Low income population in Singapore

I have tried to live within $250 this month. It was hard. Transport alone already take up 33% due to travelling from the north east to the west of Singapore. Food, just lunch only in school within a cost from $2-3 takes up 33% of the original amount.

Food - 33%
Transport - 33%
Haircut - 4%
Stationery - 4%
HP Bill - 6%
Others - 20%

For a low income family with a breadwinner earning $1500 and below a month, life is hard. They have to include breakfast, lunch and dinner money. They have to include rent or loan payment + bills. If they have children, everything increases. Overall they have little or no savings. If they go unemployed, they are as good as dead.

In today's Straits Time - Govt aid for the needy triples to $140m
Is the amount absolute on the total that the needy will receive or does in include expenditure? What I see is it is not absolute. I do not believe that the organisations are efficient in the handling of funds to maximise the amount it will benefit the needy. All may be due to cost of restructuring in the short run that they cannot afford to undertake. Just an opinion.