Don’t Support Workfare in Lieu of Minimum Wages
Gerald Giam of Workers party in the TOC Face-to-Face forum said that he thinks Workfare is workable; but the govt insists that a large part of it goes into CPF and the average Workfare recipients gets only $80 a month. A number of bloggers have also step forward to support the principle of Workfare in the past few months. I...
30% jump in Class C hospital bills since 2006
"The Ministry of Health (MOH) puts this down to multiple factors - including a greater number of more ill and older patients, and patients asking for non-subsidised drugs and implants." - Straits Times 8 Jan 2011[Link]. Is the MOH blaming the rising cost on the old and sick? Didn't the govt implement means testing that would...
NCMP Sylvia Lim on Minister’s Pay (revisited)
Sylvia Lim Brilliant speech by Slyvia Lim of Worker's Party worth another re-print. Parliamentary Speech on Minister's Pay - 11 Apr 2007 By Sylvia Lim, NCMP (WP) In the last 2 days, MPs have covered many aspects of this contentious issue of benchmarking Ministerial pay to the private sector at 2/3M48. The Member for Hougang...
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