Comments on: Pay cut “practical”

By: aiyoyo

aiyoyo — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:41:51 +0000

aiyoyo

“Workers are very practical. If they have to choose between losing their jobs and taking a pay cut, they would choose less pay.”

not sure if there’s phrase for those PEOPLE???

aiyoyo

By: Komenos

Komenos — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:42:53 +0000

Isn’t that being a Captain Obvious…

By: T

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:19:46 +0000

Wow, such profound insight.
Why didn’t I think of it?

By: Singapore Resident

Singapore Resident — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:16:35 +0000

Sinkees are very practical. If they have to choose between eating CHICKEN and over-stretching their budget, they would choose to eat FISH.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:05:43 +0000

Is she paid MP’s allowance to tell those who might have to see her at meet the MPs session such rubbish? This is probably her one liner to those poor souls who have to fight with cheap foreign workers for jobs. Think we will be paid in RMB or rupees soon.

By: isd

isd — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:56:45 +0000

looks like TOC is a site for feedback from true blue ordinary singaporeans,
pro Singapore rather than anti PAP lah. this is another way of seeing things.
this portal is open to all and it attracts all types, even those who suck on PAP
bananas can give their views.

By: Worried

Worried — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:56:01 +0000

Ministers are very practical. If they have to choose between corruptions and taking million$$$ pay, they would choose million$$$ pay.

By: WORKERS

WORKERS — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:49:05 +0000

Workers are very practical.
If so, Minister and MP are more practical, they should lead example for the WORKERS taking a pay cut.
They should taking a pay cut too…………..

By: Donaldson Tan

Donaldson Tan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:40:13 +0000

Wakou… even quotes like this can attract anti-PAP sentiments. – isa

Mdm Halimcob is speaking the obvious. It is as if she is treating workers as dumb-dumb.

By: isa

isa — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:21:30 +0000

Wakou… even quotes like this can attract anti-PAP sentiments..
This online portal is slowly morphing into anti-PAP portal..

By: moonlighting MP

moonlighting MP — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:16:18 +0000

at the last count, Halimah held 17 positions in various organizations.
basically moonlighting as member of parliament whilst doing so called other jobs. in effect she can afford to lose several jobs and she would not even blink.
isn’t it nice to have incredible job security whilst dispensing no brainer advice ?

it is important to retrain, review paycut, replan on expenses in this downturn,
but more crucial is not to re vote the PAP if you did previously.

By: Donaldson Tan

Donaldson Tan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:54:20 +0000

i thot it shld be “Ministers, on the other hand, are very idealistic. If they have to choose between their cabinet positions and taking a pay cut, they would rather return to the private sector”. – pigscanfly (#11)

Shouldn’t that be the reason for the ministers to quit and stay with the private sector for good?

By: pigscanfly

pigscanfly — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:52:40 +0000

Ark, are you sure?!

i thot it shld be “Ministers, on the other hand, are very idealistic. If they have to choose between their cabinet positions and taking a pay cut, they would rather return to the private sector”.

yap, that shld be the argument to raise their own pay come end of the year.

By: Ark

Ark — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:47:44 +0000

lol @ self pwn!

“Ministers are very practical. If they have to choose between losing their jobs and taking a pay cut, they would choose less pay.”

By: ChangeCanHappen

ChangeCanHappen — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:54:56 +0000

I fail to see the need for such a statement.

“…between losing their jobs and taking a pay cut, they would choose less pay.”

can be alternatively re-phrased as:

“between having no pay and having some pay, they would prefer having less.”

We’re paying top-pay for people to think up words like these?? On another note, can’t this also be applied to our top civil servants? Taking a ‘pay-cut’ to ensure a virtually perpetual career?

By: dennis

dennis — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:27:31 +0000

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By: gemami

gemami — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:37:14 +0000

if this ex- PAP person had been paid salary of 78K more a year, would that have prevented him from committing the same?

ha! ha! ha! ha! . . . . . I think this is how the PAP govt works.
Everytime they feel like they are becoming corrupted, they increase their own pay to prevent themselves from being corrupted. Talk about missing the trees for the mountain……

By: Donaldson Tan

Donaldson Tan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:06:24 +0000

Madam Halimah,

What if the less pay falls below the living wage?

Cheers
Donald

By: golly jee

golly jee — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:11:16 +0000

haha.

DBS boss lagi practical !

They will choose cut jobs – so how?

Halimah also sing to their tune what!

By: dodo

dodo — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:03:05 +0000

unions should push for legislation to protect workers who are retrenched by their profitable companies after their long service with them . workers may not mind retrenchment if they are paid off decently – for example a minimum of a month of severance pay for each year of service. the retrenchment monies can help the families over one or two years of layoff.