Pritam Singh calls for universal minimum wage; netizens react
A whole lot of loaded statements meant to tug at your heartstrings but offer no real, practical solution to lift the wages of the low-income group.
Uplifting the low wage worker is a complicated matter and it is done through a holistic approach that is more than just about a minimum wage.
It includes skills acquisition, homeownership and access to quality healthcare and education.
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.
Lim Tean arrested; Client alleges Lim misappropriated money awarded to him as damages
Two police reports filed against Lim Tean. One for misappropriating money awarded by the court to a client he represented, the other for unlawful stalking of a former employee.
Adjournment Motion? Let’s not play games. Put in a full motion, says Calvin Cheng
If the Parti Liyani’s case is of that much concern to WP and Sylvia Lim, then she should have put in a full motion for a full debate in Parliament, former NMP Calvin Cheng said. What is an Adjournment Motion? “An adjournment motion is when a backbencher wants to speak on something at the END […]
Speaker Tan CJ dismisses false narrative by PSP Leong Mun Wai and Lee Hsien Yang; criminal justice system to be given full hearing in Parliament
The false narrative spinners think that due process should be thrown out of the window in favour of popularity. Talk about justice. When due process can be changed according to one’s whim and fancy, where is the rule of law? And if there is no rule of law, where will justice be?
CDCs: eyes and ears on the ground, hands and legs to implement programmes
CDCs – or Community Development Councils – often take a low profile, working quietly but steadily to fulfil their mission. But their contributions become vital and more apparent in times of crisis, PM Lee said at the Swearing-In Ceremony of Mayors on 23 September 2020. Take the COVID-19 pandemic for example. The CDCs responded with […]
Pritam Singh acknowledges the religious harmony in Aljunied GRC
Our religious harmony, just like racial harmony, is always work-in-progress. It is precious but fragile. The religious harmony that Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh observes in Aljunied GRC is reflected across the whole of Singapore. This harmony is a treasure that all Singaporeans can be proud of. It therefore warms the cockles of my heart […]
Like father, like son
“I’ll follow you.” Mr Lee Kuan Yew wrote in Hard Truths: “I used to make sure once a year at least, sometimes twice a year, to take the whole family to Cameron Highlands or Fraser’s Hill for two weeks and play golf. My children would walk around the golf course with my wife and me. […]