Not allowed: Nursing home with 1 or 2 in a room?
Better nursing home model not allowed? I refer to the article “Shelved: Plans for different model of nursing home” (Straits Times, Dec 21). It states…
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Part-time workers’ real pay increase only 0.75% p.a. last 10 years?
10.4% of workforce are part-time workers “Some 10.4 per cent of employed residents were part-timers in 2015“. As the resident workforce is 2,162,800 – does…
Real basic wage growth 1.35% p.a. last 10 years?
I refer to the article “Training a way out of poverty” (Straits Times, Dec 19). 1st time that Govt release data on citizens getting financial…
ComCare: $106 assistance per beneficiary?
24 social service offices completed I refer to the article “Network of social service offices in Singapore completed” (Channel NewsAsia, Dec 15). It states that…
HDB create the problem, then say try to solve it?
Shorter leases to help rental households buy flats I refer to the article “Shorter leases among options mooted to help rental households buy flats” (Channel…
S’poreans-first policies hurt integration, “foreigners first” policies?
Singaporeans-first policies impact integration of foreigners I refer to the article “Singaporeans-first policies ‘may affect integration of foreigners’ (Channel NewsAsia, Dec 15). It states that “Still,…
Lowest job growth since 2009, most went to non-S’poreans?
Lowest job growth since 2009 I refer to the article “Job growth for first nine months of 2015 at lowest since 2009” (Today, Dec 15)….
More transparent: Disappearing, missing statistics?
I refer to the Corporate Communications, Ministry of Finance’s reply “Govt more open in sharing data” (Straits Times, Dec 15) to the article “S’pore can afford…
The “mirage” of poverty in S’pore?
ES sent me the following extract of a SPEECH BY (the then) BRIG- GEN ( RES ) LEE HSIEN LOONG, MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE…
Jobs: S’poreans competing with millions of foreigners?
The life of foreign workers in S’pore I refer to the article “Life after Singapore” (Sunday Times, Dec 12). It states that “The numbers tell…