
So many loopholes to escape the retrenchment statistics?
I refer to the article “More than nine in 10 companies paid retrenchment benefits in 2015: MOM survey” (Straits Times, Dec 28). Establishments paying retrenchment benefits down from 95.7 to 90.6% It states that “The proportion of establishments paying retrenchment benefits was 90.6 per cent in 2015, although it had fallen...

New football stadium a waste of taxpayer’s money
I read in the papers that the government is going to build a sports hub at Punggol. They said Punggol residents have something to look forward to by 2019. Sports hub means like the one at Tampines, have football stadium, swimming pool and indoor sports hall. Maybe people can benefit with the indoor sports hall and swimming pool,...

Taiwanese APOs: Same basic pay, but $16m CPF savings?
The Straits Times article, “Singaporean auxiliary police officers are paid more than foreigners, says Certis Cisco” on 30 Dec states that “Following the announcement that private security firm Certis Cisco is looking to recruit Taiwanese nationals to fill the need for auxiliary police officers (APOs) in Singapore, the...
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