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Chitchat Why Jamus Lim join Workers' Party ?
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from msn.com:
Singapore— After a Covid-19 cluster was discovered at Anchorvale earlier this week, new measures to ensure health and safety have been put in place.
The new measures were announced by Ms He Ting Ru (WP-Sengkang GRC) in a Facebook post addressed to Sengkang residents on Wednesday (June 2).
The infections are believed to have spread from a coffee shop at Block 308 Anchorvale Road, to which five of the 19 community cases announced by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on May 31 were linked.
The coffee shop is temporarily closed for deep cleaning to curb the spread of Covid-19. It will not reopen until June 13.
Earlier this week, MOH encouraged individuals who visited the coffee shop between May 13 and 30 to get tested for Covid free of charge at a Regional Swabbing Centre, said Sengkang MP Dr Jamus Lim in a May 31 Facebook post.
Shared spaces have also been limited at Sengkang. “In line with the latest measures implemented by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of National Development (MND) on limiting the sizes of group gatherings at common areas, SKTC has blockaded shared facilities in our town such as barbeque areas,” Ms He wrote.
Safe distancing is also being advocated by the town council through demarcating seats in void decks and other common areas where large groups gather.
“All visitors to the shops at 455 Sengkang West Avenue from 12 to 30 May 2021 are advised to monitor their health closely for 14 days from their date of visit. They are encouraged to visit a Regional Screening Centre or Swab and Send Home (SASH) Public Health Preparedness Clinic for a free Covid-19 test,” the ministry wrote.
He Ting Ru outlines new safety measures at Sengkang to prevent further Covid spread from Anchorvale cluster
Singapore— After a Covid-19 cluster was discovered at Anchorvale earlier this week, new measures to ensure health and safety have been put in place.
The new measures were announced by Ms He Ting Ru (WP-Sengkang GRC) in a Facebook post addressed to Sengkang residents on Wednesday (June 2).
The infections are believed to have spread from a coffee shop at Block 308 Anchorvale Road, to which five of the 19 community cases announced by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on May 31 were linked.
The coffee shop is temporarily closed for deep cleaning to curb the spread of Covid-19. It will not reopen until June 13.
Earlier this week, MOH encouraged individuals who visited the coffee shop between May 13 and 30 to get tested for Covid free of charge at a Regional Swabbing Centre, said Sengkang MP Dr Jamus Lim in a May 31 Facebook post.
Ms He, who leads the Sengkang MPs, assured residents that the “Sengkang Town Council remains committed in our fight against the evolving pandemic through our continued efforts to ensure the health and safety of all in our community”.
Among the new health and safety measures are the disinfection of high-contact touch points such as elevator buttons, railings, and letterboxes every day.Shared spaces have also been limited at Sengkang. “In line with the latest measures implemented by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of National Development (MND) on limiting the sizes of group gatherings at common areas, SKTC has blockaded shared facilities in our town such as barbeque areas,” Ms He wrote.
Safe distancing is also being advocated by the town council through demarcating seats in void decks and other common areas where large groups gather.
On Tuesday (June 2), MOH announced in a Covid-19 update that it was expanding free testing at Sengkang to everyone who had visited the shops at 455 Sengkang West Avenue from May 12 to 31 “to pre-emptively mitigate any potential risk of wider, undetected community transmission”.
“All visitors to the shops at 455 Sengkang West Avenue from 12 to 30 May 2021 are advised to monitor their health closely for 14 days from their date of visit. They are encouraged to visit a Regional Screening Centre or Swab and Send Home (SASH) Public Health Preparedness Clinic for a free Covid-19 test,” the ministry wrote.
Jamus Lim
Yesterday at 02:17·The Progressive Wage Model (PWM) was rolled out to the cleaning sector this week. This is a large and visible sector, and the effects of the PWM will affect the salary structures of as many as 30,000 workers. The new policy specifies different wage progression paths for different categories of cleaners. By 2028, the lowest-wage category will have a gross pay of $2,420, which will be above the #workersparty universal minimum wage (MW) call of $1,300, take-home full-time equivalent.
