Comments on: Help for workers over two years is miniscule compared to Temasek and GIC’s losses

By: mice is nice

mice is nice — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:37:48 +0000

rather than give a nice round & big figure of $1 billion, why not give a more realistic figure how much that translate to an individual? include details like what kind of people are or not qualified to recieve the handout, is the process very combersome?, do the low wage workers know about such schemes?, so on….

also good to know if there are safeguards to prevent abuse, or “mishandling” of the funds.

By: Eureka

Eureka — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:19:59 +0000

$58 billion will take 5 years for the government to earn back. If they use this money to fund local start ups or welfare funds for the poor low waged workers, then they will win the hearts and votes from the low income people. People who are desperately poor will be cursing the government for fail stakes overseas.

By: blackfeline

blackfeline — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:53:23 +0000

the $1.1 billion..is it taken into account the costs for all the “rubbish” activities such as career fairs, peanut angpows, roadshows, training to be a road cleaner etc ? Where’s the breakdown? Who audited the account? Im getting very tired of all this window dressing !

By: I Can Honestly Say . . .

I Can Honestly Say . . . — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:39:14 +0000

how about NO wage Singaporeans huh???

By: CJ

CJ — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:04:14 +0000

Figures, figures, figures… where the hell are proofs?
Are we already seeing a lot Happy Shiney People lately???

Stop dishing out figures on issues you have NOT been able to solve for decades! We want to see REAL action, not stats, figures, and published denials.

This approach is NOT working anymore. And your economic growth is indeed AT ALL COSTS – including loss of voters!

By: jackie

jackie — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:29:47 +0000

Seriously, this is gettin out of hand ! TOC or the opp parties shud organise an event at speaker’s corner to pressure TH & GIC for more transparency and accountability.

By: hongjun

hongjun — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:39:59 +0000

Over billion dollars lost in just a year?

By: KopitiamApek

KopitiamApek — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:37:54 +0000

Let see if we can for once stick to the subject matter for discussion.
1 out of 2 posts has already swayed.

By: Zhen Hsien Tang

Zhen Hsien Tang — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:47:53 +0000

Who has all the accounting information?

By: tick

tick — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:14:48 +0000

Hmm…..$1.1b over 3 years to help Singaporeans…

How many billions poured to “help” overseas companies…???