and “We protect and enhance the livelihood of all working people” (1 of its 4 “Our Values”)?
Dear Singaporeans – please decide for yourselves – look at the statistics:
… Number of unemployed increased to 81,100 (Mar 2022), with glowing media reports that job vacancies are at an all-time high
… Overall unemployment rate increased from 2.1 to 2.2% (Mar, 2022; Labour Market Advance Release First Quarter 2022)
… Real Income (lowest 20%) grew 0.4% last 20 years?
… 1st decile household income real increase may be as low as $11 per year, last 5 years; -0.9% real decrease last 2 years?
… No minimum wage:
8,700 full-time resident workers earn less than $500
33,700 less than $1,000
124,800 less than $1,500
… Birth rate at all-time low – TFR 1.12
… About 380,000 foreigner PMETs in workforce converted to PRs 2005-20, means very few of the 380,000 local PMET jobs growth went to S’poreans?
… How many PMETs are non-S’poreans (57% estimate)? – The 22% foreign PMETs (Employment & S-Passes) may not take into account PMETs who may be
PRs
Unemployed S’poreans (since the statistics cited were for employed residents)
Other Work Passes (Letter of Consent (LOC), pre-approved LOC, Training Work Permit (TWP) and Training Employment Pass (TEP))
Work permit holders
New citizens
… 10 % of households cannot pay their water bills (media reports),
… 10% of households don’t have enough money to eat nutritionally (2019 pre-Covid-19, SMU-Lien Foundation Hunger Report)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Guhx55DAbK4 https://www.facebook.com/laoliang/posts/7600293626655149