Sunday, April 20, 2008

HSS 3.2.6 Revision

  • Assessment
    • Stalin SBQ Test (3D: Tue) & Review (3B: Thu & 3F: Fri )
      • Inference
      • Comparison
  • HSS Revision
    • BRING YOUR SS WORKBOOK
    • Governance in Singapore
      • What are the principles of governance in Singapore?
        • Integrity "Leadership is key"
        • Pragmatic & Forward-looking "Anticipate change; stay relevant"
          • Water resource policies
        • Meritocratic "work for reward; reward for work"
          • Education
        • Fair & Transparent "stake for everyone; opportunities for all"
          • Feedback unit
      • Transport policies
        • ALS: managing city traffic
        • VQS: managing car ownership
        • ERP: managing road usage
      • Population policies
        • Impact of declining birthrates
          • Increased labour cost > decreased competitiveness
          • Decreased defence capability
          • Smaller market
        • Measures to increase population
          • Encouraging larger families
          • Pro-family measures
          • Foreign Talent
        • Impact of Aging Population
          • Higher dependency
          • Increased social costs
          • Decreased competitiveness
        • Measures to cope with aging population
          • Government support
          • Family-Community help
          • Individual responsibility
    • Healthcare in Singapore & Britain
      • Aims of healthcare in Singapore
        • meet basic needs,
        • cater to specialization
        • promote self-reliance
      • Managing healthcare in Singapore
        • Improving accessibility to healthcare through individual effort
          • Medisave, Medishield, Healthy Lifestyle
        • Improving quality of healthcare through community support
          • Community hospitals
          • Support services
          • Voluntary Welfare Organisations
        • improving affordability through government assistance
          • Government subsidies
          • Medifund
          • Restructured Hospitals
          • Means-testing
      • Managing healthcare in Britain
        • increasing government spending
          • Increased National Insurance Tax
        • increasing NHS efficiency
          • privatisation: contracting out non-essential services
          • positive discrimination: children, youths & expectant mothers
        • Providing quality services
          • NHS Plan (2000)
          • NHS Improvement Plan (2004)