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 25, 2018

Spend more – Raise taxes, but Revenues, Surpluses?

Need to increase taxes because need to spend more, but never tell you how much revenues and surpluses have increased, relative to expenditure?


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January 25, 2018

Is “no news” also “fake news”?

Why do we keep saying that the Suzhou Industrial Park was a great success?


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January 25, 2018

Best example of fake (predictive) statistics vs fake news?

A much used (recently) “fake” statistic is what is arguably, called “predicting the future statistics”?  After writing “Fake News vs Fake Statistics?” (Jan 23) –…


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January 23, 2018

Fake News vs Fake Statistics?

Are these examples of “fake” statistics?


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January 23, 2018

45% unhappy, 55% neutral or happy means what % happy?

55% “neutral or happy at work” means what percentage were happy?


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January 21, 2018

Govt: Why so afraid of so many … ?

Why or what are we afraid of – transparency and accountability?


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January 21, 2018

Yet another “create many jobs” rhetoric?

Almost every week – “jobs creation” propaganda?


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January 20, 2018

Petitions: Online No, Location No, so how?

How can a petition be put up by Singaporeans?


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January 19, 2018

Is aging the problem or immigration?

So many studies on aging – never talk about immigration?


Photo credits to Smuconlaw. Licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

January 19, 2018

Education Ministry is afraid of competition?

Why does it take so long for the Ministry of Education to approve any students’ enrolment into private schools?


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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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