Toby- To what extent should the Singapore government be responsible for taking care of the elderly?

The government should be responsible for taking care of the elderly in terms of ensuring that the societal infrastructure is friendly towards them in helping them to overcome their physical disabilities or difficulties. For example the construction of lifts, having handicap seats on buses and trains and giving the elderly priority in housing. This helps to improve the lives of the elderly by making it easy for them to move from one place to another. However, there must be a limit to the construction or the building of these elderly friendly construction such that it does not pose inconvenience to the rest of the community. This is because not only should the government consider the needs of the elderly, but the working adults and children too. For example, the construction of ramps instead of stairs will result in a longer time taken to get down a slope as people have to walk more to get down thus wasting time. In addition, the community must support the elderly in the use of the infrastructure. As some people will take advantage of the reserved seats in the MRT and sit on it even though an elderly is there. Thus the Singapore government should be responsible for taking care of the elderly by providing the relevant infrastructure as long as it does not pose inconvenience to the community and that the community supports such measures.