By Leong Sze Hian CPF announced the amendment of the treatment of Special Account savings invested in fixed deposits, and media reports that the CPF Board...
At first glance, the answer to the question above is obvious. A teacher’s sexuality belongs to a private realm, and has no bearing on his ability...
After a clarification from Alfian Sa’at, who writes for Trevvy, we have decided to only publish an excerpt of this article, as follows. You can view...
The Workers’ Party’s Youth Wing held an outreach programme in downtown Singapore on Sunday to celebrate Youth Day with young Singaporeans. The team of about 20...
By Leong Sze Hian On Jan 22, 2007, the manpower minister, Dr Ng Eng Hen, was quoted by the media thus: ‘To a question if the...
Leong Sze Hian looks at 9 issues regarding the CPF. Half also cannot withdraw anymore Do you know who gets your CPF when you die? Poor...
Singapore has changed. And I am not talking about physical changes such as the new MRT Circle Line or the new shopping malls or even the...
By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the Ministry of Manpower’s labour market report for Q1 2007. (Link) Minister Lim Boon Heng said on his return...
This is the first of a series of articles by Leong Sze Hian looking at 9 issues which should matter to Singaporeans. We start with the...
This is an extract from Gerald Giam’s blog. On June 9, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) made a shock announcement that it had detained a...
By Ney Reed After my earlier article (“Paradigm shift in focus required – from economic growth to economic development“) , I am asked to discuss more about...
This is a letter by TOC writer Leong Sze Hian to the Straits Times I REFER to StarHub’s announcement that it will increase cable TV subscriptions...
By Ney Reed When developing nations during the post world war and/or independence era started to build their economies, they attempted to resolve problems of...
This is filed under Letters To TOC By Zyberzitizen It is mindboggling, at least to me, that someone can be dismissed without being treated with very...
TOC report Alfian Sa’at, one of Singapore’s most illustrious playwrights, was recently fired from a relief teaching position by the Ministry of Education (MOE). The reason...