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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Hot Topics
  • September 24, 2024 | Population increased to 6.04m – 39.7% non-S’poreans, 46% (est.) non-native S’poreans (if including new citizens)
  • August 24, 2024 | Let the numbers (Top 10 in last 10 days) do the talking!
  • August 23, 2024 | Suggestion to address cost of living & retirement issues
  • August 23, 2024 | Breaking news: Highest “scammed” in the world!
  • August 17, 2024 | Kamala Harris’s top 3 election issues vis-a-vis S’pore’s?
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November 25, 2022

Official Foreign Reserves $388b (US$282b Oct 2022)+ Temasek $403b (Mar 2022)+ GIC $1,046b (US$744b est.) = $1.84t (est.)

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November 24, 2022

Breaking news: President briefed on “expected real rates of return”, “methodologies adopted to derive projections”, “assumptions used”, “net assets invested after deducting liabilities”, “thorough and independent assessment of the assumptions and methodologies”, “historical average rates of return from the past 20 years”

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November 23, 2022

Woke up today to become 69 – More than 1,000 messages – my heartfelt thanks for your well wishes, words of support & encouragement!

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69th

November 23, 2022

Breaking news: What a lousy 69th Birthday present! – Food inflation increased to 7.1% year-on-year

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November 23, 2022

Breaking news: Is HDB setting new records? BTO launch $362,000 – $504,000 3-room, $546,000 – $725,000 4-room – wait about 71 months – longest waiting time ever!

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CPF

November 23, 2022

Forget about the Reserves: Just collect less money (inflows)?

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November 21, 2022

Some “Not Meaningful” numbers from the annals of ‘HDB’ history?

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HDB

November 21, 2022

Breaking news: HDB new building tech shortening wait time to 3.3 years – Minister said in 2011 average wait time 32 months, mostly 30 months, shortest 26 months?

https://www.facebook.com/laoliang/posts/pfbid0h2Lk4HYDhtMTJ51rbBhHc1oa8B1ofvW1onV66uKCsk6kBF9GEpXmyNjvR1P6E6hl


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November 20, 2022

HDB BTO ‘lottery’: What are my chances?

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November 20, 2022

Top University Rankings: 78.7% non-S’porean post-graduate students?

https://www.facebook.com/laoliang/posts/pfbid032hLenbsmGPTwfutexYE647tXcGQkEw5Ry6n3pB68rVrDu3Ax9Bk31JF1ipiD12nkl


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Jobs

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August 17, 2024

Kamala Harris’s top 3 election issues vis-a-vis S’pore’s?


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August 1, 2024

Workforce: 45.1% Foreign + PR, 52.7% (est.) if include new citizens, 59.9% (est.) if include MDW


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July 30, 2024

More workers earned “lower-income”?


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May 9, 2024

What % of PMETs are non-native S’poreans?


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March 25, 2024

Share of newly-created positions reached a high of 47.3% out of all vacancies (79,800 in Dec) in 2023, 94.5% employment growth to foreigners in 2023


Healthcare

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January 6, 2024

590g Premature baby’s $170,000 KKH bill fundraiser – Healthcare inflows relative to outflows


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December 22, 2023

5 most significant “events in healthcare” in 2023 – What about this one?


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December 14, 2023

Penalise abusive patients/visitors, waiting times, stress


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October 2, 2023

Median hospital beds waiting time 7.2 hours


Source from The Straits Times

May 1, 2023

No or low-income patient in AV $13,001 house: Subsidy reduced from 80 to 30%?


CPF

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August 23, 2024

Suggestion to address cost of living & retirement issues


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March 14, 2024

CPF: The “short-term” vs “long-term” returns argument?


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March 4, 2024

Breaking news (Parliament): 99% (about 831,600) can transfer their entire SA into their RA


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February 28, 2024

CPF SA closure not aimed at saving %, “locking up money”


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February 20, 2024

CPF: Closure of SA for age over 55 – Implications for retirement planning


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