I read with interest in a recent article from Sunday Times on 11 May 2014 – “Beauty quests that end in tears”
[1] and “The dark side to the pursuit of perfection”
[2]. The articles were on the obsession with plastic surgery in South Korea and how a number of Singaporeans who traveled to the country only to come back with a botched face.
As I read those articles, I thought I was reading about the sad state of affairs in Singapore relating to the financial advisory! Here are some similarities between botched plastic surgery and botched financial plan:
| On Botched plastic surgery (quotations based on the above ST articles) |
On Singapore's botched financial industry |
| "Double eyelid surgery here, for instance, usually costs $6,000. In Korea, it can be done for $3,000." |
On the surface, the consultation fee for financial advice $0. But in reality it actually cost ... |
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