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[h=1]Some S’poreans grossly underpaid: Professor Lim[/h]
[h=1][/h]Singaporean workers in low-paying sectors have been “grossly underpaid” said economist and former National Wage Council chairman Lim Chong Yah.
Responding to government criticism of his recent wage shock plan, Lim -- who led a similar wage revolution from 1979 to 1981 -- explained that paying workers according to their productivity contributions and aligning productivity growth with pay rises is perfectly understandable.
Explaining the rationale behind his radical suggestion in a letter to the media, Lim said, “My position, however, is that our lowly paid workers have been underpaid by much more than 100 per cent of their pay when compared with their counterparts in countries with comparable national affluence like Hong Kong, Japan or Australia.”