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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October 14, 2018

CNA: Not worth the screen you watch it on?

Are our TV channels better or worse than our print media – to deserve Singapore’s 151st Press Freedom ranking in the world?


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October 13, 2018

Roy Ngerng’s ‘education inequality’ analysis: Some comments

Roy Ngerng’s analysis shows that Singapore’s top ranking in the Human Capital Index may arguably, not be what it seems to indicate – once you delve into the details?


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October 13, 2018

‘Human capital’ good, ‘Inequality’ bad: Apples to oranges?

The Human Capital Index measures an entirely different set of outcomes, compared to the Inequality Index


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October 12, 2018

Latest data: Worsening HDB ethnic quota & 99-year problem?

The latest data may indicate a continuing, worsening of the decreasing prices of HDB ethnic quota and older flats?


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October 11, 2018

Ranked last in ‘Taxation progressivity’: Tax the most, spend the least?

The Inequality Index puts Singapore as the last in the world for ‘progressivity of taxation’. Is it because we tax the most, spend the least and horde the most?


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October 10, 2018

Refuting the ‘refute’ of the ‘149th’ Inequality Index?

The ‘refute’ of the Inequality Index’s 149th bottom 10 ranking for Singapore, does not hold water


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October 9, 2018

Inequality Index: S’pore bottom 10?

Our poicies are fueling greater inequality, not reducing it!


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October 8, 2018

S’pore is undemocratic, unfair, unjust?

Are we, arguably, so afraid of losing power, that we forget what is undemocratic, unfair, unjust, etc?


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October 8, 2018

‘Factually’ or ‘propaganda’?

Is ‘fair comment, in the public interest’ sometimes called out as ‘fake news’?


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October 7, 2018

Hospitals’ foreign patients: Only ‘good’ data, ‘bad’ all missing?

Public institutions should stop giving selective statistics, as it is arguably in a sense like ‘fake news’ or ‘propaganda’ which may only further undermine the already diluted trust of the public in our public institutions


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Jobs

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May 25, 2020

We are not addressing the main problem. Should labor be this cheap? (By contributing author – Alex Lew)


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November 6, 2018

Self-employed below 45: Workfare maximum $8 cash monthly?


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November 4, 2018

Jobs growth: 561,800 locals, 611,700 foreigners – 441,508 new PRs, 218,916 new citizens?


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October 30, 2018

Min. Wage vs PWM: Let the nos. talk?


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October 27, 2018

Why hide the jobs’ data?


Healthcare

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June 12, 2020

As COVID-19 Ravages The World, China Once Again Eyes Expansion


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July 17, 2019

Video: Stop making money on CPF, HDB and Healthcare!


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November 8, 2018

2.2 or 8% healthcare spending as % of GDP?


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November 8, 2018

MediShield fund $5.9b, claims to premiums ratio 43%?


Marina Bay, Singapore – Photo: Leonid Yaitsky via Flickr, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

October 10, 2018

Refuting the ‘refute’ of the ‘149th’ Inequality Index?


CPF

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July 17, 2019

Video: Stop making money on CPF, HDB and Healthcare!


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October 4, 2018

Quoted 624 times in Forum Pages?


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October 2, 2018

CPF retirement payout changed from 20 to 30 years, without telling anyone?


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September 29, 2018

SG Bonus: Give ‘peanuts’, take ‘a pound of flesh’?


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September 28, 2018

Why higher % on CPF quite meaningless?


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