TR EMERITUS

This is why I advocate for the Nordic model in Singapore. "There are good reasons to back such universal programs. All social policy, as the noted welfare-state scholar Gøsta Esping-Andersen argues, either reinforces or removes class stratifications. A welfare regime based on means-testing and income targeting does the former;... 

The recent announcement to raise the minimum wages of Emplyment Pass and S Pass Holders is nothing but merely a PR stunt by the gov as though it is listening to feedback and address employment matters for Singaporeans. Increasing the minimum wages of E & S Pass holders is never going to ensure a strong Singaporean core and... 

Average assistance payout to 60,000 - about $1,500 per worker. (ST, Aug 25) "More social support will be given to S'poreans amid greater uncertainty and disruption, says President Halimah as Parliament opens" "In her traditional address at the opening of Parliament, President Halimah said Singapore began strengthening its social...