<TABLE id=msgUN cellSpacing=3 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD id=msgUNsubj vAlign=top>Coffeeshop Chit Chat - Lim Swee Say:Positive Energy Cooperative</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right>
Subscribe </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgF noWrap align=right width="1%">From: </TD><TD class=msgFname noWrap width="68%">SGNEWSALTE <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate noWrap align=right width="30%">Jan-29 8:55 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT noWrap align=right width="1%" height=20>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname noWrap width="68%">ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 7) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft width="1%" rowSpan=4> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>6121.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Can anyone tell me what the fark is this million $ salary minister Lim Swee Say talking about "Positive Energy Cooperative"?
And is the job credit going into CPF instead ppl's pocket?
And can anyone tell me what the fark this million $ minister meant by this comment:
"The odds were stacked against us,” Mr Lim admitted. But even if we fail to achieve these goals, “we want to make sure we go down fighting”."
Is he trying to tell us that the "bold and decisive" budget by PM Lee is heading for failure, so no one should blame the PAP govt for not trying?
This idiot Lim really deserve the Talking Cock Minister of the Year
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/299469.asp
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ESTHER NG
[email protected]
SOME have called the Government’s $20.5-billion Resilience Package too business-centric. This is “a gross misunderstanding”, countered labour chief Lim Swee Say — it is, in fact, far more pro-worker. .
For one, the new cash grant scheme has reduced the cost of having Singapore workers on payroll, making them “more cost competitive than foreign workers”. Also, it has protected employees’ Central Provident Fund contributions, against earlier calls for a cut. .
“Instead of cutting CPF employers contribution by 9 percentage points, the Government is now topping up that same amount through Jobs Credit ... If not for that $4.5-billion (scheme), many of our workers may not continue to enjoy the full 14.5 per cent contribution from their employer,” he told 500 union leaders at the National Trades Union Congress’ annual workplan seminar. .
Three boldly ambitious key performance indicators for the labour movement in 2009 were unveiled: Avoid exceeding the record retrenchment levels during the 1998 Asian financial crisis and the 5.2-per-cent unemployment rate in 2003, and strive to recover faster than the global economy. .
“The odds were stacked against us,” Mr Lim admitted. But even if we fail to achieve these goals, “we want to make sure we go down fighting”. .
To this end, Mr Lim called on unions and employers to help make Singapore the world’s most pro-business economy, most pro-worker nation, most united model of tripartism and most caring labour movement. .
With all the bad news in the media, he added, workers may get the wrong impression that Singapore is “hopeless” and “helpless” when, in fact, there has been “positive response from companies, union and employees, not disseminated to the public”. .
So, to get Singaporeans thinking positive, Mr Lim floated the idea of a Positive Energy Cooperative where anyone can “deposit one unit of positive energy” and withdraw 10 in return. .
How realistic are the labour movement’s goals? .
Unionists like Mr Lim Kuang Beng, general-secretary of Singapore Industrial & Services Employees’ Union, were supportive. .
“It’s a good set of KPIs. It’s worth taking a shot,” he said. .
Mr Yaw Yan Chong, a former oil analyst, saw it as “a political statement”. “Even if they don’t achieve their goals, they can always say they did their best.”
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And is the job credit going into CPF instead ppl's pocket?
And can anyone tell me what the fark this million $ minister meant by this comment:
"The odds were stacked against us,” Mr Lim admitted. But even if we fail to achieve these goals, “we want to make sure we go down fighting”."
Is he trying to tell us that the "bold and decisive" budget by PM Lee is heading for failure, so no one should blame the PAP govt for not trying?
This idiot Lim really deserve the Talking Cock Minister of the Year
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/299469.asp
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=738 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top height=30>Biz-centric? No, Budgetis pro-worker </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
ESTHER NG
[email protected]
SOME have called the Government’s $20.5-billion Resilience Package too business-centric. This is “a gross misunderstanding”, countered labour chief Lim Swee Say — it is, in fact, far more pro-worker. .
For one, the new cash grant scheme has reduced the cost of having Singapore workers on payroll, making them “more cost competitive than foreign workers”. Also, it has protected employees’ Central Provident Fund contributions, against earlier calls for a cut. .
“Instead of cutting CPF employers contribution by 9 percentage points, the Government is now topping up that same amount through Jobs Credit ... If not for that $4.5-billion (scheme), many of our workers may not continue to enjoy the full 14.5 per cent contribution from their employer,” he told 500 union leaders at the National Trades Union Congress’ annual workplan seminar. .
Three boldly ambitious key performance indicators for the labour movement in 2009 were unveiled: Avoid exceeding the record retrenchment levels during the 1998 Asian financial crisis and the 5.2-per-cent unemployment rate in 2003, and strive to recover faster than the global economy. .
“The odds were stacked against us,” Mr Lim admitted. But even if we fail to achieve these goals, “we want to make sure we go down fighting”. .
To this end, Mr Lim called on unions and employers to help make Singapore the world’s most pro-business economy, most pro-worker nation, most united model of tripartism and most caring labour movement. .
With all the bad news in the media, he added, workers may get the wrong impression that Singapore is “hopeless” and “helpless” when, in fact, there has been “positive response from companies, union and employees, not disseminated to the public”. .
So, to get Singaporeans thinking positive, Mr Lim floated the idea of a Positive Energy Cooperative where anyone can “deposit one unit of positive energy” and withdraw 10 in return. .
How realistic are the labour movement’s goals? .
Unionists like Mr Lim Kuang Beng, general-secretary of Singapore Industrial & Services Employees’ Union, were supportive. .
“It’s a good set of KPIs. It’s worth taking a shot,” he said. .
Mr Yaw Yan Chong, a former oil analyst, saw it as “a political statement”. “Even if they don’t achieve their goals, they can always say they did their best.”
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