What is "real"?
Outright *lie* by government-controlled newspaper:
Channel NewsAsia
By Satish Cheney, 12 February 2007
...The average monthly household income from work for Singaporeans grew by 4.3 percent to $6,260 last year.
Propaganda by government-controlled Department of Statistics:
DOS Press Release
"...Singapore resident households.. average monthly household income.. $6,260."
Half-truth buried deep by the government-controlled DOS:
DOS Occasional paper
"...median monthly household income... $4,500"
Whole truth nowhere to be found:
"Singaporeans' median monthly household income is $?,???"
REAL, straight, whole truth kept top secret at all times:
"Singaporean-by-birth's median monthly household income is $???"
Morpheus: What is "real"? How do you define "real"?
Morpheus: Welcome to the desert of the real.
posted by The Human Battery @ 2/12/2007
4 comments
4 Comments:
If there are 5 people with money, $1, $2, $3, $4, $490, respectively, their AVERAGE is (1+2+3+4+490)/5 = $100. But, as you can see, the majority of them have much less than $100! Their MEDIAN (centre, 50th percentile) is $3. Statistics is deceiving :)
It is a fact that this govt has long ago stopped distinguishing PRs from SGians-by-birth. Obviously there are political implications and will destabilise the status quo if the truth be known.
Ha, ha, ha, math teacher, u r so rite! Prata-face got a pay rise to $2.5million and add that with 80+ MIWs' pay... guess the average SG income will go up again soon! :-P
One thing's for sure. MPs will get their inflated pay packages in the form of non-taxable allowances pushed up even further when the GST hike comes into place.
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