Minimum wage (the lowest level of wages an employer may legally pay an employee) is an important policy tool that balances the needs of an economy with those of low-income workers so that economic growth occurs in a just and…
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Professor Barry Desker believes that Singapore should be prepared to have a minimum wage and allow dual citizenship. He also said that Singaporeans should welcome new citizens. “Attitudes need to change,” Prof Barry wrote in his opinion piece in The…
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Can a Singaporean who earns $850 a month afford to buy a Housing Board flat? Mr Mohammad Charlie Jasni says yes. The odd-job labourer earns that amount, and he and his family will be moving into a new two-room HDB…
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Many people look at a security guard and think “wah, this job damn senang lor…sit down do nothing, get paid”. But FiveStars, I’d like to share with you a story about what it is really like. Firstly, I’m in the…
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