Why PSP's proposed levy of $1,200 will right-tilt jobs towards...
I'll tell you why Progress Singapore Party's NCMP Leong Mun Wai's suggestion of $1,200 levy for employment pass holders will rebalance PMET jobs in the mid-high salary range towards Singaporeans.
Let's say you hire a Singaporean in his prime for a job which pays $6,000, the employer's actual cost for hiring him is...
In what capacity is Ho Ching a private citizen making public... In what capacity is Ho Ching a private citizen making public announcements regarding the number of vaccinations centers and making projections that the entire Pioneer and Merdeka Generation citizens numbering 600,000 would be fully vaccinated by a certain date?
Surely this kind of information on vital health issues...
The Pappy Model Decade After Decade This chart I did it out of fun but I think this is how Singapore works, with due respect.
Singaporeans fall into this trap again and again.
This cycle is used for last 2 decades at least.
People still do not understand the issue at hand.
Singapore population is still moving to 7M for sure, this country is...
Quick thoughts on Budget 2021 Here are my 2 quick thoughts on Budget 2021.
1. Drawing on past reserves
In the last General Elections, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) had proposed to suspend GST till end-2021, pay retrenched workers 50% of their last drawn salary for 18 months & provide a $500 monthly retirement income for lower-income...
The Budget Arithmetic Puzzle
Every year, the Budget is an arithmetic puzzle. Even financial professionals like me have problems piecing everything together because you have to go beyond the smoke screen and look for the detailed data, which are often incomplete.
However, I do get a sense of the overall picture and I am going to share my understanding...
Why the PWM when high rents are killing businesses? The PAP is considering introducing the Progressive Wage Model (aka minimum wage) in the food sector for cooks, servers, kitchen help, etc.
But Senior Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad is already warning that diners may have to pay more when eating out.
This is nonsense. Such increase in costs to operators...
Detention of a teenager by ISD As the silence continues concerning the fate of the teenage ISD detainee after vague statements made on Wed and Thurs by MHA's K. Shanmugam, the public at large remains not only clueless but astonished at how people can just be detained like that without any accountability?
This is the first real test for our WP and...
Lawyer M Ravi engaged to represent plaintiffs in class action...
Singaporean human rights lawyer Ravi Madasamy, known as M Ravi, has been engaged to represent plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against Tencent International Service Pte Ltd, the Singapore entity of Chinese tech giant Tencent, over alleged breaches of privacy via its instant messaging and payments app WeChat.
In...
Statement of Solidarity with Transgender Students in Singapore
1. We, the undersigned organisations, express our solidarity with Ashlee, the transgender student at Millennia Institute whose right to privacy, health, safety and access to education were violated by her school. We are deeply concerned about the lack of institutional regulations or policies that acknowledge and protect...
Will the public 'commons' of Dover or Clementi Forests be... I refer to the articles, "Nature groups oppose zoning of Dover Forest in Ulu Pandan for residential use - The Straits Times, 17 January 2021), "Dover Forest To Make Way For Residential Development, Netizen Starts Petition To Reconsider Decision" and "Ulu Pandan BTO flats in 2021: Prices + What to Expect".
It is saddening...
The TraceTogether saga is another sad – and frightening... What’s the big deal, some say? It’ll only be used by the police for criminal investigations. Nothing to fuss about if you’re not anywhere near the underworld. Perhaps.
But there’s also POFMA. Remember all the hand-wringing when the PAP told us something had to be done about deliberate online falsehoods?
Post-legislation,...
Sinovac failure - A failed gamble by the Singapore Government Sinovac was one of the vaccines that Singapore placed an order for.
These pre-orders were a punt, a gamble, but a calculated risk.
Most of the companies behind the vaccines were established and had well-known track records.
Sinovac has had a sketchy history of bribe. It also has a history of non-transparency.
Even...
No 10M But........ I remember Dr Chee and LT were all POFMAed because they mentioned about 10M population. Mr Singh asked the same question many times in parliament but the govt never really answered directly but chose to dodge again and again. Now election is over, I just received a shock of my life.
(Population in Brief 2020)
22,714...
Foreigners Turned New Citizens Lost Identity? Recently, I met two persons, one Chinese and one Indian. So while I was talking to the Chinese, I noticed his Mandarin is perfect and sounded like PRC. So when I asked him if he is from China, he said no. Then I asked if he is new citizen, he said no. So my friend and me confirmed he is from China surely.
The next incident...
PSP's Statement on Ministers backtracking on their TraceTogether... At the party launch in August 2019, we emphasized the need to have a government that is transparent, independent and accountable to its people. These are the cornerstones of our party’s political ethos.
We are deeply troubled by what is happening in our nation today - the PAP is backtracking on its words and since...
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