Minimum wage is politics. Progress Wage Model is practical solution
A compassionate approach to helping low wage worker requires more than just a call for a minimum wage. It requires hard work to ensure the wage is sustainable, and more hard work to ensure an upward path for the worker. Many workers under the PWM is already earning more than the $1300 min that WP calls for. More than 78,000 workers have benefitted from the PWM. With the inclusion of the Lift and Escalator Industry, the PWM would
Joel’s conversation with SM Teo Chee Hean
Facebook user Joel Tan, a writer, enjoyed recounting a conversation he had with Mr Teo Chee Hean when Mr Teo came visiting. He mistook Mr Teo for a Minster in the PMO. Mr Teo is in fact, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security. Joel considers estate upgrading a ‘lame’ thing. Guess not everyone […]
Singapore wants world’s best and brightest to be with Team Singapore, says Chan Chun Sing
We want the world’s best and brightest to be with Team Singapore in order to augment our skills and capabilities but we will do so in a calibrated manner, says Trade & Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing.