The Straits Times-Dec 8, 2022

Singapore saw improvements across all life stages of its citizens in 2021, with more children enrolled in pre-school, more eldercare spaces offered in nursing homes and daycare centers, and real median income growing following a decline in 2020. But alongside these improvements, 2021 also saw an increase in cases of child and elder abuse and calls to the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), as well as a decrease in the number of citizen births. These developments, which reflected the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Singapore, were recorded in the latest public sector report card released on Tuesday. Read more at: https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/st-editorial/staying-on-an-even-keel-amid-challenges First published in The Straits Times