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I refer to the article “‘Opportunities, jobs still available as long as S’poreans prepared to train’” (Today, Feb 15). Work hard for 1 – 3 % economic growth It states that “Urging Singaporeans not to be overly despondent about the state of the economy, labour chief and Tanjong Pagar Member of Parliament (MP) Chan... 

The public sector is about the largest purchaser of outsourced services and it is infamously inclined to award contracts to the cheapest and has scant regard for qualitative factors. Together with other abusive large companies, they are the real culprits for the bad state of low wage workers. It is nothing short of engaging... 

There is seriously something wrong with Singapore. Today while I was buying "mixed rice" for late lunch, there was a very old man (at least 70 + yrs old) lining up behind me. He couldn't even stand up straight. He was wearing a "Security" pass, working as a security guard. As I was paying for my meal, I saw him ordering just...