CPI 5.5%: Defer fares decrease?
Inflation has hit yet another high, at 5.5 per cent, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released by the Department of Statistics on 23…
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Budget 2011: Analysis snippets
I refer to the Budget Statement 2011 by the Finance Minister . Wages grew 0.5% “C.6. Consider what happened to low-income Singaporean workers, at the 20th percentile…
Budget 2011: Analysis snippets (Part 2)
I refer to the Budget Statement 2011. Singaporeans’ wages grew 0.44% Although the Budget statement said: “Consider what happened to low-income Singaporean workers, at the 20th percentile…
ICT make-up pay: Part-time workers shortchanged?
Full-time workers who are called up for In-camp training get their full make-up pay, including the employer’s CPF contribution of 15.5 per cent. However, I…
Contribute more to borrow from own CPF?
I refer to the report “Plans to help older low-wage workers” (Channel News Asia, Feb 9). According to the report, it states that “It recommended…