A Tale of 2 Cities?
Hong Kong S$20.8b Social Welfare Singapore S$3.9b Social and Family Development Hong Kong Budget 2022-23 Social Welfare HKD120b (S$20.8b) (14.9% of total expenditure) Health HKD162.8b…
Price increases during Covid, effected or announced, even before the GST increase:
1) Grab commissions charged to drivers 2) LTA fees 3) ERP 4) Property tax (twice) 5) Public transport fares 6) Polyclinic fees 7) Fuel duties…
Education spending on non-S’porean students was about $500m a year, about 13/14 years ago?
After writing “Masters oourses self-funding – many words, very little numbers?” https://www.facebook.com/laoliang/posts/pfbid02h72Qg1ohKhqr1422fcsErChixQSxkCBkQhzs2KEp7qKGaKSqDF86nzySh6DT9pNul and “1 in 3 university students struggling? (Part 2) – Real Tuition fees…
Masters oourses self-funding – many words, very little numbers?
“Most research-based master’s degrees subsidised by MOE” (ST, Dec 19) ” Most postgraduate programmes that are based on research continue to be subsidised by the…
M-SEP scheme – can hire more foreign workers beyond the quota, but no minimum salary for work permits?
“Singapore’s lifting of foreign manpower quota for some firms is no free lunch” (ST, Dec 18) Comment: How can enabling companies to temporarily hire S…
The “Illogical Triple Whammy” of HDB land costs?
Firstly, you are charged market rates , and the sums cannot be used to help S’poreans now, because it goes into the Reserves, which can…
6 reasons why the “cannot lower BTO prices” narrative is not so convincing?
“Drastically lowering BTO prices without regard for land costs will end up hurting S’poreans: Sim Ann” (ST, Dec 12) “Drastically lowering prices of Build-To-Order (BTO)…
Ownself demolish ownself: Own numbers that demolish the “narrative”?
1) 1 in 3 university students struggling? (Part 2) – Real Tuition fees increased 4.1%, Govt spending 0.2%? https://www.facebook.com/laoliang/posts/pfbid03u2g8w77w9fA3t1d4zV3VKYVx32nuWQHqAC4ovEvL3cPpYr8Qow9KwW55svqRuejl 2) HDB is affordable because household…
1 in 3 university students struggling? (Part 2) – Real Tuition fees increased 4.1%, Govt spending 0.2%?
Real Tuition fee increased 4.1% pa … 1987 Tuition fee $1,200, has increased over the years to $8,250 to $30,200 (Medicine/Dentistry) in AY2022/2023 – an…
HDB is affordable because household income increased more than BTO prices – Well, it depends on what period you are looking at? – Last 10 years affordable, last 5 & 15 years not so affordable?
“Review of HDB town classification likely to come with policy changes: Desmond Lee” (ST, Dec 11) ““Thirdly, if we have new classifications or no classifications…