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Year In Review (Part 2): Retirement, CPF, economic outlook

January 1, 2010

This is Part 2 of Fang Shihan’s interview with Mr Leong Sze Hian. In this video, Mr Leong looks into the problems faced by some people in monetising their HDB flats for retirement and the problems with the CPF Life Scheme.

Part 1 is here: Year In Review: HDB flats – subsidy, affordability, prices.

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