Malaysia to set first minimum wage
(KL, 13 Mar) - Malaysia’s cabinet has approved a national minimum wage for the first time in the country’s history, two government sources said, as Prime Minister Najib Razak looks to shore up incomes and votes ahead of widely expected elections this year. The minimum wage comes as Asia increasingly turns to such social...
The future of healthcare in Singapore
Healthcare is not a commodity, and we believe that market forces have no part to play in the financing or delivery of basic health care to the people in our country. No one should go bankrupt while seeking medical treatment and no one, especially the poor, should be discriminated against. If healthcare is a basic right, then...
Asia weaves strands of social safety net
(Reuters, 12 Mar) - While many European countries struggle to pay for social safety nets, some in Asia are finding they can no longer afford to do without them. The shift is as much about politics as economics. Asia's explosive growth over the past decade has created thousands of new millionaires and widened the income gap....
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Luwukangbow on Trump blinked again on tariffs, but China isn’t in the clear
- Just admit it on Strong hailstorm strikes China’s Xi’an causing airport roof leaks, hundreds of cars destroyed
- Foreigner? on Real Footage of China’s 2025 Flood Crisis in Yunnan Province
- Papa PARDON Son Democracy SRFR on Trump blinked again on tariffs, but China isn’t in the clear
- Papa PARDON Son Democracy SRFR on Real Footage of China’s 2025 Flood Crisis in Yunnan Province
|
|