Leong Sze Hian

Past president of the Society of Financial Service Professionals, an alumnus of Harvard University, authored 4 books, quoted over 1000 times in the media....

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  • February 10, 2026 | Associate Professionals & Technicians: 0.2% p.a. real increase in income last 24 years (495,500 resident workers)
  • February 4, 2026 | Highest paid in the world, Most fatigued in the world, Most depressed in Asia, etc?
  • January 12, 2026 | Why “Vouchers & Temporary Rebates” don’t solve S’poreans’ Cost of Living problem?
  • December 24, 2025 | A tribute to M Ravi Several friends contacted me as the news of M Ravi’s death broke today
  • December 19, 2025 | Some Suggestions To Improve The “Parliamentary System” To Enhance Civil And Political Rights (UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) Singapore’s Parliament and Political Standards: A Critical Examination
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November 23, 2017

Security guards exempted from overtime limit?

For how long has the security industry’s overtime limit exemption been in force?


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November 23, 2017

151st media makes my ’64th birth’ day”?

What a wonderful surprise birthday present when I woke up this morning at 64!


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November 22, 2017

National Jobs Bank is meaningless?

The National Jobs Bank should disclose the statistics


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November 21, 2017

Graduates’ salaries as low as $1,950?

To what extent has our liberal foreign labour policies contributed to the low salaries of graduates?


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November 19, 2017

Raise taxes to increase spending: $31b Budget surpluses 1997-2016?

Is raising taxes inevitable, in order to increase spending?


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November 19, 2017

HDB Ad now only shows $8,000 for 2-room?

Is it not misleading for the HDB to advertise only the prices after grants?


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November 18, 2017

“LED” reduce reliance on foreign labour: No statistics?

The rhetoric on the “LED” programme to reduce reliance on foreign labour should be measured by the jobs’ statistics which are missing


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November 18, 2017

Yet another “heart-wrenching” story: where art thou (assistance schemes)?

Are our financial assistance schemes adequate in helping the poor?


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November 17, 2017

Elitist procreation policies = lowest TFR ever?

Our “elitist” procreation policies are the root cause of the decline of our Total Fertility Rate (TFR) to an all-time low.


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November 17, 2017

Jobs panel: Never ask the obvious questions?

The Parliamentary jobs panel should arguably, be asking the obvious questions of the Government – on jobs and bureaucracy


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February 10, 2026

Associate Professionals & Technicians: 0.2% p.a. real increase in income last 24 years (495,500 resident workers)


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December 12, 2025

What’s the problem with the “1 hour a week” definition of being counted as “employed”?


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December 12, 2025

When you read the media reports today, about the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) third-quarter labour report, did you know that the unemployment rate for S’poreans increased relatively more than that of Residents and Overall?


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November 1, 2025

805,000 – 925,000 (est.) Total Working-Age Population Not in Optimal Employment (Under-employed (Time, Income/Skills) + Involuntarily Unemployed + Voluntarily Unemployed)


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November 1, 2025

52.5% of PMETs Non-native S’poreans (Est.)


Healthcare

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December 9, 2025

HEALTHCARE CAPACITY IN SINGAPORE: Why Hospital Beds Lag Behind Population Growth — A Structural Crisis


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December 5, 2025

Even Class C deductible increase to $1,500: Assume everyone can afford (Medisave/Cash)?


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November 9, 2025

Rising healthcare costs: Some suggestions


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October 15, 2025

The plight of caregivers in S’pore


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September 28, 2025

What are some statistics that matter most?


CPF

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December 10, 2025

S$26.65b (ChatGPT scenario est.) Difference between GIC annualised returns & current % to CPF Members (ChatGPT est.)


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December 5, 2025

60% can’t meet FRS (est.), 33% HDB flats Seniors, 86% say stay until die: So how?


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December 4, 2025

Which pension system in the world has only 40% attaining benchmark?


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October 18, 2025


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September 28, 2025

What are some statistics that matter most?


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