S’porean loses HDB after foreign wife runs away
Billy (not his real name) is a 41 year old Singaporean male, who married a foreign spouse. After marrying him, she obtained permanent residency…
Leong Sze Hian appointed to CIFA Advisory Board
Leong Sze Hian has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Convention of Independent Financial Advisors (CIFA). CIFA is the only Non-Governmental Organisation in…
Population: Need 25,000 new citizens?
Posted by theonlinecitizen on April 30, 2012 ~ By Leong Sze Hian ~ I refer to the occasional paper, Citizen Population Scenarios, published by the National…
Don’t forget citizen households with PRs
Don’t forget citizen households with PRs: Reader The New Paper Friday, Apr 27, 2012 I refer to the revised health-care subsidy rates for permanent residents…
$500 fee to import a $10 medical device?
Posted by theonlinecitizen on April 23, 2012 ~ By Leong Sze Hian ~ I refer to the article “Has HSA bitten off more than it…
SPP Financial Literacy Awareness Programme (1st Intake)
About the Programme The programme aims to inculcate financial literacy skills to Singaporeans so that they can be savvier in making important life decisions from…
HDB decides which carparks have 10 minutes’ grace?
Straits Times Forum Apr 23, 2012 Measures in place to help season parking motorists enter carparks THE majority of our carparks with the electronic parking…
Chiam See Tong: Government treats CPF as a business
Posted by theonlinecitizen on April 22, 2012 19 ~ By: Kumaran Pillai ~ I had to make a quick stopover after lunch to cover the…
$5 benefit for every tax dollar a fairytale?
Posted by theonlinecitizen on April 17, 2012 ~ By Leong Sze Hian ~ I refer to the article “How 2-room households get $5 for every…
Electronic parking
Straits Times Forum April 14, 2012 ‘When hourly parking spaces are full, the barrier does not open and results in a traffic jam.’