Tag Archive: Ministry of Social and Family Development

Social Service Officer Arrested, Took Funds Meant For Needy

The Police have charged a Social Service Office (SSO) officer, Chia Kwang Hwee, under the Penal Code, Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act and the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act. On 14 August 2014, the…
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Proposal – NSFs Receiving Financial Aid From SAF To Be Automatically Referred To MSF After Service

Less well-off national servicemen who receive financial aid from the Singapore Armed Forces may continue to receive help even after they have completed their full-time stints. Under a proposal by a feedback body to the Government on defence matters, these…
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Petition to MSF: Singapore to Offer Adoption of Palestinian Children

Salam R1C, Heartbreaking pictures of the killings and the families’ anguish circled the Internet and television news stations. People around the world were outraged, including Singaporeans. The effects of this war are not just in lost lives.  According to the…
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Pertapis Children’s Home facing allegations of staff giving children inappropriate physical punishments

Pertapis Children’s Home is facing allegations of children in the home being inappropriately punished physically. In a media release on Friday, the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) said it had received some information about some children in the…
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