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I do not understand why union leaders should object to the proposal of a minimum wage of $1,300 a month. If they think that the minimum wage should be higher, why not propose that higher figure? There must be some workers who now learn less than 1,300 a month. Surely these workers will benefit from their implementation of the... 

Click to enlarge The first time I attended a hearing of a capital case and the accused person was convicted was when I was a law student. The people in the court were ordered to stand while the judge pronounced the words "...he shall be hanged by the neck till he is dead ..." I was shocked and what crossed my mind was why do... 

The recent hullabaloo in parliament about minimum wage and the bench mark of $1300 is in my opinion really a “sia suay” moment for Singapore. Let’s get the facts right. Firstly, $1300 per month is not a figure pluck from the air by WP MPs, it is a figure that came out from a survey by LKY School of Public Policy. The survey...