Wages & Productivity: Statistically quite meaningless?
June 7, 2012 ~ By Leong Sze Hian ~ I refer to the report “8,000 low-wage workers benefited from Inclusive Growth Programme” (Channel NewsAsia, 4 June 2012)….
Electricity tariff rises more when fuel prices are up
By Leong Sze Hian – I refer to the Energy Market Authority’s (EMA) reply “Tariff changes mainly due to fuel price changes” (Today, May…
Forum on minimum wage
Transitioning will be organising a public forum on Minimum Wages – for the low waged workers on 9 Jun (Sat) from 2.30pm to 4.30pm. The…
Homeless family lives in an office
Amy (not her real name) (“HDB: 18 appeals and still homeless”, TOC, Jun 11, 2011)http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/06/hdb-18-appeals-and-still-homeless/ came with her 39 year old brother, David (not his…
Coordinate NWC guidelines with foreign labour recruitment
Straits Times Forum May 31, 2012 I UNDERSTAND that NTUC FairPrice took out advertisements in China to recruit cashiers and retail assistants, offering a monthly…
Give ex-cons a 2nd chance?
Sunday Times Sunday Inbox May 27, 2012 Public sector should lead in hiring ex-cons Last Sunday’s article, “Prison visit inspires young leaders to help”http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_800937.html reported that 1,586 prison…
Hougang by-election: “Always here for you” – Really?
I refer to the article “Hougang’s PAP man to lobby for new market” (ST, May 9).http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_796876.html Win or lose will keep promises? It states that…
Will Hougang MP want more time to pay for lift upgrading too?
I refer to media reports that the MP for Potong Pasir wants more time to pay for lift upgrading. (“MP wants more time to…
Hougang rally: Putting statistics to the rhetoric?
I refer to the articles “WP ‘chose not to send Png to Parliament’” and “’voters free to pick best man’” (ST, May 21). Foreign workers…
Tariff not falling in tandem with decrease in fuel price
Today Letter from Leong Sze Hian 04:45 AM May 17, 2012 According to the Energy Market Authority’s (EMA) website, the electricity tariff’s fuel component rose…