In a crisis of survival, the opposition in Singapore has nothing to offer. Their absence would not even be noticed, or missed, if they did not exist.
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The hypocrisy of Opposition supporters who attack anything they perceived to be elitist in PAP and yet fawn over the elitist lifestyle of the WP MPs.
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The motion was amended to establish common ground and to reflect the actual course and substance of the debate. But the opposition MPs chose not to speak on the amendment.
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It's simplistic to think that the problems of the poor are just due to a reduced paycheck.
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The simple and straight answer is: you can't. Not even if you earn the minimum of $1300 if you have a family to look after.
$1300 is too low to be of much help in lifting a low-income family.
This is why the Workers' Party's call for a national minimum wage of $1300 is more a political cry than a genuine attempt to uplift workers. It is set at a level that avoids a big reaction from the business community while at the same time, portrays the WP as a party that cares.
The simple and straight answer is: you can't. Not even if you earn the minimum of $1300 if you have a family to look after.
$1300 is too low to be of much help in lifting a low-income family.
This is why the Workers' Party's call for a national minimum wage of $1300 is more a political cry than a genuine attempt to uplift workers. It is set at a level that avoids a big reaction from the business community while at the same time, portrays the WP as a party that cares.
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98.3% are already earning more than $1300 a month. PWM will be extended to all sectors.
With the PWM for the Lift and Escalator ready to phase in and the proposal for the Waste Management sector submitted, the number earning less than $1300 will be further reduced.
With sectorial benchmarks for sectors currently without a PWM, what WP wants to achieve with MW is already achieved through PWM, WIS and these other policy measures.
98.3% are already earning more than $1300 a month. PWM will be extended to all sectors. With the PWM for the Lift and Escalator ready to phase in and the proposal for the Waste Mangement sector submitted, the number earning less than $1300 will be further reduced. With sectoral benchmarks for sectors currently without a PWM, what WP wants to achieve with MW is already achieved through PWM, WIS and these other policy measures.
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If minimum wage is the magic solution, the PAP Government would have implemented it long ago to make themselves very popular.
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Mother of special needs boy wrote to express her fear that her special needs son may lose his job if a minimum wage of $1300 take-home pay is mandated.
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It took time and hard work to roll out the progressive Wage models. Because for something to work, you have to convince and bring every stakeholder on board. You have to take into account the needs of the industries, the interests of both employers and employees.
All of these require careful considerations and study. It is not like setting a min wage where you decide on what you think is an acceptable wage without due considerations for all other aspects.
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