TR EMERITUS

I will like to give a sincere suggestion to Mr. Tan Chuan-Jin on how to eradicate the “kick-back” system in the employment of foreign labor; that is to start a “Whistle-Blower” scheme where whistle-blower is awarded a percentage (let’s say 20%) of the penalties imposed on the errant employers. I believe if this scheme... 

WITH all due respect to employers who are complaining about the weekly day off for maids, as a helper, I ask them: Why not be a maid overseas for a month, away from your family, sometimes forbidden to talk to anyone? Try living in another family's home to serve them. Would you work without a rest day? You might think homemaking... 

Had Lee Hsien Loong declared a by-election for Hougang SMC, no matter 3 months or 6 months later, none of this would be necessary. It behooves us to be thorough in our approach as provided by the Constitution: 1. Press for a judicial review of the PM’s indecision to date. While the PM has the prerogative of timing the by-election;...