8 money problems that worry S'poreans most

HSBC survey also finds many here don't do financial planning, have poor money habits

A HSBC poll of 1,200 people late last year found that only 30 per cent were rated financially fit. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
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If Singaporeans were put through a financial fitness test, it's fair to say that many of them would fail because they suffer from that all-too-common ailment - money-not-enough disease.

Many suffer from this condition not because they are poor, but because they don't practise financial planning and have poor money habits like overspending.

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