TR EMERITUS

I welcome the news that the government will raise the salary criterias for Employment Passes and S Passes. Such a decision will make employing "locals" more attractive at least on paper, however, I feel that the government could have done better to also further differentiate "locals" too, ie, between Singaporeans and permanent... 

This is why I advocate for the Nordic model in Singapore. "There are good reasons to back such universal programs. All social policy, as the noted welfare-state scholar Gøsta Esping-Andersen argues, either reinforces or removes class stratifications. A welfare regime based on means-testing and income targeting does the former;... 

The recent announcement to raise the minimum wages of Emplyment Pass and S Pass Holders is nothing but merely a PR stunt by the gov as though it is listening to feedback and address employment matters for Singaporeans. Increasing the minimum wages of E & S Pass holders is never going to ensure a strong Singaporean core and...