Are We Doing Enough to Help the Lower Income Group?
Term paper: Are we doing enough to help lower income groups in Singapore?
OUTLINE:
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Thesis Statement:
The government and help groups are not doing enough to help poor single parents in Singapore.
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Topic Sentence (TS) 1: Legal Status of single parents are not officially acknowledged.
* PS 1: Government does not want to change the definition of nuclear family * SS1a: There are hardly any news or help given for single parents as they do not want to encourage it * SS1b: In Singapore, a nuclear family is considered as a husband, mother with child. * PS2: This is in line with traditional Asian values * SS2a: Traditional Asian values include having a ‘normal family’ of a father, mother and child. Whereas single families are against the normal traditions. * SS2b: Dr Lam Pin Min, an MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC had acknowledged that that the Government does not want to encourage the growth of alternative households and the erosion of Asian values. http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20110302-266030.html * PS3: some countries have made changes and schemes to assist single parents * SS3a: countries like Australia have schemes and help groups which offer services to single parents * SS3b: Parent Payment Single (PPS) (otherwise know as the Single Mother Pension, Single Mother Payment or Single Parent Payment) and many other Centrelink payments and allowances available to Australian single mothers. http://singlemum.com.au/links/single_mother_financial_centrelink_benefits_support.html Body Paragraph 2
Topic Sentence (TS) 2: Government and help groups do not appear to provide any help to single parents. * Primary Support (PS) 1: there are no policies/ subsidies given to single parents. * Secondary Support (SS)1a: single parents are unable to receive subsidies from the government. *
OUTLINE:
* Intro Paragraph
Thesis Statement:
The government and help groups are not doing enough to help poor single parents in Singapore.
* Body Paragraphs
Body Paragraph 1
Topic Sentence (TS) 1: Legal Status of single parents are not officially acknowledged.
* PS 1: Government does not want to change the definition of nuclear family * SS1a: There are hardly any news or help given for single parents as they do not want to encourage it * SS1b: In Singapore, a nuclear family is considered as a husband, mother with child. * PS2: This is in line with traditional Asian values * SS2a: Traditional Asian values include having a ‘normal family’ of a father, mother and child. Whereas single families are against the normal traditions. * SS2b: Dr Lam Pin Min, an MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC had acknowledged that that the Government does not want to encourage the growth of alternative households and the erosion of Asian values. http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20110302-266030.html * PS3: some countries have made changes and schemes to assist single parents * SS3a: countries like Australia have schemes and help groups which offer services to single parents * SS3b: Parent Payment Single (PPS) (otherwise know as the Single Mother Pension, Single Mother Payment or Single Parent Payment) and many other Centrelink payments and allowances available to Australian single mothers. http://singlemum.com.au/links/single_mother_financial_centrelink_benefits_support.html Body Paragraph 2
Topic Sentence (TS) 2: Government and help groups do not appear to provide any help to single parents. * Primary Support (PS) 1: there are no policies/ subsidies given to single parents. * Secondary Support (SS)1a: single parents are unable to receive subsidies from the government. *
References: * Mathi, B., & Mohamed, S. (October 2011). Unmet social needs in Singapore. Retrieved from http://www.lcsi.smu.edu.sg/downloads/Unmet_Social_Needs_in_Singapore.pdf --------------------------------------------