I’ve always maintained that the main beef with the PWM was how slow its rollout had been, and how it doesn’t guarantee that the minimum wage of the lowest-wage sector/category meets the $1,300 take-home amount that would constitute a fair living wage. In other words, we should get the minimum wage bit of the so-called minimum wage-plus (MW+) model—what Senior Minister Tharman called the PWM—right. Then tinker with productivity ladders, increments, whatnot. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. So, I view this implementation of PWM as substantial progress (no pun intended) that will improve the welfare of Singaporeans and Permanent Residents. This, of course, has been the premise behind fighting for minimum wages all along.
Undoubtedly, this will mean changes to the prices we pay. From a town council perspective, future contract bids will be higher, which could affect town council finances and impact S&CC charges (fortunately, we are locked into contracts for around 3/4 #SengkangGRC divisions).
But this is a good thing for us as a society. While minimum wages are interventions in free labor markets, they helps correct imbalances in employer-employee bargaining power. The small increase in prices that everyone pays vastly improves the lives of low wage, essential workers. Moreover, higher prices can beget quality. We often think of how, if workers raise their productivity, this will beget higher wages. But it could happen the other way round: when wages rise, it spurs investments that foster productivity, which in turn boosts quality.
I hope that we can implement the MW+ model to even more sectors, and phase in changes more quickly. Still, we should recognize this policy move for what it is: a genuine step in the right direction, along the lines of what the #workersparty has sought. #makingyourvotecount
Postscript: the original post may have conveyed the impression that the PWM in the cleaning sector is new. Rather, the news is that proposals by a tripartite cluster for cleaners were accepted (PWM in cleaning has been in place since 2015, and wages began to rise in 2017). The opening text has been revised to reflect this distinction.
Jamus Lim
11 hrs·There is a small grove of mango trees at the western edge of #Anchorvale, beside the Vista cluster. It is currently mango season, so the town council horticultural officers have been picking these preemptively, to prevent them from falling and attracting rodents. It’s a bit sayang to dispose them directly, and so we recently made them available at the town council office for #SengkangGRC residents who happened to drop by, on a first-come-first-served basis. I was gifted a couple and this morning, my better half made a delicious mango lassi out of it. #TeamSengkang #SengkangSmoothie
from mothership.sg:
Jamus Lim, Workers' Party Member of Parliament for Sengkang GRC, has confirmed that he is the sweaty back man in grey photographed from afar wandering around the Anchorvale estate on his own.
In response to Mothership.sg's queries over the weekend asking if he was indeed the person seen in a photo with a large sweat patch on his grey shirt, Lim, 45, said: "Yes, I really should have more of a fashion sense, I suppose."
The image of the solo man perspiring while walking alone in the estate doing his MP rounds generated interest online.
Lim did not respond publicly to the photo or the incident over the weekend after the image appeared on Friday, June 4.
Alluded to sweaty back in latest Facebook post
However, in a Facebook post on June 9, Lim alluded to the sweaty back incident.
His post was to announced that the Anchorvale ward recently changed its cleaning contractor.
Lim wrote that the town council has been monitoring the performance of the new contractor.
He added that the four Sengkang GRC MPs have also hit the ground walking during this Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) period to inspect the situation on the ground for themselves, in pairs at most.
The social media-savvy Lim added, in reference to the perspiring man photo: "Thankfully, unlike much the past week, the day was blissfully overcast, which meant (relatively) less sweaty backs!"
Jamus Lim confirms he's sweaty back man in Sengkang
Jamus Lim, Workers' Party Member of Parliament for Sengkang GRC, has confirmed that he is the sweaty back man in grey photographed from afar wandering around the Anchorvale estate on his own.
