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All the good middle level jobs have been snatched up by FT and PRs. These hotel jobs are the leftover which are lowly paid and back-breaking. Just look at those unemployed and you can see that a sizable proportion are PMETs who are more than qualified to hold middle level positions.

Nobody wants to be born with a below average IQs. If you are born intelligent, thanks to your lucky star because its all due to the genetic game of chance. Spare a thought for others who are less fortunate but need a decent wage to lead a decent life.

Singapore is ranked the second most expensive city after Tokyo but our wages are only half of those of the Japanese. Globally, Japan ranked 18th in wages while Singapore is in the 40th position. Has the PAP govt done well for Singaporeans?

The HDB flat prices are not supported by wages but due to a shortage by a deliberate govt policy to under build flats and high demand from PRs.

'Cheaper, faster and better' should be in lowering the cost of living and getting govt charges and office rentals down. There is no point in pushing wages down but letting land cost to increase the overall business costs.

High cost of living and low wages, all due to uncontrolled influx of foreigners and easy granting of PRs to compete for jobs with S'poreans, pushing down wages in the process. The best part is the PAP's logic: Foreigners create jobs for S'poreans. The truth is excessive import of foreigners...

The sad truth is many are facing financial hardships as in the 1950s and 1960s. For some who find life too unbearable, they have chosen to end their lives, some jumping from HDB buildings, some jumping onto MRT tracks .... In the meantime, the PAP govt happily classified all these cases as...

All these recent amendments effectively turn S'pore into a police state.

The influx of foreigners and PRs push land costs up and therefore overall business costs increase as a result. Companies are packing off to other countries due to the inability of the PAP govt to lower the overall business costs. This huge sudden influx of immigrants worsened our limitation...

The hard fact is that PRs push up housing costs for everyone, and is a huge burden to the those who need a roof for setting up new families. The govt must face this challenge squarely and not pretend that the problem of high housing cost does not exist.

Govt expenditure represents the amount the govt spends on its people. The budget surplus tells us how much the govt takes from us.

The writer is encouraging blind loyalty to S'pore. But S'poreans can see that PAP is putting its own selfish political interests above the country and being loyal to the country is equal to being loyal to PAP, which many of us disagree to. When the PAP-system does not benefit the masses but...

Sell your HDB and you still need to buy another one. Sell high and buy high again. What for when your life savings are all wiped out by HDB. It is good for those wanting to upgrade to condos or downgrade to smaller flats. For first time home buyers now, when you buy after the asset...

These rich politicians are handpicked by the GOD of PAP.

Sg is one of the lousiest place when it comes to citizens' rights and privileges as compared to PRs. For guys, it's worse as they have to serve 2.5 years of NS slavery for a mere hundreds of dollars each month. All these issues are happily swept under the carpet for as long as possible and...

Without NSmen defending S'pore, the silver medal is nothing.

A better comparison will be taking a hard look at major cities in China. The transport infrastructures and efficiency are as good as ours. PAP govt likes to brag about how capable it is but its major strength, really, is to blow its achievements out of gigantic proportions.

The root cause is the third world public transport system and low wages. The govt has bent itself too far to pander to business needs by excessively increasing the supply of labour resulting in low wages. There are other business costs such as high rentals, high govt charges etc that the...

Our service standards are ranked low in the world. Low wages and foreigners in the retail sectors are probably the cause of lousy services. Temasek is hiring all these fallen western bankers for their investment operations. You should go to Hong Lim Park to protest against Temasek for its...

It is the excessive import of foreigners that is the crux of problem. Singapore has all along import foreigners for the economy, but it was done selectively and appropriately. What is happening now is an influx of people from all over the world, which has resulted in a lower quality of life...