TR EMERITUS

I have a proposal for a sustainable permanent resident (PR) policy. I shall use China as an illustration. As of 7 Oct 2010, the SGD: Chinese RMB currency exchange rate is SGD 1 : RMB 5.1.  In China, an university graduate earns about RMB 1500 (SGD 300) in most of the big cities excluding Shenzhen, Hongkong, Shanghai and Beijing.... 

Like many Singaporeans, I was shocked to read about the high-profiled corruption case involving a senior Singapore Land Authority (SLA) officer holding the rank of  deputy director. It is believed that he would be in the coveted superscale pay scale based on his title of deputy director and most likely is  drawing a  salary... 

I refer to the current debate going on regarding minimum wages in Singapore. Its still a profound mystery why a economic powerhouse country like ours has so much reservation implementing minimum wage policy to better protect its vulnerable  rank and file workers. Most first world countries and even third world countries have...