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Different method used to calculate CPF payout sums: MOM
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The Household Expenditure Survey is conducted once every five years.
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Yuen Sin
A recent study, which had found that those in Singapore aged 65 and up would need at least $1,379 a month to achieve a basic standard of living, is "useful for personal goal-setting and retirement planning".
However, the methodology used by its researchers is fundamentally different from the Government's method of arriving at payout sums under the Central Provident Fund (CPF), a key pillar for retirement adequacy, said Mr Shaun Goh, director for retirement systems at the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).
