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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Hot Topics
  • September 24, 2024 | Population increased to 6.04m – 39.7% non-S’poreans, 46% (est.) non-native S’poreans (if including new citizens)
  • August 24, 2024 | Let the numbers (Top 10 in last 10 days) do the talking!
  • August 23, 2024 | Suggestion to address cost of living & retirement issues
  • August 23, 2024 | Breaking news: Highest “scammed” in the world!
  • August 17, 2024 | Kamala Harris’s top 3 election issues vis-a-vis S’pore’s?
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October 19, 2018

NEA: No action, meaningless statements on foodcourts?

Are the NEA’s policies contributing to higher foodcourt prices?


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October 17, 2018

NTUC Foodfare: No fish/drumstick, got profits?

Is a subsidy for the needy a true subsidy, when some items have no subsidy?


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October 17, 2018

Temasek’ 1st or 2nd retail bonds?

Is it Temasek’s first or second retail bond?


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October 14, 2018

NEA: Hawkers’ plight no issue – fees up 2.5 times since DPC started?

Have hawkers’ miscellaneous fees increased by 2.5 times in the last 5 years, since NEA started its DPC (Department of Cleaning)?


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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?


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?

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


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Jobs

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August 17, 2024

Kamala Harris’s top 3 election issues vis-a-vis S’pore’s?


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August 1, 2024

Workforce: 45.1% Foreign + PR, 52.7% (est.) if include new citizens, 59.9% (est.) if include MDW


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July 30, 2024

More workers earned “lower-income”?


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May 9, 2024

What % of PMETs are non-native S’poreans?


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March 25, 2024

Share of newly-created positions reached a high of 47.3% out of all vacancies (79,800 in Dec) in 2023, 94.5% employment growth to foreigners in 2023


Healthcare

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January 6, 2024

590g Premature baby’s $170,000 KKH bill fundraiser – Healthcare inflows relative to outflows


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December 22, 2023

5 most significant “events in healthcare” in 2023 – What about this one?


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December 14, 2023

Penalise abusive patients/visitors, waiting times, stress


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October 2, 2023

Median hospital beds waiting time 7.2 hours


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May 1, 2023

No or low-income patient in AV $13,001 house: Subsidy reduced from 80 to 30%?


CPF

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August 23, 2024

Suggestion to address cost of living & retirement issues


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March 14, 2024

CPF: The “short-term” vs “long-term” returns argument?


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March 4, 2024

Breaking news (Parliament): 99% (about 831,600) can transfer their entire SA into their RA


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February 28, 2024

CPF SA closure not aimed at saving %, “locking up money”


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February 20, 2024

CPF: Closure of SA for age over 55 – Implications for retirement planning


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