TR EMERITUS

My family is from Taiwan. Strictly speaking, I have Taiwanese blood in my veins. Of course, to my Chinese friends, we can debate at a later date about the sovereignty of Taiwan. My parents came to Singapore about forty years ago, partly with the aims of expanding the family business, and partly because Lee Kuan Yew was adamant... 

The short answer is, yes. But how? In this article, we will look at the workers’ wages vs the foreign worker levies. In the chart below, you can see the wages of selected low-wage jobs in Singapore, based on the latest available data – low-wage earners earn below $1,500 in Singapore. Cleaners and construction workers earn... 

I refer to the article “Little India Riot: Repatriation of 53 workers under way” (Straits Times, Dec 20). It states that “The actions of the 53 workers during the riot ranged from obstructing the police to failing to obey police orders to disperse, police investigations showed. They were deemed to have posed a threat to...