Local family of 8 can survive on $1800

[Ahtong]

Gobsmacked. This guy takes home $1800 all in and his wife is not working. He has 5 kids with a 6th coming. They can even go Genting for holiday.

 

刘凌玮和杨淑媚与五个孩子的快乐合照。

 

36岁印刷员，月薪1500元，妻下月生第六胎，养活一家八口有妙方。

 

《新明日报》连日报道少妇街旁产女，29岁生四胎的消息，有热心读者过后通知《新明日报》。

 

刘凌玮（36岁）和杨淑媚（34岁，主妇）育有四男一女，年龄介于5岁到13岁，住在位于加冷巴鲁的三房式组屋，妻子目前正怀第6胎，预计在10月生产，胎儿是男婴。

 

刘凌玮说，自己每月收入1500元，交通津贴500元，扣除公积金，每月拿到手的薪水大概是1800元。

 

花费

[Tjkbeluga]

Considering absolutely no insurance, no tuition, everything bare minimum food only should be OK. But pray that there is no hiccup like health issue or accident.

[Shull]

No savings too...

[Babyt]

yea. whats there to be proud? if the sole breadwinner cannot work then the whole family will suffer.

 

and confirm no insurance to cover the family ....

 

 

need 3 yrs to save for a Genting trip....

Edited August 24, 2012 by Babyt

[Baphomet]

well they are happy. That alone is not easy.

[Yellowbird]

totally agree..... to u... there is nothing to be proud..... but to the father and his family... its something that he is proud of....

 

How much is enough??? there is so such thing as enough.. if you are not contented....

 

Just pray for them to be healthy.....

[Ahtong]

10 Money saving tips:

- Never shower more than 10 mins and avoid using hot water.

- Don't use air-con

- Use water for rinsing rice to wash dishes

- Eat at home

- Buy neccesities during sale

- Only buy one household appliance a year using installments

- No tuition. Elder kids teach younger siblings

- Only one small cake to celebrate each kids birthday at home

- Only buy one toy once a year, shared by all 5 kids

- Saved for 3 yrs to go Genting for 3D2N

 

[Damienic]

This kind of article sometimes does make people ponder a lot.

 

I got a friend whose been working for the last 15 years and her take home pay is about $2000 monthly after CPF deduction. She is single with no committment required for family. Strangely, she always lament 2k per month take home is causing her financial hardships and quite often she has to borrow in sums of $50-100 from friends about 5-7 days before her pay day to tide over that period where she has no savings from the bank to withdraw from until her pay gets credited.

 

She doesn't buy branded stuff, don't drive and doesn't have much nightlife and yet she seems always barely surviving with that pay. Although she does incur a regualr medical expense of about $200 per month on avg but that is just 10% of her take home and shoudn't be causing her hardships. Always wonder why esp when one see an article that a person earning 1.8k after take home can bring up a family of 8 but for her case, 2K is not even sufficient for herself. We always talk about this and I help her to analyse and from the breakdowns it appears there should be enough for her to live fairly ok but somehow the situation is always the opposite.

[Greggywong]

Depends what kind of quality of life you want.

 

Whether you want:

- eat at Hawker Centre or Restaurant on weekends

- Insurance for kids

- Hand me down clothes or brand new clothes

- Able to go to Garden by the Bay or Botanical gardens

- PAP kindergarten or private child care

 

For me, I prefer to have a better quality of life

 

But there are some people whose salary is on the low side but still enjoy their life throughly and they live life happier than those who earn alot but worry about every single thing.

[Carnoob]

Aiyo the report doesn't makes sense...

 

Question number 1:

 

If they are so good at savings, example using less water, no aircon etc then how come they are spending $300 for water/electricity bills?

 

Question number 2:

 

Given $500 transport allowances and no transport cost?

 

Question number 3:

 

No school fees? No need uniforms, shoes, school bags, school books etc?

[Watwheels]

The lifestyle definitely plays a part. For this family...is like....I think there's none to speak of.

 

Maybe piak piak to past time. That will explain why so many children....

[Subutai]

Makes me feel that I am so fortunate after reading this article.

 

I wish all the best to this family and may the kids grow up well educated, sensible and strong.

[Pippo20]

Gobsmacked. This guy takes home $1800 all in and his wife is not working. He has 5 kids with a 6th coming. They can even go Genting for holiday.

 

 

刘凌玮和杨淑媚与五个孩子的快乐合照。

 

36岁印刷员，月薪1500元，妻下月生第六胎，养活一家八口有妙方。

 

《新明日报》连日报道少妇街旁产女，29岁生四胎的消息，有热心读者过后通知《新明日报》。

 

刘凌玮（36岁）和杨淑媚（34岁，主妇）育有四男一女，年龄介于5岁到13岁，住在位于加冷巴鲁的三房式组屋，妻子目前正怀第6胎，预计在10月生产，胎儿是男婴。

 

刘凌玮说，自己每月收入1500元，交通津贴500元，扣除公积金，每月拿到手的薪水大概是1800元。

 

花费

[Altivo]

I believe this article has a political underlining to it. It's pretty obvious.

 

Having said that, I would say it is rather poor family planning by the parents. The dad has 7 dependents (wife included) on him. Should mishap falls on him, the family will be in deep financial problem.

 

Lastly, I'm very upset cos he didn't use durex.

[Fcw75]

As long as they are happy and contented.

[Babyt]

did they live on any payout?

 

1.8k....hard to believe. the baby dont need milk powder/diaper etc?

[Angchug]

did they live on any payout?

 

1.8k....hard to believe. the baby dont need milk powder/diaper etc?

It's possible I had gone through that path for few years with 3 kids living on $1,200 per year.

Might sound crazy but is manageable. All depends on how you want to manage your life.

 

[Angchug]

did they live on any payout?

 

1.8k....hard to believe. the baby dont need milk powder/diaper etc?

You need to know the trick and dare to seek help. I got two years of milk powder for free. All clinic are given free sample of milk powder, some even in big can for new mothers to try. I managed to collect total of 58 cans (big can) across sg. There are places where you can seek help. I gone through it.