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The debate on the minimum wage vs the progressive wage model has failed to look at the most important statistic?

I refer to the article “Minimum wage vs Progressive Wage Model: Debate over best way to lift pay of low-wage workers” (Straits Times, Oct 30). It states that “have called for a minimum wage, but the Government has said its Progressive Wage Model works better Both sides stand firmly by their arguments on the benefits and...

Don’t tell us, tell ex-PM, Indranee Rajah

Those were my tots when I read in the construction, nation-building CNA Stop thinking of people in terms of social class or income: Indranee Rajah What can Singaporeans do to help bridge the gap between social classes? For Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Indranee Rajah, the answer is very simple: Think of people as...

Solving Singapore’s Selective Persecution Syndrome

Is Singapore’s political and judicial system afflicted with a terminal disease - Selective Persecution Syndrome (SPS)? What is Selective Persecution? If 5 blacks, and 15 whites are arrested for shoplifting, but only the blacks are charged, then this is selective prosecution. Because such prosecutions are selective based on...