Any new initiative in the upcoming budget need to be thought through carefully
Finance minister Heng Swee Keat will deliver his budget statement on 18 February 2020. In the face of a slowing economy (and being an election year), I foresee that Heng will most likely dish out a generous Santa Clause budget. By and large, all national budgets are similar: We want to invest in our people, our future, help...
5 years later, it is fair to say that PAP’s FCF has failed
Manpower Minister Josephine Teo recent announced that her ministry's work priority for 2020 was to tighten the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF) to ensure employment fairness at workplaces. FCF was introduced in 2014 after waves of complains were directed at MOM about employers' preferences at hiring foreigners over Singaporeans...
Ministry of Manpower vs SDP
The Ministry of Manpower accused the SDP on 14 Dec 2019 of having a "singular objective – to stoke fear and anxiety among local PMETs” when it published two facebook postings and an article. The SDP responded yesterday (2 Jan 2020) in these words: "… Clearly, the MOM has used the law for political-partisan purposes to...
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