Reform Party hopes to “level the playing field”

Dec. 11 | Xue Jianyue and Terence Lee The Reform Party recently introduced a series of economic proposals touching on areas like minimum wage, productivity, education, foreign workers and housing. Many Singaporeans have expressed concern about the rising deluge...

Create “Economic Recovery” jobs

Jun. 17 | Tan Kin Lian / Columnist Just pumping funds into the economy will not do. It is also important to curb unemployment, and Singapore can do this by creating new “Economic Recovery” jobs. Being an open economy, Singapore has been badly affected...

PAP MP floats idea of minimum wage, criticizes ‘overheated’ growth model

Jan. 20 | Choo Zheng Xi / Editor-in-Chief “If we would like to see Singapore moving up as one of the most developed countries in the world, and costs increase accordingly, lower income Singaporeans might need a minimum wage to survive.” A minimum wage law...

PAP MP floats idea of minimum wage

Jan. 19 | Speaking in his private capacity at an Institute of Policy Studies seminar at the Shangri-la hotel, Member of Parliament Inderjit Singh suggested that a minimum wage might lessen the burden on lower income groups whose wages have been depressed by cheap...