The subway courier
Instead of sitting idle at home, these seniors above 65 years old pound the pavements for cash. Faced with an aging society and a slowing economy, South Korea has the highest elderly poverty rate of all countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Increasingly, more senior...
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| author | Ng, Kai Yuan |
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| description | Instead of sitting idle at home, these seniors above 65 years old pound the pavements for cash. Faced with an aging society and a slowing economy, South Korea has the highest elderly poverty rate of all countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Increasingly, more senior citizens in South Korea are taking up senior-friendly jobs to help ease the cost of living. Silver Quick Subway Delivery takes advantage of the transport benefits for senior citizens to create jobs for the subway couriers. Student works from GO-FAR 2017. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/733552023-03-23T01:13:15Z The subway courier Ng, Kai Yuan Alfred Hedwig Rasamah Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Samuel He Zheng Bang DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Overseas reporting Instead of sitting idle at home, these seniors above 65 years old pound the pavements for cash. Faced with an aging society and a slowing economy, South Korea has the highest elderly poverty rate of all countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Increasingly, more senior citizens in South Korea are taking up senior-friendly jobs to help ease the cost of living. Silver Quick Subway Delivery takes advantage of the transport benefits for senior citizens to create jobs for the subway couriers. Student works from GO-FAR 2017. Student works from GO-FAR 2017. COMMUNICATION STUDIES 2018-02-26T07:21:52Z 2018-02-26T07:21:52Z 2018 Course Assignment (CA) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73355 en Nanyang Technological University text/html |
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