Look at productivity and GDP from a different angle
Lim-Chong-Yah The examples from excerpts of Professor Lim Chong Yah's paper, "Shock therapy II revisited" (Oct 26), illustrate the salary disparity between top executives and low-wage workers. A S$5.5-million annual salary for a chief executive officer is equivalent to the payroll for 16 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to...
不知民间疾苦住屋难,只知万千宠爱在一身
80年代从政的总理,在近30年来的政治生涯中,是否有真正了解到民间疾苦住屋难的问题。在无数次的接见选民后,他还是无法解决居民的住屋问题, 因此,他的简单结论就是,破碎婚姻是住屋问题的导因之一。 他对居者有其屋的政策,应该有传承的义务,但是,这20多年来,他一路走,住屋的问题就越严重,最后,他只能说出像晋惠帝那样的活:没有饭吃,为什么不吃肉粥呢?婚姻既然破裂,当然要个别找住屋的出路。总理还希望回复到原点,重新开始。 住屋是民间最基本的问题。为何以前的居者有其屋政策,反而没有出现目前这么严重的住屋问题。从80年代到现在,总理每次接见选民时,他都听到看到,基层领袖也都有记录下来,选民的住屋问题。就是这个基本问题,他亲自面对,亲自体会,每星期最少一次,问题不单没有解决,反而更加严重。因此,他只能感叹,高呼家庭凝聚力: 总理昨晚接见宏茂桥集选区选民后,有感而发,在面簿上留言:“我们接到了大约114个个案,其中有相当大的一部分面对了住屋问题。而住屋问题的根源其实是破裂的家庭。” http://news.omy.sg/News/Local%20News/Po-Sui-Hun-Yin-Shi-Zhu-Wu-Wen-Ti-Gen-Yuan-Zong-Li-Xu-Qing-Guo-Ren-Wei-Xi-Jia-Ting-Ning-Ju-Li-102102 是的,家庭凝聚力是很重要的。较早前,不是有一个报道,一个赌徒会影响家庭中的10几个成员。一个人成败,不是个人的问题,而是家庭成员的共同负担。那么,一个总理的成功,一个总裁的成功,不就是国家成员,公司员工的贡献吗? 总理是否只看到国家的成功,而没有看到成功背后的国人的贡献和牺牲。总理谈到家庭的凝聚力,不要出现婚姻破碎,延伸来说,国家的凝聚力,也是不要出现分裂,才能在出现危机时,共同面对挑战。 居者有其屋的政策就是要给人民一个归属感,这是建国总理的宏愿,他希望国人有家之后,就会负起保家卫国的义务。当总理传承这个伟大的任务时,他是否还记得这个宏愿,住屋问题出现,没有归属感,还会有凝聚力吗? 事实上,婚姻已经破裂,一个家庭变成两个单亲家庭,住屋当然出现问题。住在亲朋好友的家里不是长远的计划,最好能够有一个自己的家。但是,这不符合建屋局的...
More than mere therapy to deal with income gap and worker welfare
Professor Lim Chong Yah’ s latest call for government intervention in the salary adjustments of the lowest income earners was stinging and resonant. His earlier call in April this year attracted a barrage of negative comments from the government with notable response from NTUC secretary general Lim Swee Say. Mr Lim, who...
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