Where are all the ‘better jobs for Singaporeans’ that DPM Heng keeps talking about?
Before GE2020, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat promised that the government’s focus was not just to create jobs but to create “better jobs for Singaporeans”. He has repeated that mantra a number of times, the most recent being on Sunday when he declared that bilateral agreements that Singapore signed with other countries...
Do you need to spend so much?
Whenever I think of Singapore elections, I’m reminded of a talk that I attended that was given by Kamal Nath, who was India’s transport minister at the time. The host had said something about India’s elections being very messy and Mr. Nath proceeded to go on about how he found it strange that his Singapore counterparts...
Create temporary jobs during the economic downturn
I suggest the following measures to create meaningful jobs during the economic downturn. 1) Allow each teacher to employ an assistant, working 4 hours a day, and earn $15 per hour, to help monitor the students in the class and studying at home. There are 30,000 teachers in Singapore teaching in primary and secondary schools. This...
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