Wrong of Tharman to compare wages of Singaporeans with workers elsewhere without taking into account the cost of living
I refer to the recent comments made by Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam regarding the issue of wages of lower skilled workers, which I read with reservation. Mr Tharman made comparisons of wages between Singaporean workers and that of Taiwan, Malaysia and China. He concluded our local workforce commands a "significant...
Ng Kok Lim rebuts Halimah Yacob’s assertion that Singapore workers can afford more
Dear Madam Halimah, I refer to your comments in parliament as reported by Straits Times on 4 Mar 2010. Despite the 'puzzling' decrease in Singapore's gross wages from 2006 to 2009 as you have pointed out, the ball part figure is largely correct so the picture of relative income vis-a-vis other countries is still valid. ...
MP Ong Ah Heng snubbed our local old workers for being lazy
I refer to the leeching MP Ong Ah Heng's comment in the Parliament yesterday. He said in Mandarin: 'I know of one family who complain the cleaners in their precinct are lazy and too old. They don't want local workers who are old, they want young foreigners.' His comment was posted in the internet today here. 1. How can an MP...
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