Singapore Government against minimum wage

[Watchman]

IF that do not work . Singaporeans please do the hard thing .

Starve them of their earnings .

It will be done and it will be effectual .

The rich will sell their second homes and cars in year 2011 .

 

[wizard]

You means Singapore goverment against min wages for minister pay?

Not forgetting their directorship and bussiness using their wife names.

 

[drifter]

S Pass - > $1,800 ($50 levy only)

$1800 isjust the amount written on the paper...FT for S pass usually get around $1000 to $1400 . thats why company can afford to bring so many FT .

 

[cleareyes]

Minium wage for SINGAPOREANS, your Filipino maids salary should be peg to demand & supply.

We have to protect our won ricebowls, if your are paid $1,500 a month, you employ a msid for $1,500, does that make sense to you?

I would strongly agree with this.

If there is a minimum wage policy, then its should be minimum wage for Singaporeans only and not foregin employees of any vocation.

Workfare is meant to provide alittle bit more to low wage amd older workers. Howeer, the GST regressive tax system that we have had made workfare look like a joke with little actual help.

 

[cass888]

workfare should be increased to give each singaporean a minimum wage level. every singaporean who works should be guaranteed $20k/yr through workfare supplements.

Do you even pay income taxes? If not, don't make such stupid suggestions.

 

[limpeh2]

Totally understand the Sporn Gahmen move against minimum wage.. How else to be able to legally scrap the bottom of the barrel on labour cost & indulge in some serious labour exploitation?

 

[Cruxx]

The only relation we have with one another is utility.

 

[Cruxx]

Totally understand the Sporn Gahmen move against minimum wage.. How else to be able to legally scrap the bottom of the barrel on labour cost & indulge in some serious labour exploitation?

Those with neither capital nor skills have no right to demand remuneration higher than they deserve.

 

[wizard]

The PAP minister can have unlimited wages ( not forgetting their directorship and bussiness under wives name ) but the singkie cannot have min wages.





But they still win in election ??!!!! ??? !!!!

 

[neddy]

Singapore Government against minimum wage
Sep 14, 2010
By Rachel Chang

Mr Lee wrote in his blog that Workfare is a better policy option than a minimum wage.

<--- http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_578283.html

THE Government has restated its stance against a minimum wage in a blog post by Minister of State for Trade and Industry, and Manpower Lee Yi Shyan.

The blog post joins a debate in local newspapers on whether Singapore should follow in Hong Kong's footsteps, by legislating a minimum wage to protect low-wage workers.

Hong Kong did so in July.

Mr Lee's post was uploaded onto the Ministry of Manpower's blog (www.momsingapore.blogspot. com) yesterday.

In it, he referred to two opinion pieces by National University of Singapore (NUS) economists published in The Straits Times two weeks ago.

Mr Lee expressed his support for the arguments of Dr Lim Chin of the NUS Business School, who wrote that a minimum wage would make the labour market more rigid and hurt employment opportunities of low-wage workers.

What Singapore need is maximum wage for government ministers.
SIngapore ministers are making other countries' ministers look poor.

 

[halsey02]

Those with neither capital nor skills have no right to demand remuneration higher than they deserve.

You mean I do not derserve a honest day pay for a honest day's work?, even my job is to carry a pick & a black rubbish bag & my job is to clear the refuse from the streets? I can not demand more for my work?

I do not have the capital or skills....but I have to recite this " based on justice & equality"??

:p

 

[annexa]

But an across-the-board minimum wage would be difficult to recommend, given the diversity of companies in each sector, said labour MP Halimah Yacob (Jurong GRC).

She is NTUC one right? Shouldn't she be arguing for the workers?

MP Heng Chee How (Jalan Besar GRC) cautioned, “But when you set it too quickly and too high, companies cannot catch up. Workers become unemployed as companies close down.”

Ya, but is he saying that our "best in the world" civil service don't know where to set it so it is not "too high"? KNN is this guy insulting our local talents trained overseas?

“It is very dangerous just to try to meet a number that applies across the board,” he added, noting that history shows overly high wage increases preceded the 1985 recession.

And overly low wages? Why be concerned with overly high, when real wage has been declining for 4 years? The problem is LOW wages, not high wages!

Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong mounted a robust defence of the government’s decision against a minimum wage, reported ST.

He said, other Asian countries with a minimum wage are “not at all happy”. For instance, an observer in Hong Kong forecast that 100,000 low-wage jobs could be lost as employers are unable to pay their workers and they close down or move elsewhere.

Wa I thought PM always say to give value added jobs, move up the skills etc? How come this ministar is trying to defend LOW WAGE JOBS? What is his objective? He got correct policy brief or not?

And those countries which are not happy, is because the minimum wage too LOW or too high? Can exprain?

Minimum wage also remains a thorn in relations between unions, employers and the government in Taiwan, he said.

Tolong ministar... wage is always a thorn in any Union to Gahmen to Employer relations. Employer always want LOWER wages to cut costs, workers always want HIGHER wages for their time and Gahmen is always their stuck in between!

Mr Gan said, “A guaranteed level of income may remove the incentive for training for less productive workers.” Workfare, in contrast, does not risk displacing low-skilled workers because the government bears the cost, he noted.

HUH?! What this ministar talking? If your guaranteed income is LOW you will still go for higher skill training what! Ministar is thinking of a high income benchmark for all of us? So there was a recommendation for all of us to be paid USD1million a year is it?

I really expect better reasons from these highly paid people!

 

[Watchman]