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…
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Uncle Leong debunks DBS’ report on real median income growth
TR Emeritus August 18th, 2013 Mr Leong Sze Hian “Stranger than fiction” news? When Richard Wan, the Editor of TR Emeritus alerted me to the…
“State of the Union”: 1 day’s newspaper?
theonlinecitizen August 14, 2013 By Leong Sze Hian Pay doubled to just $1,000? I refer to the article “Pay doubled for airport trolley staff” (Straits Times, Aug…
Major problems can be traced back to NEA?
theonlinecitizen August 10 2013 By Leong Sze Hian If you are one of the over 60,000 low-wage local cleaners or their family members, I’m sure…
Part-time security guards scheme: No takers?
theonlinecitizen August 08, 2013 By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the article “Security guard scheme yet to draw more retirees, housewives” (Straits Times, Jul 15)….
Age 62 re-employment: Public sector follow private sector?
theonlinecitizen August 06, 2013 By Leong Sze Hian I was speaking on “How to Retire Without Any Worries in Singapore?” At Invest Fair 2013, when…
32,500 jobs created, but 25,300 more residents unemployed last quarter?
theonlinecitizen August 01, 2013 By Leong Sze Hian Unemployment rate increase? I refer to the article “Singapore jobless rate rises to 2.1%” (Channel NewsAsia, Jul 31)….
A tale of 2 cities: Work-life balance?
theonlinecitizen July 15, 2013 By Leong Sze Hian All is not well? Reading the news in the weekend gives you the feeling that all is not…
PRs earn 46% more than Singaporeans?
theonlinecitizen July 14, 2013 By Leong Sze Hian Don’t you sometimes get the “lingering feeling after doing something, that you may have missed something. In…
Parliamentary reply on incomes: No “all workers”, “excluding employer CPF” data?
theonlinecitizen July 09, 2013 By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the following written Parliamentary reply on 8 July: “GROSS MONTHLY WAGE OF THE TOTAL…