Polytechnic graduates’ real pay dropped 16%?
I refer to the article “Polytechnic graduates’ starting salaries up in 2012” (Straits Times, Jan 9). It states that “The median gross monthly salary of…
Education
An old article on “A lesson in citing irrelevant statistics?”
Posted on April 27th, 2011 I refer to the articles “School system ‘still best way to move up’”, “MPs speak for kids from poorer families” and…
‘N’ Level results: Tell some, don’t tell some?
I refer to the article “‘N’ Level results: 72.6% of NA students can move up to Sec 5” (Today, Dec 17). ‘N” Level candidates’ statistics…
Social welfare per capita: Hong Kong spends 76% more than Singapore?
I refer to the article “HK commission to tackle poverty” (Straits Times, Nov 10). Singapore’s social welfare spending $2.13b According to the Revenue and Expenditure…
PSLE Maths: Malays 60.1%, Chinese 89.4%
I refer to the Ministry of Education’s press release on 29 October “Major ethnic groups performed better at GCE “A” Level exam”. It states that…
Foreign students’ fees increase to 37 times citizens’: So, apply for citizen/PR?
Fees increase for all Secondary school fees will increase to as much as $670 a month for foreign students (non-ASEAN) from January next year. The…
A statistical perspective to the NDR speech
I refer to the National Day Rally speech.http://www.channelnewsasia.com/annex/ND2012_PMLEE_ENGTEXT.pdf How many Singaporean graduate students? “Proudly told me his two children were graduates i.The daughter (Huey Sun)…
Is Mendaki TTFS fully funded by Govt?
TTFS question in Parliament In response to my article “Give more funds to Mendaki”, (Jul 20), there is a posting on facebook – Mohamed Fairoz:…
Why increase fees of local students?
Today From Leong Sze Hian 04:45 AM Jul 25, 2012 School fees for students who are permanent residents (PRs) and international students in government and…
Give more funds to Mendaki
Published by The Online Citizen on July 20, 2012 By Leong Sze Hian- I refer to the articles “More aid for poor Chinese families to…