NTUC Fairprice: Cock-up or no more discounted lunches?
Credit: MoneyDigest.SG Fairprice’s plan to charge for plastic bags (see below) reminded me of a really dumb Fairprice move recently that affects elderly S’porean members who are not union members. My mum who is in her 90s was told that she could not use her Fairprice co-op membership card (5% discount payable at the end...
Higher grants, more choices for first time flat buyers?
I will be blunt. To me, never mind how HDB mixes and matches or adjusts their grant structures, HDB Grants are still dirty words. Let me explain. HDB is a monopoly with a social mission of building truly Affordable flats to house our citizens. That, they have done well in the early years of our independence but over the decades,...
Make it more attractive for employers to employ locals
Singapore has a dysfunctional employment system. The workforce is 3.6 million of which 36% or 1.3 million are foreign workers. Many of the local workers have to work as taxi drivers and private car drivers or take up part time job because they are not able to get a full time job. Many employers prefer to employ foreign workers...
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