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We have to be clear why wages are low for low-wage workers. Businesses are profit maximizing entities. The people who own these businesses, the managers who run them, spend all their time thinking how to make more profits, including trying to reduce wages, which form the bulk of the cost of most businesses. Managers who can’t... 

Photo: ST Many shopping centres practise safe entry, ie, they close off all their building's side entrances on the ground level and visitors must either use their handphone to scan the unique QR code or have their NRIC scanned before they are allowed inside. They look useful but I ask if they are they really foolproof or they... 

Many workers prefer to work from home (WFH). They do not have to spend time commuting to office. They have more freedom. But WFH comes at a cost to the employer. It can be a heavy cost. The employer has to make sure that the workers are productive. They have to earn enough revenue to keep the business viable. The employer cannot...