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People who do not have sufficient money to support themselves/ their family. There are different extents to which poverty can reach, some may meet the bare minimum of their needs, some of them may only have one shirt that they picked up from other's waste, and eat scraps of food in the bins.
In wealthier countries (such as Singapore), poverty is more often a choice rather than a fate. If one is born poor, but has working limbs, he/she may go and work-even if the job
may be low-paying., they could give it a shot as it's all they've got.
There are some who can't be bothered to go out and work despite being in a dire situation, and then their poverty would just be the result of their laziness.

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So basically if you compare the old aunties and uncles to us, they would be considered poor. Here, poor to us would be not having sufficient food or a proper roof over our heads; not making enough money. Plus, what if these aunties and uncles have children and grandchildren? They would need to work even harder for money to feed the entire family. For example, if this person only earns about $20 a day, some of the money needs to go to rental, food and education. They might also want to save up some more money for the future.

However, if you look at it from a  different point of view, they aren't really considered poor as compared to the people in 3rd world countries, for example, Africa. These aunties and uncles most probably have food and shelter or they have the government to help them out with any financial difficulties. But in 3rd world countries, they might not even have a proper government. Even if they did, there's still a possibility that their government may be corrupted, and that they don't really care about their people but only leading their own good life in the office or something..
The aunties and uncles in the clip have proper clothes and some everyday necessities. The people from other poorer countries don't even have clothes or food. Finding water is also a problem in most countries as there is a limited water supply in the world and the ways of purifying water are getting more and more expensive.

In my opinion, even though we are kids and all, we don't make our own money, we can still help these less fortunate people in various ways. I'm sure they are having hard times at work everyday.. Even a smile or a greeting would make their day:D

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Poverty is when you don't have enough money to buy daily needs or when you are too poor to enjoy life when you are old. When I look at the old people in the video, they should be retiring by now, but they are still working. Poverty happens when you don't have a good paying job, savings or when you have a debt to pay off. Poverty might happens when you are not qualified for a good job because of your education. In Singapore, most/good jobs require you to have an education up yo university. If not you can only work in mostly places like Mcdonald when you earn very little. I feel that you should not compare the poor people in SG to the people in Africa as the cost of living is different. Jobs like basking is unstable.

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to me,poverty is not only having not enough money,but also how satisfied u are with what u have. because if you are rich but think that this is not enough,you will feel like u are in so called "poverty" and vice versa. also, poverty is not seen by others and unless they see the "situation"you wont know if someone is actually in "poverty" :)

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poverty cannot really be defined. in some countries certain things are considered as living in poverty while in other it may be a normal lifestyle or way or living. for example, a person who is considered living in poverty may be considered as having a decent life in other countries.
However, poverty is also up to one's perception of things. a richer person may look down on a poorer person as being in poverty while that 'poorer' person may think that the life he or she is living is decent enough.
in my opinion, as long as a person is contented and happy, being rich or poor does not matter.

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Poverty is... everywhere.
It's all around us, even if you are not aware of it.
Many people may not experience poverty in their lifetime, but those who do... it is a cruel and unforgiving experience for them that is deeply ingrained in their minds and hearts.
Many people have different definitions of poverty. Like being poor, or not having what you need.
But the government is doing the most, if not all that it can to stop poverty, and ease the lives of others.
A person that I know of in the state of poverty is the old man that performs in the video, swinging the bead necklace around his neck.
He performs right out side of my mother's old workplace.
Poverty is a very serious issue.
We may not be able to stop it, but we may be able to lessen it.

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the term poverty is very subjective. Its usage is dependent on our perspective of basic living conditions and being  poor.

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Poverty is something that people experience all over the world. In Singapore, we are very fortunate to live relatively stable lives, and that is something that I think is not appreciated enough. Poverty is relative to each person and it also differs with different perspectives. For example, a person could earn $50 a day and that could be a large sum of money to him. However, if that person has to support a big family, $50 a day is definitely not a substantial amount. However, in my opinion, there are always causes of a problem, and I feel that there could be many reasons as to why someone is 'poor'. For instance, he could have gambled all his money away and therefore have to resort to busking on streets, but it could also be because they were born into an unfortunate family circumstance.

