SINGAPORE - The median household income of families who sought help from local charity Beyond Social Services fell from $1,600 before the Covid-19 pandemic to $500, a study by a charity which helps people from low-income backgrounds has found.
The study, released on Tuesday (Feb 9), was conducted between April and September last year to assess the economic impact of Covid-19. It surveyed more than 1,000 applicants of Beyond s Financial Assistance Fund (FAF).
It revealed that the median household income from work dropped 69 per cent.
With a majority of the FAF applicants - 80 per cent - living in public rental housing, the study also found that rent as a percentage of their household income more than doubled due to the Covid-19 crisis, creating additional financial strain for these families.
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Parti Liyani goes back to Indonesia after being cleared of theft, will return to Singapore for proceedings against prosecutors
Ms Parti Liyani at the airport on Jan 27, 2021. (Photo: HOME/Grace Baey)
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SINGAPORE: Ms Parti Liyani, former domestic helper to ex-Changi Airport Group chairman Liew Mun Leong, returned home to Indonesia on Wednesday (Jan 27), and will return to Singapore ahead of ongoing proceedings into the prosecutors in her case of alleged theft.
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Former domestic worker Parti Liyani has flown home to Indonesia after about four years here on a Special Pass while she fought a theft conviction that eventually got overturned.
The 46-year-old flew back home yesterday morning, according to a Facebook post by Ms Stephanie Chok, an independent researcher who was previously a manager at the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (Home).