a small tiny gullible red dot trying to be swiss? no way man.
Utter foolishness.
Who says so ??
The Swiss standard of living was achieved by some Singaporeans
in April 2007... a few months AFTER the last General
Elections... by the MIW Government Ministers.
They got to start with themselves first mah.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/world/asia/09iht-sing.3.5200498.html
http://www.yeocheowtong.com/Salaries.html
As for the common people, gotta be patient... must wait
a little longer .
Some excerpts here of
an article by Mr Leong Sze Hian on MOM's latest report on the
labour / wage situation in Singapore :
"The median income for all employed residents dipped by
1.2 per cent from $2,450 in 2008 to $2,420 in 2009."
You got to take one step backward to go two steps
forward, mah. Everybody knows this. Surely, not
PAP's fault.
"Part-timers also posted higher median income of $620
compared with $600 a year ago. Part-timers’ median income in
1999 was $600. So, the increase for the last 10 years was only $20,
or an annual increase of only 0.3 per cent, without adjusting for
inflation. And it is important to consider that a possible reason
for the $20 increase may be that a part-timer is now defined as one
working 35 hours or less, instead of 30 hours"
See, for part timers they got an increase of S$ 20.00 in 10
years. It's better than nothing, right ??
Thanks to the PAP for this increase.
"the report states that in June 2009, 26 per cent of
unemployed professionals, managers, executives and technicians
(PMETs) had been looking for work for at least 25 weeks. It
also noted that this figure was higher than the 23 per cent figure
for workers in production and related sectors, and 20 per cent for
clerical, sales and service workers."
What to do ?? World economy in tailspin caused by those
bastards Americans, so cannot blame the PAP.
"In the 40-and-above age group, the proportion of
unemployed PMETs who had been jobhunting for at least 25 weeks was
even higher – at 36 per cent. This is well above that of clerical,
sales and service workers (27 per cent), and production and related
(24 per cent) workers."
Who to blame ?? Those experienced PMETs are just plain fussy
when job hunting. Definitely not PAP's fault...
"The report also noted that the unemployment rate for
cleaners, labourers and related workers was the highest across all
sectors in June 2009 at 8.3 per cent, followed by service and sales
workers at 7.9 per cent, and clerical workers at 7.4 per cent. All
these rates were described in the report as “significantly above
average.
Could this be due to competition from foreign workers in
these lower-skilled, lower-paid jobs?"
Singaporeans don't want to do these types of jobs anyway... so
nobody's fault here.
"There has been an increase in the number of
“residents outside the labour force who were not looking for work
because they believed their job search would be in
vain.”
The number of these “discouraged workers” has reached
11,000 in June 2009, up from 7,500 a year ago. They now form 0.6
per cent of the resident labour force inclusive of discouraged
workers, rising from 0.4 per cent last year."
Hey, cannot blame the PAP. There people are just plain
lazy or the no-hopers.
"A cleaner who used to be paid about $800 a few years
ago, is now typically paid about $650."
Don't worry to much here as they are mostly FWs. Also, you
must understand that if Employers want to manipulate the workers
secretly, there is not much the PAP can do about it.
"Linking ministers’ pay to GDP growth may also have
contributed to the importing of low-skilled foreign labour to grow
the economy.
The latest call to be “cheaper, faster and better” may
be the last straw that breaks the proverbial camel’s back of
Singaporean workers.
As if declining wages, wage cuts, shorter work weeks,
compulsory leave, lower or zero bonus, weren’t bad enough, resident
unemployment was 5.9 per cent in June, on a non-seasonally adjusted
basis, with 116,300 unemployed residents.
The unemployment rate for Singaporeans may be worse, as
PRs who cannot find employment may leave the country, whilst most
unemployed Singaporeans may not have this option.
Why is there no breakdown of the unemployment rate for
citizens and PRs?"
What does the writer know ?? The PAP Ministers are the highest
paid Ministers in the world, so they are the Best of the
Best. Can he make the same claim ??
"Despite all the above, we are giving out visas for
foreigners to come to Singapore to seek employment, whereas most
countries would require a foreigner to get a job before he or she
can be issued a visa."
SIngaporeans cannot be selfish and must support the
PAP's 'open legs wide wide and bend forward' policy on FWs / FTs /
PRs as it is good for the country. We have one of the highest
GDP in the world and all Singaporeans should be proud of this
achievement...
With high GDP... the Swiss standard of living will come - as
promised by the PAP Government.
http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/12/cheaper-better-faster-may-just-break-the-camels-back/#comments