In response to Mothership.sg's queries over the weekend asking if he was indeed the person seen in a photo with a large sweat patch on his grey shirt, Lim, 45, said: "Yes, I really should have more of a fashion sense, I suppose."
The image of the solo man perspiring while walking alone in the estate doing his MP rounds generated interest online.
Lim did not respond publicly to the photo or the incident over the weekend after the image appeared on Friday, June 4.
Alluded to sweaty back in latest Facebook post
However, in a Facebook post on June 9, Lim alluded to the sweaty back incident.
His post was to announced that the Anchorvale ward recently changed its cleaning contractor.
Lim wrote that the town council has been monitoring the performance of the new contractor.
He added that the four Sengkang GRC MPs have also hit the ground walking during this Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) period to inspect the situation on the ground for themselves, in pairs at most.
The social media-savvy Lim added, in reference to the perspiring man photo: "Thankfully, unlike much the past week, the day was blissfully overcast, which meant (relatively) less sweaty backs!"
from mothership.sg:
Jamus Lim confirms he's sweaty back man in Sengkang
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Jamus Lim, Workers' Party Member of Parliament for Sengkang GRC, has confirmed that he is the sweaty back man in grey photographed from afar wandering around the Anchorvale estate on his own.
In response to Mothership.sg's queries over the weekend asking if he was indeed the person seen in a photo with a large sweat patch on his grey shirt, Lim, 45, said: "Yes, I really should have more of a fashion sense, I suppose."
The image of the solo man perspiring while walking alone in the estate doing his MP rounds generated interest online.
Lim did not respond publicly to the photo or the incident over the weekend after the image appeared on Friday, June 4.
Alluded to sweaty back in latest Facebook post
However, in a Facebook post on June 9, Lim alluded to the sweaty back incident.
His post was to announced that the Anchorvale ward recently changed its cleaning contractor.
Lim wrote that the town council has been monitoring the performance of the new contractor.
He added that the four Sengkang GRC MPs have also hit the ground walking during this Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) period to inspect the situation on the ground for themselves, in pairs at most.
The social media-savvy Lim added, in reference to the perspiring man photo: "Thankfully, unlike much the past week, the day was blissfully overcast, which meant (relatively) less sweaty backs!"
Jamus is quite a shrewd politician also, looking forward to his battles with the pappies in the future.
from toc.com:
The Workers’ Party (WP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Sengkang GRC Jamus Lim took to Facebook on Wednesday (9 June) to share his views on the Government’s latest announcement of increasing the wages for cleaners in Singapore.
On Monday (7 June), the Government revealed that the salaries of cleaners who are Singaporeans and Permanent Resident (PR) will go up each year over six years from 2023, under the Progressive Wage Model (PWM).
Based on PWM, the increase will be for cleaners across all job levels and it will rise up to between S$1,570 and S$2,210 in 2023. The amount will subsequently increase by at least S$170 yearly until 2028.
For example, a full-time general or indoor cleaner will be entitled for a monthly wage of S$1,570 in July 2023. This means the worker gets a pay hike of S$258, which is nearly 20 percent increase from the recommended salary of S$1,312 in 2022.
Commenting about the PWM, Mr Lim said it is will affect the salary structures of about 30,000 workers.
“This new policy specifies different wage progression paths for different categories. By 2028, the lowest-wage category will have a gross pay of S$2,420, which will be above the #workersparty universal minimum wage (MW) call of S$1,300 take-home full-time equivalent,” the MP noted.
However, he expressed that his main issue with the PWM is on how slow it has been rolled-out, as well as its lack of guarantee that the minimum wage of those in the lowest-wage sector/category will hit the S$1,300 take-home amount.
“In other words, we should get the minimum wage bit of the so-called minimum wage-plus (MW+) model—what Senior Minister Tharman called the PWM—right. Then tinker with productivity ladders, increments, whatnot. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
“So, I view this implementation of PWM as substantial progress (no pun intended) that will improve the welfare of Singaporeans and Permanent Residents. This, of course, has been the premise behind fighting for minimum wages all along,” stated Mr Lim.
