Jobs: Some issues and questions?
WDA is a statutory board of the MOM The Singapore Workforce Development Agency (Abbreviation: WDA; Chinese: 新加坡劳动力发展局) is a statutory board under the Ministry of…
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Helping low-wage workers: “Wayang” continues?
Wah few thousand workers’ pay increased! Er what about all the workers in that job hah? So many schemes after so many years to help…
Curtailing influx of foreign labour: “Wayang” continues?
We are curtailing the influx of foreign workers! Er but 85,200 more foreign workers against 35,445 S’poreans? What about new citizens & new PRs? Even…
6 of 8 job categories negative real wage growth? (Part 2)
In part 1, I talked about why most Singaporeans may not know how bad the wage statistics are, due to the changes in publication and…
Making housing affordable – still a tight squeeze
theonlinecitizen August 28 2013 By Leong Sze Hian The Housing and Development Board (HDB) has shortened its maximum loan tenure from 30 years to…
Leong Sze Hian speaking at Face-2-Face – National Day Rally 2013
theonlinecitizen August 26 2013 The OSC took a fresh approach to engage Singaporeans. They had no pre-set agenda, it was a fully open discussion…
6 of 8 job categories negative real wage growth? (Part 1)
Thanks to Janice for the link After writing “The hunt for MOM labour data” (theonlinecitizen, Aug 23), a reader, Janice Heng was very helpful in…
CHAS: 700,000 eligible, but only 300,000 apply after 2 years?
700,000 eligible! Er how come only 300,000 apply after 2 years? Got blue and orange cards you know How come nobody told me leh? No…
The hunt for MOM labour data
Wage report disappeared? You still can find in web site? Income data disappeared? Oh now all in 1 web site? Cleaners’ wages increased! Not true…
The “hard truths”of Medishield financing: ‘Rhetoric’ vs ‘statistics’?
We need to increase Medishield premiums! Er how much surplus you have? One of the highest “national insurance”premiums in the world? Without the statistics…