Relentless increase in CPF & Medisave Minimum Sums to $198,500?
We refer to the article “CPF Minimum Sum to be raised to $155,000 from July 1” (Straits Times, May 8). Minimum Sum increased to $155,000…
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Make sure you use the right CPF Nomination Form, or your CPF goes to nominees’ CPF!
Pay your CPF to your nominees’ CPF? We just discovered that you can now choose to pay your CPF to your nominees’ CPF on your…
80% OF SINGAPOREANS ARE POORER THAN A CLEANER IN NORWAY
The Real Singapore 30 April, 2014 http://therealsingapore.com/content/80-singaporeans-are-poorer-cleaner-norway By Leong Sze Hian, Han Hui Hui and Roy Ngerng We went to Oslo, Norway earlier this month. Norway has…
CPF returns are the lowest in the world?
Countries’ pension funds with the lowest historical returns? According to the study “Pension fund performance” (Antolin, P. 2008, OECD working papers) – the Czech Republic…
CPF and HDB: How much do Singaporeans lose?
I refer to Roy Nerng’s article on our CPF and HDB system (Apr 2). It states thst ” Do you know that if you had…
Parliament: Interesting replies not reported in the media? (part 2)
26 March, 2014 By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the recent Parliamentary proceedings reported in Hansard. Replies not reported in media? I found some…
Latest statistics indicate Govt continues to not spend a single cent on healthcare & CPF?
Not spending a single cent on healthcare and CPF? The recently published CPF statistics by the CPF Board and the Budget expenditure (revised for FY2013)…
Pre-Budget 2014 Forum: FACTS You Need To Know About Singapore’s Finances
The Real Singapore http://therealsingapore.com/content/facts-you-need-know-about-singapore%E2%80%99s-finances Feb 25, 2014 Two Saturdays ago, we had a Pre-Budget 2014 Forum at the TKP Conference Centre. The forum was held…
BUDGET 2014: THE GOVERNMENT STILL DOESN’T SPEND A SINGLE CENT (PART 2)
TR Emeritus http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/02/26/budget-2014-govt-still-doesn%E2%80%99t-spend-a-single-cent-part-2/ The Real Singapore Feb 24, 2014 http://therealsingapore.com/content/budget-2014-government-still-doesn%E2%80%99t-spend-single-cent-part-2 This is a two-part article by Leong Sze Hian and I where we analysed Budget…
BUDGET 2014: THE GOVERNMENT STILL DOESN’T SPEND A SINGLE CENT (PART 1)
TR Emeritus http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/02/25/budget-2014-govt-still-doesn%E2%80%99t-spend-a-single-cent-part-1/ The Real Singapore Feb 23, 2014 http://therealsingapore.com/content/budget-2014-government-still-doesn%E2%80%99t-spend-single-cent-part-1 This is a two-part article by Leong Sze Hian and I where we analysed Budget…