18 Ways to reduce the Income Gap
http://www.onesingapore.org/news/18-ways-to-reduce-the-income-gap/ By Leong Sze Hian With the gap between rich and poor widening, financial advisor and commentator Leong Sze Hian argues that new government policies…
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JUST ASK: “Can my wife & I retire at 50 with $2-3 million?”
JUST ASK: “Can my wife & I retire at 50 with $2-3 million?” Written by The NextInsight Team Sunday, 30 September 2012 09:24 READER: MY…
Population: Relentless rise in foreigners continues?
I refer to the Department of Statistics’ Population Trends report, released on 28 September, 2012. Non-Singaporeans continue to grow in absolute numbers The number of…
Help VWOs in financial difficulty, not punish them
Help VWOs in financial difficulty, not punish them When a voluntary welfare organisation (VWO) is in financial difficulty, what it needs is more help, not…
Daughter became homeless caring for disabled mother
Published by The Online Citizen on September 25, 2012 By Leong Sze Hian – Rina (not her real name) who was living in a homeless…
Government launches websites to bust online rumours (Part 1 – Reserves)
I refer to the article “Government launches websites to bust online rumours” (Straits Times, Sep 22). It states that “In a bid to cut through…
The ABC of writing and retracting a letter: Uniquely Singapore?
A wrote a letter to B, expressing support for an event that B was organising. A retracts his letter to B, at a private…
The never ending story of low productivity?
I refer to the article “Productivity rates a matter of concern” (Straits Times, Sep 13). It states that “Last year, labour productivity here grew by…
Foreigner influx curtailed?
Joshua Chiang, the former Chief Editor of theonlinecitizen alerted me to the following population data:- PRs and new citizens dropped Between 2008 and 2011, the…
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)…