Look for change, and not look for “Are they still poor?”
“I wonder, Mama. Are our Government really doing right by the lower-wage workers in Singapore?” Continue reading
What I realised from Gerald Giam and Koh Poh Koon’s debate in Parliament
In Parliament last week, NTUC Deputy Secretary-General Koh Poh Koon and Workers’ Party MP Gerald Giam had an interesting exchange on the Progressive Wage Model. The PWM and minimum wage have been hot-button topics that have come up many times… Continue reading
Is there any truth in WP’s Jamus Lim’s claim that our carbon tax coverage is too limited?
Fact: The carbon tax in Singapore is one of the most comprehensive in the world at over 80%. Continue reading
Covid struck this Grab driver hard. Still, he made time for others.
On a typical day, Mr Edward Chan would leave home early in the morning to start his day as a Grab driver. After the peak hour, he would rush home to do home-based learning with his two girls, Yan Ling… Continue reading
Here are the 5 things you need to do to be “2021-ready”!
Where did the year go? 2020 has gone by in a blur, pretty much a year of damage control and quick pivoting for all of us. While 2020 has been about going with the flow, being flexible and adapting quickly… Continue reading
Why does Singapore treat different races unequally?
Why do we still have policies like the HDB Ethnic Integration Policy, GRCs and ethnic-based self-help groups if we’re supposed to be a country “regardless of race”? Continue reading
So what is the Dr Tan Wu Meng, Pritam Singh, and Alfian Sa’at story about?
Reader Contribution I am not too sure how many are actually interested in the whole Dr. Tan x WP x Alfian story. I’ve read most of their posts if not all. And they are all major wall of text that… Continue reading
Yet Another Fake News – Ex-nurse tells all about Migrant Workers at Singapore Expo
Foreign worker topics are easy fodder for fake news to piss off Singaporeans. What should we be talking about instead? Continue reading
Lee Kuan Yew’s Vision of Singapore, A Multiracial Nation
Why does Singapore have certain laws and policies that focus on race although we are supposed to be one united nation regardless of race? Continue reading
How this doctor’s 90 sec speech comforted hundreds of foreign workers stuck in the dorms
There is no denying that foreign workers have made a lot of contributions to Singapore. In many ways – they have literally built Singapore and we rely on them heavily in various sectors. A recent address by PM Lee saw… Continue reading