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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  • February 10, 2026 | Associate Professionals & Technicians: 0.2% p.a. real increase in income last 24 years (495,500 resident workers)
  • February 4, 2026 | Highest paid in the world, Most fatigued in the world, Most depressed in Asia, etc?
  • January 12, 2026 | Why “Vouchers & Temporary Rebates” don’t solve S’poreans’ Cost of Living problem?
  • December 24, 2025 | A tribute to M Ravi Several friends contacted me as the news of M Ravi’s death broke today
  • December 19, 2025 | Some Suggestions To Improve The “Parliamentary System” To Enhance Civil And Political Rights (UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) Singapore’s Parliament and Political Standards: A Critical Examination
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January 13, 2018

Oh No! Not another ‘plenty of jobs’ speech?

“Jobs” rhetoric needs to be supported by statistics?


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January 13, 2018

ST vs Today: Only 1 tell you Poly full-time jobs 52.8%?

Only about half of Poly graduates found full-time jobs?


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January 12, 2018

CPF’s low %: S’poreans lost $147b cumulatively?

Is our CPF the highest “implicit tax” in the history of the world?


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January 11, 2018

Parliament: Now showing – so funny?

Is Parliament the funniest show in town?


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January 10, 2018

Parliament: Making sense of “for better or worse”?

Are our students “worse off” or “better off”?


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January 10, 2018

1,100 unemployed PMETs helped out of how many?

What percentage of unemployed PMETs were helped?


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January 10, 2018

Parliament: Tax – only ask how much “rich” pay, what about the poor?

Why only tell half the story – rich pay more, but what about the rest?


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January 9, 2018

Corruption: Parliament – Govt will “move ‘as expeditiously as possible’”

The Government should try to “move ‘as expeditiously as possible’” on corruption cases


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January 9, 2018

Parliament: Civil servants can always complain about their Minister?

Would any civil servant ever complain about their Minister?


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January 9, 2018

Keppel corruption: Pay bigger fine better than prosecuted in S’pore?

Is a bigger fine more important than the “accountability and transparency” of the corruption?


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Jobs

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February 10, 2026

Associate Professionals & Technicians: 0.2% p.a. real increase in income last 24 years (495,500 resident workers)


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December 12, 2025

What’s the problem with the “1 hour a week” definition of being counted as “employed”?


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December 12, 2025

When you read the media reports today, about the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) third-quarter labour report, did you know that the unemployment rate for S’poreans increased relatively more than that of Residents and Overall?


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November 1, 2025

805,000 – 925,000 (est.) Total Working-Age Population Not in Optimal Employment (Under-employed (Time, Income/Skills) + Involuntarily Unemployed + Voluntarily Unemployed)


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November 1, 2025

52.5% of PMETs Non-native S’poreans (Est.)


Healthcare

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December 9, 2025

HEALTHCARE CAPACITY IN SINGAPORE: Why Hospital Beds Lag Behind Population Growth — A Structural Crisis


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December 5, 2025

Even Class C deductible increase to $1,500: Assume everyone can afford (Medisave/Cash)?


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November 9, 2025

Rising healthcare costs: Some suggestions


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October 15, 2025

The plight of caregivers in S’pore


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September 28, 2025

What are some statistics that matter most?


CPF

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December 10, 2025

S$26.65b (ChatGPT scenario est.) Difference between GIC annualised returns & current % to CPF Members (ChatGPT est.)


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December 5, 2025

60% can’t meet FRS (est.), 33% HDB flats Seniors, 86% say stay until die: So how?


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December 4, 2025

Which pension system in the world has only 40% attaining benchmark?


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October 18, 2025


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September 28, 2025

What are some statistics that matter most?


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