The speech by Prime Minister Lee at the national day rally yesterday was quite a good one. He touched on various aspects of Singaporeans lives such as education, retirement and living environment. This year, one of the focus was on retirement. As such, the CPF system was brought up again. PM Lee jokingly said that during last year's national day rally, he was a real estate agent where he talked on issues of housing. This year, the real estate market is not doing well so he became a financial planner. He used a ficticious couple as an example and explained how the CPF system works including explanation on the minimum sum, pledging of property and lease buy back scheme etc. I thought he did a very good job in presenting the CPF in a simple and relatable way which most people can understand. Interestingly, after his speech yesterday, there were ......