Dear Ms Hamzah, MCI
I am writing to you as I am experiencing difficulties in communicating with your colleagues on the grant of my elderly mother’s “PGP Card”.
The law clearly states that even though my mother only obtained her citizenship after 1987 following a decade of appeals, she nevertheless still qualifies for the card as she has been working and contributing here as a PR since 1963.
All 6 of my siblings are born here!
My second child was born on 16 Nov last year after 10 years of prudent planning and the card will go a long way towards relieving many of my burdens in caring for her.
My other siblings try as much to help but are themselves struggling in this imbalanced society with suppressed or stagnated wages. However, the relentless societal bills will still not go easy on them despite our unleveled playing field with all the odds stacked against us.
My wife tried to get help from SSO for only 3 months as she needs them to help her secure P/T employment but faced rejection instead with sarcastic lettering.
My son’s school (Westview Primary) in conjunction with “CDAD”, rejected our previous application for subsidised tuition as they deemed us too rich after clocking much overtime.
In view of my predicaments, I hope the pap government can exercise a little flexibility and not look for ways to disqualify needy persons as well as remove the need of computing overtime wages into the total calculation as overtime is a privilege, NOT ENTITLEMENT!
Yours faithfully,
Adam Lim