Uncle Leong analyzes latest unemployment figures
Mr Leong Sze Hian Unemployment rate increase? I refer to the article “Singapore jobless rate rises to 2.1%” (Channel NewsAsia, Jul 31). It states that “Singapore’s overall unemployment rate was 2.1 per cent in June 2013. It was 1.9 per cent in March 2013 and 1.8 per cent in December 2012. This is according to the Manpower...
Uncle Leong refutes HDB’s claim of giving $1B subsidy to SGs
Leong Sze Hian I refer to the article “Over $1b given to low-income to buy HDB flats” (Straits Times, Jun 19). $1.1 b AHG? It states that “This grant (Additional Housing grant (AHG)), which can be used to buy either a new flat from the HDB or a resale unit in the open market, has been disbursed to 58,845 households...
Best ST editorial Uncle Leong ever read in 50 years
Leong Sze Hian I refer to the Editorial “When wages fail to grow along with the economy – Stagnating incomes need to be tackled in earnest” by the Managing Editor, Mr Han Fook Kwang (Sunday Times, Jun 16). Greatest Editorial ever! In my humble opinion, this is the best Editorial in the Straits Times that I have ever read,...
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