New jobs scheme pays elderly $5 an hour?
We refer to the article “New job scheme for retirees in North East” (Straits Times, Apr 15). Pay only $5 an hour It states that “Participants of the Community Employment Programme for Active Agers are paid $5 an hour, for up to 10 hours a week. They can work part-time as mobile library assistants, estate inspectors and...
Asking Finance Minister about using our NIR
[Article first appeared in http://geraldgiam.sg on 21/4/14.] NCMP Gerald Giam I asked the Finance Minister this question during the 14 April 2014 sitting of Parliament to find out if the Government had been using the full 50% of Net Investment Returns (NIR) to supplement the Budget, as is provided for in the Constitution. While...
Wit, candour and angst
Comment deleted from PM Lee Hsien Loong's Facebook page Timothy Eugene Garlock must have felt he's not one of the welcomed visitors in our midst, now that his commentary has been deleted. As an American citizen, he can't be accused of harboring vested interest in the looming Battle Royale for Ngee Ann Civic Plaza. Singapore...
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