Lee: Government will help all needy to tackle economic crisis

Singapore - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has assured Singaporeans that his government would help the needy tackle the economic crisis, media reports said Monday.

"We will make sure that everyone who needs help will get help, and everyone who makes the effort to help himself and his family, we will make sure he is all right," Lee said Sunday night at a Chinese New Year dinner in his ward in Ang Mo Kio.

 Lee identified three groups who would get more support: poor pupils who cannot afford schooling, needy families and retrenched....