The million dollar question I want to ask the million dollar Ministers is this:
WHY ???
Can be many reasons. Usually the correlation between GDP and average salary is not great. U have to see the per capita GDP number. I suspect that there is a large influx of FT employees working cheap, hence dropping the average salary overall.
The million dollar question I want to ask the million dollar Ministers is this:
WHY ???
In % terms, the average earnings was negative in 2Q 2010!
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Spastic maggot :oIo:
Because your and your peers are useless and doing simple things that Chinese/Indians can easily do in China/India? :oIo:
Get real :oIo:
U think PAP decides your low wage? they actually set a very high wage benckmark through the civil service. :oIo:
You just don't have skills, experience and connections. :oIo:
GST Hike: Helping the Sandwich Class
by Ms Seet Cher Lui Stephanie
Sengkang West Division of Ang Mo Kio GRC
Assistant Secretary, Young PAP
Dated : 14-02-2007
http://www.pap.org.sg/articleview.php?id=1514&mode=&cid=23
Economic Climate on the Middle Class
While the elderly and lower income groups will be better off with the GST offset package, recent economic restructuring appears to affect the middle income class the most. Given the climate of economic reforms, the impact of the GST hike on this group should not be evaluated in isolation.
The economy appears to have fully recovered from the 1997 Asian financial crisis, with 2006 registering a better-than-expected 7.6% growth. The government has also announced plans to restore CPF cuts.
There are, however, indicators of leaner times ahead, with the growing income divide being magnified with the emergence of a dual economy. Reports of middle class wage stagnation over the past ten years hardly suggest that the bullish economy benefits the majority of income-earners.
Get real :oIo:
U think PAP decides your low wage? they actually set a very high wage benckmark through the civil service. :oIo:
You just don't have skills, experience and connections. :oIo:
And look at your graph again. A quick cursory glance will tell you that the average wages have gone up by 7% in total.The key here is the trend. While GDP % growth is trending upwards, the avg salary is trending downwards.
Also, with more FW workers coming in being prepared to work for lower wages, of course the average salary will rise as fast as GDP.
Er... pls look carefully. The avg salary growth has been falling over last 2Qs.
But does that mean that the average salary for Singaporeans and PRs have fallen? The reality is no. Your own graph speaks for itself.
Er... info from DOS says:
2010 Q1: $4,310
2010 Q2: $3,819 (-11.4% drop)
I certainly agree with you on the connections part. No wonder the elites are getting richer everyday... Even a permanent secretary can earn more than President Obama. Some more got time to fly to Paris for 5 weeks to learn French cooking.... * shake head *
Er... info from DOS says:
2010 Q1: $4,310
2010 Q2: $3,819 (-11.4% drop)
just look at Nathan pay----people say nathan basic pay is $420k per month, and his pension is 3/4 of his last drawn pay.
so he may be drawing ---let say , $700k per month right ?
and local sporns struggling to get $3000 to 3800 per month comparing to nathan...we see the difference right !
GDP up, even pay increase also cannot fight what Nathan is drawing.
700k vs 3k---who wins? we need to have rocket scientists look at what is wrong with the difference if GDP donch affect the Nathan figure right !
so next GE , PAP must be shown to the doors right !
Still evading the fact that wages have gone up by 7% over the 3 years and not fallen, as you claimed?
You can't just take what was good earlier and add them up together to say things are ok.
Very selective indeed. You show a graph which shows a fall AFTER a big increase and then pick on the fall.
Starting $3,562, ending $3,819. Hardly a fall, wouldn't you say?
My friend, we are not talking about selectively choosing 7.35 year or 55.784 year time frames. We are just looking at one year - four quarters.