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To me, poverty is relative and it differs with others' perspectives. Poverty is something that is not really a huge problem in Singapore (compared to other countries) and I think that that is something that we're not grateful enough about. Poverty also differs with perspective, and in my opinion, this is because we all come from different backgrounds and we are all used to having different loving styles. For example, earning $50 a day could be a huge sum of money to some people, but it could also be too little for others, and it all depends on the situation or circumstance one is in. However, I think being poor is a whole other story.

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I know that people that are struggling with poverty are mostly lacking job opportunities, are not able to afford their meals or buy new or have good quality clothes, or having a safe/sheltered home with enough basic necessities

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People who suffer from poverty do not have enough of the daily necessities such as food, water and even house to live in. They also suffer to support their families. (Some of them live in 1-room rental flats which are in a bad condition.)
People who are poor may have came from a poor family background, suffer from a disease or disability or is jobless.
The community is trying to help the poor by providing free services such as cleaning up their house or giving them free groceries and food. We also provide them with entertainment such as small concerts. This is gives a little sunshine in the world of the poor in Singapore  :)
These people are unfortunate and we have to be thankful that we are not in the same state as them. We should help them by at least donating some money.

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i think poverty is when you do not have sufficient money to provide for your daily necessities; the simple things in life that most of us in this room take for granted, such as a bed or at least a mattress, clean water to drink, new textbooks, etc. however, i think that in relation to this, poverty is categorised by whether YOU think what you have is enough. if you are contented with the little that you have, you could feel rich to have those things. sometimes its not just about finances, its about people's mindset and feelings as well.

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Poverty is normally defined as having little money. However, I feel that you can be poor in the amount of love you get. For example, you can have lots of money but not have any true friends. Poverty is very subjective and varies for different people. For example, a rich person may feel that another person is in poverty but the person might feel that they are not in poverty. So poverty is really defined by you.

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Poverty is not having enough money to afford three meals a day. It can also be the ones who have disabilities. It can also be those who are abandoned.

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i know that poverty means to have very little money compared to an average family within Singapore.
Poverty means not being able to afford the most basic things that are needed to survive.
Poverty means to be stuck in an undesirable situation and you are forced to work in the streets to be able to bring back some income.

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poverty is something like when you don't have enough money for food, clothes, water, a home, etc. i think the people in the video is facing poverty if you compare them to US who are fortunate enough to come to school daily, buy starbucks, eat macs, have a phone, etc, then they are facing poverty. most people facing poverty in singapore play instruments on the streets, sell tissue paper, etc. they resort to doing these "jobs" as they most likely don't meet the requirements of working as the average paying jobs or even the part-time jobs. if you compare the people in the video to the people in africa who eat from the bins and die from starvation etc, they are not facing poverty as they can still earn a little bit of money for them to get by

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i think poverty is when you don't have enough money for even your daily needs like food and water. i think people who are experiencing poverty resort to working on the streets for money, whether it is by playing an instrument or selling newspapers. they resort to these kinds of jobs mainly because there isn't any extra price they have to pay to work. even when they don't earn much money from these jobs, they still continue with it because they don't really have a choice.

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poverty is when one does not have sufficient money to provide for their own daily needs

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poverty is not being able to afford daily needsand not being able to support yourself and your family

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poverty is when someone lacks basic human needs such as food or a place to stay.
poverty could be defined by a person's contentment and poverty could be caused by many different things such as bankruptcy or low salary;poverty can also never be completely resolved but can be helped and lessened.

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poverty is when someone is not able to fend for themselves [not enough money/food] and do not have basic necessities that most others have
Some are disabled, preventing them from having jobs and earning money
Poor people try to fend for themselves in different ways like playing an instrument or selling tissue paper packets and asking for donations from the general public
Poverty can occur anywhere. Even though most of us are well off there are always people who have less than we do

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poverty comes in different forms, money, food,

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i think that poverty is when you are less well to do and when you cannot afford the basic essentials of life like food or a shelter to live under. like for example, when i went overseas in the US and i have seen people who live on the streets with very little amount of food for them and they have to beg for money and to me, these kind of people are less well to do and what a lot of people would say 'poor' and i think that's what

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Poverty = a bad standard of living

Poverty doesn't really exist in our mordern day Singapore now ... at most 20-30% are really poor???

However, in countries in the Middle East e.g Africa, poverty is everywhere. There are alot of illness there and people can't pay for the treatment. Also, alot of people die from starvation and things like that. Their source of water isn't really that clean either.

