February 4, 2014

Historically, there is a perennial debate surrounding the causes of poverty: individual motivation or social factors? A/P Irene Ng from the Department of Social Work at the National University of Singapore, has found that Singaporeans are more likely to attribute poverty to societal factors compared to survey respondents in Britain and other countries. “Helping the poor does involve changing mindsets. It might be the poor’s, but it could also be yours or mine” she said in the Straits Times on January 30, 2014. More information can be found though the link: http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/srn/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/scanning-one-small.jpg.