With masterly strokes, Calvin Cheng exposes the hypocrisy of the opposition supporters
Through a series of posts responding to WP Jamus’ and Raeesah khan’s social media posts, former NMP Calvin Cheng exposed the hypocrisy of the WP supporters, first by triggering them while confounding others, before concluding with an expose that left them speechless. The whole episode began with Jamus posting this: Learned a sweet bread called […]
Legislate $1300 as the minimum and have your pay reduced to $1300
Legislate $1300 as the mandated minimum wage and you will see 32,000 workers get a pay lift? Ya, right. In this current economic climate, the Government is paying a portion of salaries of 1.9 million Singaporeans through the Job Support Scheme in order to save your jobs. This support cannot go on indefinitely. The National […]
Progressive Wage Model a moral conviction that took in ground work: Raymond Chin
We refer to Workers’ Party MP Jamus Lim’s comment in Parliament that union leaders use “folksy wisdom and beliefs” in referring to how we justify the progressive wage model (WP MPs and NTUC deputy chief spar over minimum wage, Oct 16). Mr Lim has not studied the efforts unions have put in to roll out […]
Jamus Lim adds insult to injury with ‘clarification’
Jamus repeated himself that union leaders had only beliefs and opinions on the minimum wage. They did not work with data.
Union leaders respond to WP Jamus Lim’s belittling
Disrespectful. Insulting. Elitist. Discrediting years of hardwork. That’s how union leaders feel about Jamus’ thoughtless remarks.
A Story of Two Union Leaders and The Jurong Island Initiative
It was a rainy evening when I caught up with Mr K. Karthikeyan and Mr Muhammad Aswadi Salleh. A friend in the petroleum industry had told me about a lovely job-matching initiative that started on Jurong Island and have been ongoing for many, many years. Decades. “Gotong royong, the mutual support and community spirit is […]
WP Jamus Lim is ‘politicking, and pulling a fast one over your eyes – plain and simple’: Donovan Choy
The idea that growth and carbon reductions are somehow “complementary” is absurd, unless we are able to produce goods & services without energy consumption, wrote Donovan Choy in response to Jamus Lim’s latest Facebook post. Trade-offs should be honestly acknowledged by environmentalists rather than obfuscated, he said. Only when trade-offs are honestly presented can the […]
Netizens react to WP Jamus Lim’s suggestion of an environment tax on SIA
Jamus Lim demonstrates the difference between an economist who is an academic and those who are practitioners. Netizens are shocked, and outraged by his suggestion of an environment tax on SIA.
Diversity kills when it has no grasp of reality
When diversity is of the sort where politicians make suggestions without any grasp of reality, Singapore is weakened by it. This is the kind of diversity Singapore does not need.
Universal minimum wage system is not suitable for Singapore
In a forum letter published by Lianhe Zaobao, Dr Wu Zhengxiao, a Senior Lecturer in Singapore Management University (SMU) explained why universal minimum wage system is not suitable for Singapore. And here the translation of the forum letter: I recently read some articles about the minimum wage system. Many articles mentioned that the universal minimum […]