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i think poverty is being insufficient in amount for your basic needs

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a cycle which is quite difficult to break, because you need money to get the necessities like food, water and school books. Children born into poverty will not get the privileges other children will have so without proper schooling their job choices are limited to the ones that nobody wants. The poverty will continue unless someone can try to break out of it.

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poverty is when you do not have enough to support yourself like having a proper shelter or having enough to eat

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i feel that poverty is defined based on how much the person is content with what he or she has

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poverty happens everywhere in the world and sometimes people don't even know that it exists in their own country. i think that it links to the lack of money to support yourself. people who suffer poverty most probably find it difficult to make money and buy the basic needs. these people also try and make money by selling tissues or playing music in public but most of the times, people just ignore them, which makes it harder for them to earn money.

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poverty to me is people who are unable to afford luxuries like a house, a car and even the small things like a basic meal or clothes. poverty is basically being unable to afford things that other, well-off people, take for granted.

some examples are street buskers (some) and the elderly selling tissue packets at hawker centres/ coffee shops.

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Poverty is basically the state of being poor .
Underpreviledge lacking necessities .

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people who struggle to make ends meet for their family or themselves

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Being deprived of something compared to what the average of the population has.

Low gross monthly income for the family, resulting in having to scrimp and save or skip meals due to short cash flow.

Is unable to get a stable amount of food or cash to survive or to get by.

However, I feel that poverty cannot be exactly.

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To me, poverty occurs when someone do not have enough money to lead a comfortable life. Singapore is an expensive country to live in. Compared to the other people in Singapore, these people would be seen as poor because they have to resort to basking at crowded areas to earn a living, many days of which they do not earn a decent amount from. Earning about $20 a day, i would think that the person struggles with paying rent and affording food. Worse is that they might have a family to support.

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i think that Poverty is being in need of things other people can have easy access to

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poverty is more prevalent in "yet to improve" countries. People here are born into the situation. Most of the time due to the country itself they are not able to get out of the poverty cycle. Then, generations would remain in that same situation as they are unable to improve the situ
ation.

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poverty is having insufficient amount of something/lesser than the country's standard. It is a very wide term in the sense that poverty is not just having little money and food but can also mean those who have an uncertain future, e.g. prisoners, people unable to get jobs. But in another view, if the person the public considers "poor" is happy and contented with his life, his job and the little monehh he earns, it is STILL considered poverty but he is satisfied.

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quite a lot of elderly that gets abandoned by their children and struggle physically and mentally.They are unable to support themselves and mostly are supported by many welfare charities.

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The company my mum works does voluntary work to help those in poverty.They will go around helping external organisation deliver food to these elderly as some are unable to move about easily.I also volunteered at Willinh Hearts before.At willing hearts,volunteers help prepare,cook and deliver food to those who are unable to support themselves and they provide them food .They food cooked is healthy and also made softer as most of the recipients are elderly who are unable to chew well.At each part of preparing AND cooking the food,a lot of effort is needed.there are too many peope in Singapore who suffer in poverty and this one organisation is unable to prepare enough food to feed all those who suffer from poverty

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being unable to receive the most basic things for surviva

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Poverty is the scarcity or the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Poverty is a multifaceted concept, which may include social, economic, and political elements.

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Diseases can also be a cause to poverty. When we have diseases, we may end up spending huge amounts of money on treatment and medication. Moreover due to our illness we will be unable to work and earn. Then, we will be in a situation whereby we are only giving, not getting money. slowly when almost all our money is gone, we stand as victims of poverty.

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I feel that poverty is also about not having the opportunities to have education which leads to not having a job in the future which leads to poverty again which is a continuous cycle

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Poverty is the state of being poor, having little money or being in need of a specific quality. An example of poverty is the state a person is in when he is homeless and has no money or assets.
Poverty is the scarcity or the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Poverty is a multifaceted concept, which may include social, economic, and political elements .
These people's life depends on us. Hence not through our words but true our actions we do need to lend a helping hand .

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Poverty is not being able to afford daily necessities, for example, food, water, clothes, etc. However, poverty can be looked at in many different ways. For example, if a person has a car, but another person doesn't, the first person would think that the other is poor. It all depends on how you look at it.

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Poverty is :(

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i think one has the choice to think of themselves as rich or poor. i don't think poverty just means lacking in money. i think as long as one is content with what they have, they can be free to call themselves rich

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poverty is a generelised term and can't really be defined?

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poverty

ˈpɒvəti/

noun

noun: poverty

1. 1.

2. the state of being extremely poor.

1. "thousands of families are living in abject poverty"

2. synonyms: | penury, destitution, indigence, pennilessness, privation, deprivation, impoverishment, neediness, need, want, hardship, impecuniousness, impecuniosity, hand-to-mouth existence, beggary, pauperism, straitened circumstances, bankruptcy, insolvency;More

3. antonyms: | wealth

the renunciation of the right to individual ownership of property as part of a religious vow.

4. 2.

5. the state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount.

1. "the poverty of her imagination"

2. synonyms: | scarcity, deficiency, dearth, shortage, paucity, insufficiency, inadequacy, absence, lack, want, deficit, meagreness, limitedness, restrictedness, sparseness, sparsity;More

3. antonyms: | abundance

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In every country, there will definitely be some who have very little while others who claim everything else. Now the main question is why do some have while the others don't?
Is it their fault? is it the consequences of some of their earlier decisions?

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poverty is when you do not have enough or barely enough money to pay for your utility bills, rent and clothes, leaving you barely enough to get 3 proper meals. Poverty can happen when you are reckless with your money, not have a good paying job

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Cause' you can be poor financially but everyone's a human. Human have hearts that are rich in emotion.

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Should we cut down on public assistance and force people into the job market? (for those without disabilities)
Are poor people contented with what they have?
How does it feel to be poor?
Should we raise the minimum wage?
What kind of problems do poor people have?
Other than providing funds and "discounts" for the poor, what else is the government doing to solve this issue of poverty?
Are the rich getting richer, and the poor getting poorer?

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are people living in the rental flats really in need of help or is it only if you are poor then can one apply for rental flats

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I want to know if how much our help (giving food etc.) and the government's (subsided fees etc.)really impacts them. sometimes being in poverty is caused by the person themselves and that no matter how much we help that person, he or she would stay in poverty forever because of his or her constant actions (gambling etc).
I want to know if everyone in poverty really deserves our help.

I also want to know if the government is truly really trying to help the people in poverty.

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Is poverty a state of mind? For example, give a rich person $100. they might think its not enough, but give it to a poor person ad they might think they are rich. SO is poverty a state of mind? Also, i want to know how the government is helping. One cannot help a person without first experiencing what the other is going through. So yes, the government is helping, but is it really enough?

also,what can we do as the "higher/richer" people ? like we should help one another and stuff like that i mean cuz let's say 1 class aka 39 people gives a dollar, that makes it 39 dollars,times 7 classes and your "rich"

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do people given helP oPenly, glAdly accept things given to them by the organisations?

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I would like to know where the money to subsidize those in poverty come from? I would also like to know if they manage to earn money through subsidizing to all these people?I would also like to know if all in Singapore suffering from poverty all have assistance or is the government still reaching out to them?

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Can more be done to help them?
How can we get more people to help them willingly?Do all of them really feel not contented all the time?
How many people actually willingly volunteer to help these people ?

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How many people are there being helped every year? How many different organisations are there helping the poor? Are there any plans being made by the government to help? Are there many Singaporeans donating or volunteering to help? Is the current work being done effective or is it only helping a little? Are many people being informed about how to help those in need? Is the government actually going to rental flats or those in need to find out their situation and help them better or are they just going by statistics?

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is there as way to completely to sweep out poverty?

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i want to know what you actually do for these people and if it is effective  for the people or if it has a big impact on these people

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I want to know if the rental HDB is regularly renovated and if the facilities(e.g. lifts, water pipes, fire alarm etc) are still in good condition and whether there is a community club for them to interact with each other. Are there social workers who regularly check on them to see if their house is in good condition and if they have enough food to at least last them a few days.

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Does the organisation

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These are the main questions that I would like to know:
1)What is the main cause of poverty?
2)How we can exactly play our part ?
3)What are the feelings you get if your poor?
4)How do you encourage yourself knowing that you are poor?
5)If you were supposingly from a Middle class family background what will you do or how will you play your part to encourage the poor.
6)How does the public often treat you  knowing that your poor?

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besides FAS, charity projects and Ghim Moh flats, does the government do anything else to assist those suffering from poverty in Singapore?

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what exactly is poverty ? is it even able to be defined

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1. Which  organisations help the poor?
2. What kind of activities do they do to help the poor?
3. Is there a change in the lives of the people who are poor when organisations come to help?
4. What can the public do to reduce poverty?
5. Did the poor attend school?
6. Does the organisations help the homeless?
7. What is the cause of their poverty?
- sunny :)

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how do these organisations ensure they reach out to as many of the people suffering from poverty as possible? the spectrum is probably wider than most of us would think. and is it a regular thing when they help these people out?

