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作者：Patrick Barta / P.R. Venkat《华尔街日报》2010年 02月 23日 新加坡出台了限制移民的新措施，努力缓和这个争议最大的新政治问题之一。 新加坡这个富裕的东南亚城市国家多年来一直允许引入大量外籍工人来增加本国人口数量，以保持其相对中国等拥有更多廉价劳动力的国家的竞争力。不过新加坡公民对这一政策越来越不满，他们说这个政策导致过度拥挤、打压了当地工资水平。经济学家们则认为，对外籍工人的过度依赖还令生产力水平低下，威胁到新加坡未来的增长。 新加坡政府对这些担忧作出回应，周一在年度预算报告中说，政府将从7月份开始，分阶段提高对外籍工人的征税。到2012... 

By Richard Lu There is an interesting, intense on-going discussion in the Temasek Review pages on Pastor Rony Tan’s views and comments on lesbians and homosexuals in a video posted on the Lighthouse Evangelism website (since removed).  I choose not to delve into religion. Many of us so called liberals deem we are all created... 

Written by Our Correspondent The recent move by the ruling party to increase the Foreign Worker Levy will only go to increase the coffers of the government without benefiting the ordinary workers, both Singaporeans and foreigners alike. Under the new scheme, most Work Permit holders will have their rates raised by between $10...