Longevity should be a blessing and not a curse.

"One in two Singaporeans aged 65 today is expected to live beyond 85, and one in three will live beyond 90.

"Tripartite Workgroup on Older Workers to look into whether changes are needed on the retirement age of 62 and re-employment age of up to 67, and if so, when they should be made.

"It will also relook the impact of Central Provident Fund contribution rates on retirement adequacy of older workers."

Read full article: HERE.

Reader says...
"I know one person in Singapore who could not care less about this review. LOL."

Who? Who?

What I want to draw fellow Singaporeans to is the first line of this blog.

What? You speed reading and missed it?

Go see the numbers again.

And what is also important to note is the word "today".

People are living longer and 10 years from now, people aged 65 would probably be living even longer.

Making sure that we have enough to fund our retirement and that we won't be a burden to our family and society at large is a serious matter.





There are still many people who are of the Y.O.L.O. mentality.

"I can afford the Y.O.L.O. lifestyle lah.

"What is your problem, AK?"

Ask yourself if you can afford the lifestyle now AND in the future.





If your future is secure too, then, go ahead.

You shouldn't let AK the miser stop you!

What? You didn't think about the future?

Cham liao lah like that.

Don't play play.





As we live longer, we need to have even more certainty when it comes to funding our golden years because there will be many more of those years to fund.

All of us know that there are those who think that CPF Life is just another way the government is stealing our money.

Regular readers know what AK would say.






1. A lot of the money in my CPF is actually from the government.

See:
A lot of money in my CPF-SA.

2. If you should ever be blessed with longevity and chances are more than 50/50 that you would be, you would be more than happy you had an annuity like CPF Life which pays you a monthly income for as long as you live.

See:
CPF Life Payout Estimator,






Unless we are born with a spoon made of some precious metal in our mouth, when legitimate help is offered, we should take it.

Make longevity a blessing, not a curse.

HAPPY NATIONAL DAY!

See: CPF grew $200K in 3 years!





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1. How much money can you save?
2. Are we worried about retirement adequacy the right way?

Give up Singapore citizenship to unlock CPF savings!

Aiyoh, why so many rumors?

If we have questions about the CPF, who should we ask?

Don't ask me.

I blur.






Reader says...
Hi AK, recently I chatted with one of my colleagues and he feels that the govt just keep raising the minimum sum and CPF life drawdown age. 

Apparently there is rumour that the CPF life drawdown age will be increase from 65 to 67. 

He is even thinking of migrating to Canada so that we can withdraw his CPF money.

AK says...
Rumour is a rumour. Haha

Good luck to him in Canada. 😉

Reader says...
Actually this is just to let you know how people are feeling about CPF. 

Like forever cannot touch

AK says...
These people will likely forever have not much CPF to touch 😜

Tell your colleague that the CPF Life automatically pays out at age 70 if we do not opt for earlier pay out date.

Hope that doesn't freak him out. 😛


Reader says...
Aiyoh u so bad!





Ya lor. I also say.

Bad AK! Bad AK!

I know Singaporeans who are very dissatisfied with Singapore and everything to do with our country.

They are always complaining about things in Singapore like there is nothing good about our country.

Why not try to make the system work for us instead of thinking that the system is against us?

Could it be that we are against the system instead?

We don't know we had something good until we have lost it.

It is too late then.





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