite high demand for emergency department services,” she said.
“All life-threatening (P1) cases are attended to immediately.”
Chief executive officer of KTPH, Mrs Chew Kwee Tiang said: “It’s disappointing that this woman took a photograph of the patient without his knowledge or permission and posted it on social media.
“The hospital does not encourage photo-taking of patients on our premises as it would be an invasion of privacy.”
EMPLOYER SAYS…
Mr Ko Ko Ye Chit, 43, an assistant manager at Lucky Joint Construction where the patient works, told TNP that after dropping the injured worker and two other workers off at the A&E, he went to park his car.
He also explained why he was not at the waiting area the whole time.
“I noticed that it was past 8pm and none of the men had taken their dinner,” he said.
“I went to buy drinks and bread for them”.
Mr Ko Ko said he stayed till 11pm before going off as he had an early start the next morning. “The other two men were left behind to keep him company,” he said.
A&E priority levels
Patients at Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments at the public hospitals are prioritised based on the severity of their medical conditions.
There are four priority levels:
P1: Critically ill and in need of resuscitation or immediate medical attention. These cases include multiple major injuries, head injury with loss of consciousness, severe shortness of breath, severe chest pain and unconsciousness from any cause.
P2: Major emergencies, where patients are unable to walk and are in various forms of distress. Although patients appear stable during the initial examination and are not in danger of imminent collapse, the severity of their symptoms needs early attention, A&E priority levels failing which their medical status may deteriorate. These include limb fractures and joint dislocation, persistent vomiting, severe back pain and renal colic (pain caused by kidney stones).
P3: Minor emergencies, where patients are able to walk, have mild to moderate symptoms and need early treatment. Examples are sprains, mild constant abdominal pain, fever with cough for several days, insect stings or animal bites, superficial injuries with or without mild bleeding, minor head injuries (patient is alert and not vomiting), foreign bodies in ear, nose or throat, urinary tract infections, and headaches.
P4: Non-emergency cases such as coughs and colds.
Timeline
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital allowed The New Paper to review the CCTV footage of the incident at the hospital’s Acute and Emergency (A&E) Care Centre to show what happened. Here’s what we saw:
8.14pm: The patient walks into the A&E at KTPH. Nurses immediately check his hand to make sure there is no active bleeding.
8.15pm: The patient’s colleagues, who accompany him, register him.
8.27pm: Assistant manager Ko Ko Ye Chit walks in. He went to park his car after dropping the patient off. The four men linger at the waiting area.
8.47pm: The patient is assessed at triage, which is the process of examining problems in order to decide which ones are the most serious and must be dealt with first. Mr Ko Ko leaves to buy food and drinks for the three men.
8.56pm: Associate Professor Eillyne Seow examines the patient.
9.15pm: An X-ray is done on his hand.
10.38pm: Mr Ko Ko sits with the patient.
10.52pm: Medication is administered intravenously.
11.52pm: Miss Nurul Narina Abdul Hakim Amir’s sister informs the nurse about the blood in the tube. The nurse goes immediately to help the patient.
11.57pm: Miss Narina’s sister again informs the nurse about blood in the drip and this time, a male nurse goes immediately to help.
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This article was first published on March 9, 2016.
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‘She’s not even pretty enough to be a poster girl.”
That was one of the comments the Member of Parliament Tin Pei Ling saw on Facebook after she was named Geylang International Football Club’s first woman adviser last month.
The comment was among the many negative ones she received after the announcement.
Others pointed out that she is an adviser in a “testosterone-filled” sport, said Ms Tin, 32.
She told The New Paper: “It didn’t hurt me as much, but I was bothered because these comments and attitude are what’s discouraging women from taking up sports – and in this particular instance, football.”
Ms Tin’s comments were particularly timely since yesterday was International Women’s Day.
We caught up with her after she finished her stint as a guest on ONE FM’s #1 Breakfast Show with hosts The Flying Dutchman, Glenn Ong and Andre Hoeden.
As an adviser, the MacPherson MP will also be involved in the community outreach programs and she said she will look into ways to encourage girls to take up the sport – especially if they are being held back due to fear of being judged.
Ms Tin said: “You don’t really hear much about female footballers here, and I want to change that. It’s not just a sport for men.”
Ms Tin said women face many challenges, even out of the sports arena.
And she would know.
During the hustings of the 2015 General Election, the National Solidarity Party candidate for MacPherson, Mr Cheo Chai Chen, said: “In general, mothers love their children, so they spend a lot of time with them. If voters choose her, she might focus more on her child than on her voters. This is her weakness.”
CHOICE
Ms Tin responded: “Many mums face pressures to choose between motherhood and career. They should not have to.”
Yesterday, the mother of a seven-month-old son said she remained committed to eradicating the attitude that working mothers are a liability for employers.
“People may not be as blunt as Mr Cheo but it is still a prevalent attitude, although it is slowly improving,” she said.
“As women are now more well-educated, their ability to juggle motherhood and job shouldn’t be questioned.
“After all, the father shares the same shared responsibility. That is why I want to fight for more support for parents, including better and more reliable childcare support and for more childcare leave.”
Ms Tin also expressed hope that Singapore would one day see a female prime minister.
She said there are many examples of strong, female leaders around the world, including Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and President of South Korea Park Geun Hye.
She said: “I’m sure we will see a female prime minister in my son’s lifetime – even if it doesn’t happen during mine.”
This article was first published on March 9, 2016.
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SINGAPORE -Are you satisfied with public transport services in Singapore?
A survey by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) revealed that commuter satisfaction with public transport services in Singapore continued to improve last year, despite the massive breakdown on the North-South and East-West MRT Lines last July.
According to LTA’s Public Transport Customer Satisfaction Survey for 2015 released on Wednesday (Mar 9), 91.8 per cent of commuters reported being satisfied with public transport last year.
This represents a slight 0.5 per cent increase from the 91.3 per cent who were satisfied in 2014.
Satisfaction levels with public transport were calculated based on eight service attributes: safety and security, waiting times, reliability, service information, station accessibility, comfort, travel time, customer service and safety.
Bus service satisfaction improved for the third straight year, rising to 90.7 per cent last year from 90.2 per cent the year before.
Waiting time registered the most significant improvement for bus services, with 72.4 per cent saying they were satisfied as compared to just 61.8 per cent in 2014.
LTA said the improved results were likely due to buses injected into the public bus network as part of the Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP). Transport operators SBS Transit and SMRT have also deployed higher capacity buses or added more trips on routes with heavy loads.
Meanwhile, overall satisfaction with train services also saw a slight improvement to 93.2 per cent in 2015 from 92.8 per cent the year before.
Wait times (up 3.9%) and service information (3.7%) saw the biggest improvements from 2014.
However, customers remained less satisfied with reliability and comfort, which only managed to score 83.7 per cent and 78.9 per cent respectively.
“These improvements were likely due to the addition of new trains to the North East Line and Circle Line in 2015, which improved train frequencies and shortened wait times,” LTA said, adding that the completion of North-South Line sleeper replacement works also enabled commuters to have a smoother and faster journey.
On the whole, two out of three commuters (67%) surveyed said that they perceived the overall quality of service of the public transport system to have improved from a year ago.
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SINGAPORE – An exhibition featuring the skeleton of the sperm whale that washed ashore in 2015 will be open to the public at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum from March 15, announced the museum on Monday (March 8).
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