These "people" or should I say companies are only interested in
$. Therefore if they can pay you the least amount they will. That's
why you need unions/government to help ensure that companies do not
take advantage.
You need to understand that Singapore wants to achieve
Swiss Standards/Western
Economies but hor with that mindset what you are suggesting
is that the average joe should have low labour cost.
You want Singapore to be Garuda Indonesia ah? One maid tie
shoelace, one maid for massage, one maid to polish the 'H' on your
Honda (seldom see Lolls Loyce in Sg). Maybe if we follow the
mindset of cheaper,better,faster.... one day we might be able
to employ a cohort of Singaporean maids. Why? Because Singapore
labour is SO
CHEAP. Just because someone does not want to excel means he
must be paid peanuts meh? Is that humane? Meritocracy is good but
take it to the extreme and its bad. Singapore labour cost continue
to be cheap...your SG women will end up as ppls maid sia.
Already rental from just my 1 house can hire 2 SG ah huay
at $13-400 each or 3 Kopi Uncles to swat flies. You try in the
Western Economies that Singapore 'Aspire' to be. 1 Maid dunno cost
you how much sia. In Oz no one I've met so far HAS a maid. My
parents used to know a Datuk (who sadly passed away), he has a maid
(they call it caretaker), part time only like 8-5. 4k+ Aud a
month. How many Ah Huays in Sg will queue for it? And you want
your women to be cheaper lol. You want them go Geylang parade? $40.
I can hire a troupe of them for the 45 mins to be in my circus Lol.
After that happens.... when you go overseas.... you gonna tell the
angmoh with pride that your country is Swiss Standard? He will say
its Bang Cock standard sia.
I tell you sumthing about the Ang Moh whores here hor. $10k Aud
a week. $150-200 Aud half hour. What your typical Ah Huay in
Emporium earns in half a year.
When I free tonight I will answer the rest.
Kind Regards
Genie
Haha. Somehow you made me laughed. Don't take it
personally.
Why must we follow the swiss standard of living? I for one, do
not hope that we end up like the swiss. Their law are much more
petty than ours. Our chewing gum law are already laughable, but let
them laugh, we need them in place anyway. Do check out on what laws
that swiss have imposed. Give you some examples, after 10pm, if you
are living in a flat, you cannot flush the toilet. With majority of
us living in HDB flats, do you know how smelly and uncomfortable
that would be? Also, you cannot wash your car on
Sunday. 
You like
that?
Got the above info from a friend who went to Switzerland to
study. P.s. Their cost of living is sky high. You can try living
there if your adjusted high pay can afford it.
The last thing I would ever want Singapore to follow is the
Western Economy. Look at how "well" they managed till they are in
debt. Unemployment? 1 in 10 unemployed. Taxed payers money are
washed down the drain with healthcare, wars and other miscellaneous
stuff. My money used to pay for fireworks, I already so xim tia,
you still want that to happen.
As I said, you cannot increase income level as that would make
us very uncompetitive, especially with many of us holding on to
average skills.
You want to talk about maids uh.
Recently, The Philippines just raised their Foreign Domestic
Workers (Maid) pay to at least USD $500. In SGD, that would make up
to about $700++ (Go convert yourself). Who on earth would pay such
an amount if they can get a same helper from Indonesia with a lower
price tag? By doing so, they might inadvertently decrease their
taxable amount as lesser people employs these maids. Furthermore,
it would lead to an already high percentage of unemployment rife in
the country.
You sure you want Singapore to end up like that?
You said in another post about Hong Kong. Their food is
delicious and cost is comparable to Singapore. A standard Hong Kong
Apartment (most of them staying in apartments) which is as big as
our dear Seng Kang friends, Kitchen which by stretching your arm,
everything is within your reach cost more than SGD$1 million. So
what about the poor in Hong Kong? There are poor people every where
right?
Well, they are all congregated into an area called Sham Shui Po.
These people living in miserably small flat, or some even better,
cage house. Where all they have is a cage to their name.
I would rather hope for the government is able to through
tax, subsidies the cost of living. Even with $1000 pay
per month. A family would be able to live comfortably without
having to worry for not having a shelter over their head, and to
worry about their next meal too.