A statistical perspective to the NDR speech

I refer to the National Day Rally speech.http://www.channelnewsasia.com/annex/ND2012_PMLEE_ENGTEXT.pdf How many Singaporean graduate students? “Proudly told me his two children were graduates i.The daughter (Huey Sun)…



Pawn shop loans increase 81%

Published by The Online Citizen on August 23, 2012 By Leong Sze Hian – Record pawn shop loans According to the Department of Statistics’ Monthly…


7 questions for the Town Council

I refer to the article “MP Teo Ho Pin: Our net investment return of TC fund is 2.9%, better than inter-bank rate of 0.9%” (TR…



Inflation 5.3%: Wage increase?

I refer to the report “Most companies intend to freeze hiring: survey” (Channel NewsAsia, Aug 15).  It states that “The report also surveyed companies on…





Workfare: We want CPF, not cash?

I refer to the article “Many low-wage workers prefer cash plus CPF mix” (Straits Times, Aug 11). Only 14% prefer cash? It states that “Of…