Leong Sze Hian

COMMENT The outcome has shown that the pundits were wrong in thinking that it may be hard for the incumbent to lose in a multi-cornered fight.

S'PORE POLLS: Unrestricted hiring of lower-paid, not-so-skilled foreigners worries Singaporeans.

COMMENT Union members get a pre-election boon of S$3 million worth of discount vouchers.

Why is the Singapore PM elusive about the real number of Singaporeans in the job sector compared to foreigners?

Subsidies for M'sian PRs are history and employers no longer bear full medical costs for work-related accidents.

COMMENT However, the price to pay for such a move has to be worked in, as it just may prove to be too high for the hurdles it may throw up.

COMMENT The community blog is now banned from writing about politics and the upcoming elections.

COMMENT In S'pore, keeping the roads pothole-free and drains unclogged my help get votes during election time - M'sia might want to do likewise.

Like Malaysia, the island republic’s electricity tariff hikes are increasingly a burden to the consumer.

COMMENT Do Malaysians really want part of the EPF withheld and dished out as annuity?

There are more chains on human rights activities across the Causeway, and what exist there can be considered as just for show.

COMMENT A comparison shows that the much vaunted republic's development has been at great cost to its citizens.

 

COMMENT Jobseeker statistics do not seem to reflect Singapore’s boast of a robust economic situation.

COMMENT Have the wages of locals who went to work in the island republic gone up relative to their counterparts who remained in Malaysia?

There may come a time when a person professing one race chooses another to take advantage of the benefits. But should race matter?

COMMENT Singapore’s outward foresight and Malaysia’s parochial myopia may have exacerbated the economic divide.

A final look at the PAP's election manifesto: have they really helped the poor and is public transport all that it is hailed to be?

COMMENT PAP's election promises relating to housing and healthcare are compared against actual policies and official statistics over the last half-decade.

COMMENT Despite the dazzling skyscrapers and squeaky clean reputation, life is miserable for Singaporeans living by the sweat of their brows.

COMMENT Much is said about the republic as a shining beacon for other less developed nations but there are other aspects that remain in the dark.

S'pore appears to be the main beneficiary of the Malaysian human capital that Prime Minister Najib laments is so lacking at home.

COMMENT Bank Negara is much more forthcoming when it comes to financial transparency and disclosure.

Malaysian women hoping to don the kebaya should beware SIA’s practice of terminating crew members who are pregnant.

Statistics show that while the Malays are worse off than other groups in the city state, but they are slowly catching up.