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‘I don’t want my children to argue about my care’: Why this mother set up an LPA

With her husband's Lasting Power of Attorney in place, Mrs Toh Boon Keng was able to make swift medical and financial decisions when he lost mental capacity.

Marriage solemnisations to return to Canning Rise in 2029 after redevelopment

The new and larger building will be a blend of heritage and modernity that gives couples more ways to personalise their solemnisation experience.

130 persons with autism on wait list for day activity centre spots, up from 80 in 2024

Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development Eric Chua said the Government is ramping up the capacity of Day Activity Centres here to meet demand.

When did conversations on parenthood and fertility in S’pore become such a downer?

Photograph of a young family with a child next to six Singapore Flags put together to wish Singapore Happy Birthday in front of Block 865 Tampines Street 83 on Aug 8, 2025.

MSF alerted by adoption agent in 2024 about suspicious baby ‘supply’ from Indonesia to S’pore

West Java police spokesman Senior Commissioner Hendra Rochmawan told ST that 14 babies allegedly trafficked from Indonesia to Singapore are currently still in the Republic.

$15m care fund to be launched on Feb 1 for protection workers after Megan Khung abuse case

The Protection Practitioners Care Fund will be launched on Feb 1 and is expected to benefit over 1,000 such professionals.

Adoption agencies that knowingly bring in children of suspect origin will be taken to task: Goh Pei Ming

Minister of State for Social and Family Development Goh Pei Ming speaking in Parliament on Jan 14.

New membership structure for National Council of Social Service among changes to Act

Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli said that social needs have become increasingly complex, and the broader ecosystem supporting social services has expanded.

UOL commits $150,000 to ComLink+ programmes for children from lower-income families

Education Minister Desmond Lee (front row, centre, right) and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development Eric Chua (front row, centre, left) at the annual UOL-PPHG Community Uplift Programme awards ceremony.

Alleged Indonesian trafficking ring sending babies to Singapore being investigated: MHA, MSF

The authorities have been engaging the affected adoptive parents to explain the situation to them.

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