I agree that its fine to tell someone if they made an error. and i thank Comment #1 for pointing it out.

BUT, the point i was trying to make is let Mr Leong come back and clarify himself.

“TOC the new misrepresentation in Statistics?”,

“You are like McCain’s attack team, coming up with all sorts of unsubstantiated claims.”

Those comments doesnt add to the conversation, judgemental, and uncalled for.

And to Comment #2, you are saying TOC only represent one side of the story. I disagree – TOC gives an alternative discourse to what we read in mainstream papers.

Anyway, i’m digressing to the original intention of the post, so i shall stop here.

With all this talk of misrepresentation in MiniBonds, is TOC the new misrepresentation in Statistics? – #1

You completely missed the point. Mr Leongś point is that the median wage is a better indicator than the average wage. To prove this point, let´s refer to the income distribution data from 2006 Wage Report released by the Ministry of Manpower.

According to the 2006 Wage Report, the actual national average income is S$3554/mth. Although the actual median income isn´t provided, one can infer from the data provided that the median income is somewhere between S$2000-2999 per month. My guess is that the actual median income would be S$2300 per month, which is close to the standard starting pay for graduates.

The average income and the median income would be very close to each other if and only if the income distribution follows a symmetric model. The discrepancy between the average and median income reflects the growing income gap no doubt.

ObamatakOsama

Especially from corporate companies and some individuals – is it truly altruistic giving or is there some other motives attached.

These numbers by itself, of the President’s Star Charity Show, are hollow and quite meaningless.

Leong Sze Hian – thank you for doing a great job of giving insight into macro and micro issues and presenting them convincingly and courageously. Love your articles and writings!

But when you give to charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

So that your deeds of charity may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. Mathew 6:2-4

Since he earns SO MUCH for doing what he does, and the show is called HIS Charity Show after all.

just do it and we shall see how good you can do it and how many people you can attract.

then we will know who win and who lose.

if you win i think many people here will join your website instead of toc.

i will also.

Thank you for pointing out what could possibly be an errorenous points from Mr Leong. What we dont need from you is a judgement call from you saying that TOC misrepresents stats.

Let Mr Leong rebut your points before you start making personal and judgemental statements about Mr Leong and TOC.”

Well, I don’t think the TOC or its readers have ever withheld “personal and judgemental statements” about the PAP for any of its misrepresentations, regardless of whether its members were given a chance to rebut the points. Fair game to call someone out of errors, I say.

Let Mr Leong rebut your points before you start making personal and judgemental statements about Mr Leong and TOC.”

First off, kudos to TOC for not censoring the comments about misrepresenting.

Secondly, aygee, this is not the first time this has happened. #1′s comments may be harsh, but we should demand no less than 100% accurate reporting if TOC is to be a truly credible alternative media outlet from Singaporeans.

If not, as #1 has mentioned, it will simply be 144 alongside 145, no?

not this time anymore, well unless they suddenly annouce that all citizens can now withdraw all their CPF savings at the original policy at 55 years retirement age, then most probably the older folks would still vote for them, if not, then don’t think so.

Thank you for pointing out what could possibly be an errorenous points from Mr Leong. What we dont need from you is a judgement call from you saying that TOC misrepresents stats.

Let Mr Leong rebut your points before you start making personal and judgemental statements about Mr Leong and TOC.

Not many can handle the truth.

Luckily, this is singapore. singaporeans don’t like to question. Questioning is the 1st step to gaining knowledge.

When everyone learns what is meant by Questioning, many information can surface. Or maybe majority choose to live in the dark?

I hope not.

What ? That is very little. Nathan as the president of Uselessness should BAIL OUT the charity show with his own undeserved pocket money !

Are these large corporates entitle to much tax rebate base on the amount they donate ? Are these figures inject by the corporations are made to make the event look successful, and however at the end of the day, these corporations are able to get back those return through tax rebate ?