To NTUC: Measure wage targets in hourly pay, not gross total
Leong Sze Hian I APPLAUD the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) for its progressive wage concept initiative to raise the wages of 10,000 cleaners to at least $1,000 a month by 2015 (‘NTUC to raise wages for cleaners’; last Friday). The goal should be widened to include more cleaners, as 10,000 represents only about...
Open Letter to Christine LaGarde, Head of IMF
Kenneth Jeyaretnam Dear Ms. Lagarde, I am the Secretary-General of the Reform Party in Singapore. I am also an economist with a double First Class Honors BA and an MA in Economics from Cambridge University. I have almost 30 years uninterrupted experience in the global finance industry in both Asia and the UK with an unblemished...
The baby thing is in the air again
Looks like all the policies to encourage the reproduction of more workers did not work. Singapore will be ruined if it cannot find more workers to feed the system. And the people are increasingly getting angrier with the influx of foreigners into this piece of rock. What can the govt do to induce more babies from our women who...
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