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I welcome Chan's statement, however, I want to sound a word of caution. Many older Singaporeans might still remember that in the 80s, many disk drive manufacturers such as Seagate, Micropolis, Maxtor, Conner Peripherals and Western Digital etc set up bases in Singapore and created many thousands of jobs for our people and bus... 

I do not understand why union leaders should object to the proposal of a minimum wage of $1,300 a month. If they think that the minimum wage should be higher, why not propose that higher figure? There must be some workers who now learn less than 1,300 a month. Surely these workers will benefit from their implementation of the... 

Click to enlarge The first time I attended a hearing of a capital case and the accused person was convicted was when I was a law student. The people in the court were ordered to stand while the judge pronounced the words "...he shall be hanged by the neck till he is dead ..." I was shocked and what crossed my mind was why do...