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How much does he earn and who is he to tell us about cost of living?

Look at this type of food serve to our foreign workers who are quarantined at the Singapore Expo. Is this fit for humans? Just rice, small piece of fish and 1 teaspoon of curry nia. Where's the meat and veggies? Did RWS forget to add the meat and veg as too busy invoicing MOM? This kind of food even dog also dun want to eat sia!

By splitting up the cases into three mutually exclusive categories and labeling one such category as "the community", is the Ministry not advancing the implicit view that the other categories -- work permit holders, ie. our foreign workers -- are not considered as part of our community?

Khaw Boon Wan said the failure of SMRT staff in the flooding incident have made the good work of others go to waste. He said it has tarnished Singapore's reputation but encouraged commuters to show appreciation to public transport workers whenever they can.

A netizen is appealing for witnesses to a hit and run accident involving her workers who suffered injuries. The accident happened along PIE towards Changi near Toa Payoh.

Our reader thinks the Government keeps saying it will protect Singaporean workers but are not doing what they promised, as statistics seem to suggest otherwise. Surprise?

I wish to inform you and all readers of the uselessness of MOM's rehiring policies for the elderly aged 60 and above as most companies have already moved far ahead to circumvent this piece of legislation to make our unemployment rates look better on track record.

I refer to the article “Globalisation can create jobs and raise salaries for Singaporeans: PM Lee” (Straits Times, Jun 10). It states that “In some countries, globalisation is viewed as a monster that wrests jobs from workers.

“Having expanded at an average of 7.7 per cent since independence in 1965, gross domestic product (GDP) growth decreased from 4.7 per cent in 2013 to 2 per cent in 2015 and 1.8 per cent last year. At the core of this tempering of growth is a slowdown in productivity.

We are organising our 4th labour day indoor event on 1st May 4pm for the workers entitled “Jobs for Singaporeans first”. Workers worldwide will be celebrating labour day ground-up and we hope to do it annually in Singapore on our own as well.