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When COE of small cars costs $81k and big cars $100k, it is it. The anger has not become an outburst yet as many car owners are still hanging on to the last few months of their old cars. When their COE expires, when the need is genuine and serious, the cries will not be merely a whimper. Many less well off families are heavily... 

新加坡地铁公司的核心价值是：卓越，尊重，负责任与重视，对公众，股东，和雇员的承诺。 这些核心价值中，地铁公司除了对股东有承诺之外，在其他方面，看来还有很大的改进空间。翻阅公司2012财政年度的财务报表，可以知晓一些重要，却被冷落的不显眼事实。重新认知这些真实情况应该有助了解，官方为何要长期不断的重申，车票必须加价的其中真正原由。 为此，先看看政府说了些什么？ 近日，副总理指出： 虽然提高薪资可能吸引新加坡人加入，但这将加重整体营运成本。这一定会有冲击，因为人力开销是营运成本的重要组成部份。 交通部长也表示： 有人得承担这些成本，不是来自乘客支付的车资，就是来自纳税人的政府津贴，或由公交业者承担。完全避免调高车资，直接推到业者身... 

I refer to the article “Foreigners in labour force” (Straits Times, Dec 20). NTUC helping cleaners to earn more? It states that “The National Trades Union Congress ( NTUC) has set a target to raise 10,000 cleaners’ monthly salary to at least $1,000 by 2015. There are about 69,000 cleaners in total here. The median gross...