If that’s not all, the progressive salary increment of cleaners would also mean that other prices will go up, said the alternative party member.
“From a town council perspective, future contract bids will be higher, which could affect town council finances and impact S&CC charges (fortunately, we are locked into contracts for around 3/4 #SengkangGRC divisions),” he explained.
But, this is a good thing for the society because minimum wages help “correct imbalances in employer-employee bargaining power”, the politician said
“The small increase in prices that everyone pays vastly improves the lives of low wage, essential workers. Moreover, higher prices can beget quality. We often think of how, if workers raise their productivity, this will beget higher wages. But it could happen the other way round: when wages rise, it spurs investments that foster productivity, which in turn boosts quality,” he expressed.
He continued, “I hope that we can implement the MW+ model to even more sectors, and phase in changes more quickly. Still, we should recognize this policy move for what it is: a genuine step in the right direction, along the lines of what the #workersparty has sought. #makingyourvotecount.”
WP’s Jamus Lim says Progressive Wage Model is a “substantial progress” to improve welfare of locals; cautions other prices will increase
The Workers’ Party (WP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Sengkang GRC Jamus Lim took to Facebook on Wednesday (9 June) to share his views on the Government’s latest announcement of increasing the wages for cleaners in Singapore.
On Monday (7 June), the Government revealed that the salaries of cleaners who are Singaporeans and Permanent Resident (PR) will go up each year over six years from 2023, under the Progressive Wage Model (PWM).
Based on PWM, the increase will be for cleaners across all job levels and it will rise up to between S$1,570 and S$2,210 in 2023. The amount will subsequently increase by at least S$170 yearly until 2028.
For example, a full-time general or indoor cleaner will be entitled for a monthly wage of S$1,570 in July 2023. This means the worker gets a pay hike of S$258, which is nearly 20 percent increase from the recommended salary of S$1,312 in 2022.
Commenting about the PWM, Mr Lim said it is will affect the salary structures of about 30,000 workers.
“This new policy specifies different wage progression paths for different categories. By 2028, the lowest-wage category will have a gross pay of S$2,420, which will be above the #workersparty universal minimum wage (MW) call of S$1,300 take-home full-time equivalent,” the MP noted.
However, he expressed that his main issue with the PWM is on how slow it has been rolled-out, as well as its lack of guarantee that the minimum wage of those in the lowest-wage sector/category will hit the S$1,300 take-home amount.
“In other words, we should get the minimum wage bit of the so-called minimum wage-plus (MW+) model—what Senior Minister Tharman called the PWM—right. Then tinker with productivity ladders, increments, whatnot. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
“So, I view this implementation of PWM as substantial progress (no pun intended) that will improve the welfare of Singaporeans and Permanent Residents. This, of course, has been the premise behind fighting for minimum wages all along,” stated Mr Lim.
If that’s not all, the progressive salary increment of cleaners would also mean that other prices will go up, said the alternative party member.
“From a town council perspective, future contract bids will be higher, which could affect town council finances and impact S&CC charges (fortunately, we are locked into contracts for around 3/4 #SengkangGRC divisions),” he explained.
But, this is a good thing for the society because minimum wages help “correct imbalances in employer-employee bargaining power”, the politician said
“The small increase in prices that everyone pays vastly improves the lives of low wage, essential workers. Moreover, higher prices can beget quality. We often think of how, if workers raise their productivity, this will beget higher wages. But it could happen the other way round: when wages rise, it spurs investments that foster productivity, which in turn boosts quality,” he expressed.
He continued, “I hope that we can implement the MW+ model to even more sectors, and phase in changes more quickly. Still, we should recognize this policy move for what it is: a genuine step in the right direction, along the lines of what the #workersparty has sought. #makingyourvotecount.”