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i want to know what the government plans to do about poverty and if they even have any plans. besides the existing organisations of course.

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well,,, almost everything can be searched on google er
1) how did most people start facing poverty ?
2) why the government still charge them gst when they are already so poor, besides the permanent gst vouchers which gives them a discount  (from what i understand er)
3) does the government have any plans to help these people in need ?
4) is there any jobs these people facing poverty can apply for ? so that they don't need to sell tissue papers to make a living.
5) is there a way to make their daily needs like free or cheaper, besides the gst vouchers ?

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Okay so I just wanna know why the world must even have a currency or even money. Wouldn't it be better if everyone got free stuff:D But like of course you gotta work too unless you have any difficulties. Like yeah, I know there will definitely be some free loaders who will take the free stuff but not work then after chope ing all the good stuff they run away into hiding. But that's their choice right? All in all there will definitely be more good people than bad people in the world. There will always be hardworkers. That way we can all live together harmoniously without worrying about financial issues and what nots... As for the free loaders, we could just send them off for a week of labour as punishment or something, to teach them that we have to play our part in making the society a better place for all:} Nobody would have to worry about insufficient money or not having a place to live in, we would all play our part in working (Perhaps only people starting at the age of 21 must start working) while getting a fair share of food and water to reward our hardwork:D

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Who is the cause behind people still

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What jobs they have/ they do for a living
Reason why they are poor
How much they are a they earn
Do people help them/ give them money when the bask
How do they feel about being poor

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Is there a way to make certain jobs have a minimum salary that is enough to support people based on what people generally  need because some people have jobs but are still unable to sometimes even have three meals a day or a roof over their heads because of really low salaries

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what it really means to be poor. Do people judge poverty based on how much money a person has, or how much in need a person is

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i'm curious to know that other from this programme being able to raise awareness about poverty , what is the point of this programme if we can't really find a solution to this

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why some goverments don't care at all

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is poverty what you think it is? like when you think someone is poor but other people think that person leads a decent life

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how is the government so sure that what they are doing now that is supposed to assist the poor is enough for everyone in Singapore who is actually suffering from poverty?

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why cant the government help the unemployed people facing poverty get a job

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Is poverty a state of mind? A rich person might think they are poor if they see something they can't afford, but a poor person receiving $50 might think that it is a large sum of money.

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I want to know why and how people

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is there an actual way to end poverty? how do the organisations know that they are helping everyone facing poverty? are they reaching out to everyone? poverty has a broad meaning and different people have different ways of ''defining'' what poverty means - does it mean that these organisations are only helping those who they ''think'' are suffering from poverty? are there any jobs that these people could have so that they are able to earn enough money to support them and their family members?

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Is our government poor as compared to other governments?

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Can we call Singapore a first world country even when a large percentage of our population is
living in poverty?

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Other than constantly supplying these people with money, maybe the government can take other forms of action like offering them suitable jobs that will ensure a stable life and provide basic neccesities for them

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why some people think that its totally fine
what made them become so poor
what were they or their parents or their parents' parents doing before

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i want to know if the government still has any plans to prevent or lessen the poverty happening to singapore, or if the government is even planning to do anything about it.

i am also curious why singaporeans dont donate to others that are experiencing poverty, they just simply ignore them and walk past. ( there are a few articles on google replying to this but i dont quite understand)

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I would like to know the backgrounds of these "poor" people, because I would like to understand how they got into that situation. I believe that this will help organisations better combat these situations as they will be able to go to the root cause of the problem and solve or fix it.

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As students, what can we do reduce poverty in Singapore?

What is the government doing?

Who are generally the people facing poverty? (E.g. Elderly, Families with low income, Special Needs)

Where does the money for subsidies come from?

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besides financial support, is there anything else that can be done to help the poor?

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I want to know the reason people suffer from poverty and how we can prevent it. I also want to know how they feel not being able to afford daily needs and the struggles they face.

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is it possible to make a minimum salary for every job in Singapore to reduce the chances of people suffering from poverty?

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what other ways can we/the government use to help those in poverty?

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will these people actually want us to help? or do the public label them as poor but they really are content with what they have

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why the government charges gst when the people living in poverty alr have not enuf money to support themselves