Are we doing ‘too much’ to achieve ‘too little’ for Singaporeans on jobs?
There are 3.5 pages on jobs in today’s Sunday Times (Feb 11). It states that “The number of foreigners working here was also a major issue earlier in the decade, when Singaporeans were concerned about competition for jobs and the strain on infrastructure”. So, what are we saying? That “The number of foreigners working here was...
Was there or wasn’t there ‘$22.5 million missing’ in Punggol East?
I refer to the article “Issue of Punggol East’s missing $22.5m resurfaces” (Straits Times, Feb 19). It states that “Questions surrounding $22.5 million in “missing” funds from Punggol East have resurfaced after they were first raised during the General Election in 2015. In respect of “Last Thursday, Workers’...
How much of the $3 billion foreign workers’ levies have been used to help such workers?
I refer to the article “Left in the lurch when foreign bosses disappear” (Straits Times, Feb 12). It states that “In the past 1½ years, there have been at least six cases of non-Singaporean employers absconding without paying their foreign workers, according to the Migrant Workers’ Centre (MWC). In each case, more than...
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