Sweeney's Muse: Another Week.. another Dollar!

Sweeney's Muse: Another Week.. another Dollar!

Introduction

Singapore is facing a crises of a very different kind these days. It is a country that is getting older and older. According to Singapore’s Department of Statistics, we are not having enough babies to replenish our population! In fact, according to government figures, we have not been able to do so since 1975!! See chart on SingStat website. Our current fertility rate is 1.42 babies per married couple. This means, two adults produce less than two babies and this EQUALS a decreasing and ageing population because there’s not enough young people!!!!

The government is anxious to find out more about what kind of challenges are facing Singapore as a society that is both ageing and decreasing in population.

AND THIS IS WHERE YOU AND YOUR TEAM COMES IN!!!!


The government needs your help to brainstorm and come with a deeper understanding of how a rapidly ageing population will affect the Singaporean society.

You and your team will perform your duty as part of the elite S.H.I.E.L.D (Supreme Headquarters of Investigators of Elders Life Division). S.H.I.E.L.D. is part of an undercover organisation that utilised teenagers to help government understand the challenges surrounding the Singaporean society.

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Task

As a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent, you are to investigate and then report back to the government of all that you have found in a simple oral report. This report will take place at a pre-arranged time together with other S.H.I.E.L.D. groups.

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Process

For your mission, each individual S.H.I.E.L.D. group will pick a different social topic to discuss and to shed light on the challenges facing Singapore.

Okay are you ready? Here are the details of your mission:

1. Go to the Resource Page and Click on a topic that the government are concerned about the aging population. There are two links leading to web-pages that looks at the issue from a pro-government and an alternative point of view. Read these web-pages carefully with your S.H.I.E.L.D. cells members so that you can analyse the problems efficiently.

2. Discuss what are the problems associated with an aging Singapore in this area.

3. Discuss the ways in which in these problems can be solved.

4. Present to the other S.H.I.E.L.D. groups and your S.H.I.E.L.D. leader your thoughts on these points.

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RESOURCES

S.H.I.E.L.D. leadership has identified the following areas in most need of discussion and brainstorming. Under each sub-heading there are a couple of opposing web-links to help your group start the discussion. You are encourage to google for more information if you feel the links provided are insufficient for your discussion needs.

1. UNEMPLOYMENT


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2. HEATHCARE

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3. RETIREMENT COSTS

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Conclusions

Well done and congratulations. What you have presented and shared will go along away towards helping Singapore deal with its future problems..



Well done and thank you! Remember Retirement and Old Age doesn’t mean the elders are people who can’ty have fun or have no more place in society. We just need to know how to communicate and understand them!!!!

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