Why can’t we be transparent – for once – on labour statistics?
Lee Kuan Yew’s warning about foreign workers? I was tagged by Yeoh Lam Keong to a facebook photo which quoted Lee Kuan Yew in 2010- “In five years, you will have 120,000 work-permit holders .. in 10 years, a quarter million. Is it bearable? Maybe if they were from our traditional sources: with Malaysians there are...
One-sided stories of the poor on social media?
Tan Chuan-Jin I refer to the articles “Interview with Tan Chuan-Jin: Early action to break cycle of poverty in Singapore” and “Online pleas for aid: Govt may step in with details, says Tan Chuan-Jin” (Straits Times, Jul 17). The former states that “The Government is also stepping in earlier to help workers and families...
Success = Harder to attract politicians?
I refer to the article “The more successful Singapore is, the harder it is to attract political talent: Chan Chun Sing” (Channel NewsAsia, Jul 22). It states that “Bharati: Is it more about the money than anything else? Chan: I don’t think it’s about money per se, but when you are in the late 30s and early 40s, in...
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