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ageing

Opinion & Features

A shrinking world will turn our problems upside down

In emerging Europe, the drop in the share of working-age people is projected to reduce annual per capita GDP growth by an average of almost 0.4 percentage points a year between 2024 and 2050.
International

Ageing populations a 'ticking time bomb' for GDP growth, says EBRD

Consider allowing seniors who own one private home to buy an HDB resale flat without grants while keeping ownership of their private unit.
Opinion & Features
THE LEVEL GROUND

Expand HDB choices for seniors: Offer new dual-key homes and short-lease 3-room flats

These four companies are showing how innovation can address environmental challenges and improve quality of life for ageing populations.
Events & Awards
EMERGING ENTERPRISE AWARDS 2025

Preventing waste and improving eldercare

From left: Yvonne Tham, CEO of Esplanade; Neil Dsouza, CEO of GetSetUp; Dr Jayant V Iyer, senior consultant and medical director of The Straits Eye Centre, Karen Ngui, Head of DBS Foundation, Andy Lee, chief of seniors’ community services of Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities, Atul Satija, founder and CEO of The/Nudge; and Hana A Satriyo, country representative of The Asia Foundation, at the DBS Foundation Impact Beyond Dialogue.
Lifestyle
TAKING HEART

DBS Foundation donates S$14.5 million to ITE to prepare youth for ageing

Busan Institute of Science and Technology students lowering a mannequin dressed in traditional Korean funeral cloth into a coffin during a funeral administration class.
Lifestyle

Death becomes a growing business in ageing, lonely South Korea

The explosion in screen time among the older set – including the 60-somethings already familiar with digital technology – is happening because, as they enter retirement, time spent on smart devices is rising.
Opinion & Features

Meet the real screen addicts: the elderly

Japanese companies including financial firms tend to ask staff to step down when they turn 60, though workers have the legal right to stay employed for five more years.
Banking & Finance

Nomura asset’s new Japan retirement help team is run by retirees

From left: Dementia Singapore director of advocacy and communications Bernard Lim, Dementia Singapore CEO Jason Foo, Dementia Singapore chairman Dr Philip Yap, independent consultant and caregiver Michelle Lam, and Pureprofile's Asia research lead for data and insights Eugenia Chung.
Singapore

Opportunity and emotional costs add to dementia caregivers’ burdens, says panel

The annualised population growth rate over the last five years is also higher at 1.5%, compared with the 0.5% recorded in the preceding five-year period between 2015 and 2020.
Singapore

Singapore’s population hits record 6.11 million, boosted by foreign workers

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