Interview with Hong Kong protester
I met a 53 year old lady tourist (Ah Ling – not her real name) from Hong Kong in Toronto. She readily agreed to the…
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Hong Kong’s Reverse Mortgage: Govt guarantees loan shortfall?
Hong Kong’s reverse mortgage Further to our article “Reverse mortgage: Other countries also low take-up?” (Oct 5), let’s look at Hong Kong’s reverse mortgage scheme….
NParks director was ultra vires?
I refer to the editorial “Permit for #Return Our CPF protest was revoked” (TR Emeritus, Oct 11). It states that “TR Emeritus (TRE) has confirmed…
Civil service: Leading by example with no statistics?
We refer to the article “9 in 10 civil servants reaching retirement age offered re-employment: DPM Teo” (Channel NewsAsia, Oct 8). 9 in 10 offered…
Let’s get back to the issue of CPF?
We refer to the article “Police investigates protest participants for “unlawful assembly”” (theonlinecitizen, Oct 10). CPF’s main issue? How much money are Singaporeans losing due…
Reverse mortgage: Other countries also low take-up?
We refer to the article “Parliament: Take-up rate of reverse mortgages in other countries “quite low“” (Straits Times, Oct 8). Countries with no name? It…
25 reasons why productivity is low?
We refer to the article “Singapore’s productivity push a national effort, says PM Lee who meets flying robot waiter” (Straits Times, Oct 7). This consistent…
Reserves galore in everything?
We refer to the transcript of the NUSS 6oth anniversary lecture on 3 October. To keep promise – need to live within our means? It states that…
NUSS lecture: Putting the statistics to the rhetoric?
We refer to the transcript of the NUSS 6oth anniversary lecture on 3 October. HDB? It states that “We have been concentrating in recent years…
“Sherlock Holmes” postulates why CPF investment accounts can’t be closed?
We refer to Ho Soo Sun’s letter “Hassle to close CPF investment account” (Straits Times Forum Oct 3). Can’t close CPF Investment Account? It states that…