$10 for a plate of nasi lemak?

[metalslug]

WHAT CRAP IS THIS?!?!


http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,249141,00.html?

That's what you might pay if S'pore has shortage of foreign workers
$10 for a plate of nasi lemak?
By Vivien Heng and Koh Hui Theng

July 16, 2010




Singapore’s economy is sizzling. That's good news.

Our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose 18 per cent in the first half of this year, but it needs workers to meet an expanding economy with a greater demand. (Seen as a measure of the country's wealth, GDP refers to the value of goods and services produced.)

But if there is a shortage of foreign workers, be prepared to pay $10 for a plate of nasi lemak.

This year, we're looking at 13 to 15 per cent growth overall, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The last time the economy crossed 13 per cent was in 1972.

But since the labour market is tight, bosses have to offer higher pay to attract workers.

As labour, transport and other expenses rocket, companies will sell their products or services at a higher price to maintain profits.

So consumers end up paying more for the same item.

 

[manokie]

Cheebye

Need 2 reporters to write one short piece of crap???

How about outsourcing these journalist work?????

We can reduce the price of newspaper to $0.20

 

[Watchman]

Using SCARE again tactics to make us yield .

BUT who cares if a plate of Nasi Lemak costs $10 .

It can cost $50 and it doesn't matter nor affect us .

You still have not answer our question . PAY no INcrease of 40 % .

 

[Watchman]

Always recycling SCARE tactics .

Only the idiots in Singapore will take in .

 

[rodent2005]

What kind of crap is this? $10 for a plate of nasi lemak is hyper-inflation. Real growth never leads to hyper-inflation unless the PAP is incompetent.

And don't give me the crap that the labour market is tight. What bosses want are slaves who will work for free, anything less they will make all sorts of excuses to get more foreign trash.

I'm surprised at the low standard of this article.

 

[po2wq]

Cheebye

Need 2 reporters to write one short piece of crap??? ...

$10 for a plate of nasi lemak ... it takes 2 world-crass reporters 2 put their heads 2gether 2 cook up n xplanation ...

 

[KNNBCCB]

HAHAHA...
NOW YOU KNOW WHY WE DESPERATELY NEED 100K OF FTrash !!!

 

[phouse3]

Journalists masturbating again.

Hawkers are mostly self-employed Singaporeans as foreigners are barred. They work almost everyday except during CNY. Their prices are usually $1.80 to $3.00. Even a $5/kg increase in chilli price will translate to $150 less income per month. They are that tight financially.

If business is better, they will either work harder or operate longer hours. It will also improve their income.

It is the foodcourts and coffeeshop chains that are allowed to employ foreigners. Their main overhead is rental. $80,000 per month for coffeeshops are not unheard of. They can afford to employ Singaporeans but chose foreigners instead to maximise profits.

Boycott them!

 

[middaydog]

$10 for a plate of nasi lemak ... it takes 2 world-crass reporters 2 put their heads 2gether 2 cook up n xplanation ...

you must be terribly angry, your typing all gone haywire :o

 

[phouse3]

Aren't they far-fetched?

The government is letting in another 100,000 for fear of wage rise. But the government didn't have any qualms when they hike workers' levies which is effectively wage increase from employers' perspective. The difference is money going into the workers' pockets versus the governnment's coffers.

A large part of the 13% growth are generated by the pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors. Production are mostly ramped up by machines rather than by labour. Why need so many extra workers? Why waste $5 billion of our money on productivity fund if they are not effective?

Wage increase is an excellent driver of productivity growth in a stupendous 13% GDP growth situation.

 

[Alamaking]

When i read the headers, read a paragraph, i chucked it aside, pure nonsense :p:p:p:p

 

[Ramseth]

I think that regular Stompers have already known, nasi lemak already costs S$10 per plate, served by FTs.

 

[Subok]

Quick ELECTION!! must change regime! I wonders who can be even more absurd and evil than this??!?!!

 

[phouse3]

Do you feel dizzy reading PAPnomics?

A prediction of golden period turned out be a downturn. A prognosis of the worst recession since independence turned out to be a short downturn.

They pressed the panic button too fast and threw $4.5 billion of our money to the employers in the form of job credits. If they didn't do it, we would not be in an "overheating" situation now. The unproductive companies would have been weeded out. They squandered away the golden opportunity to raise productivity and have to squander another $5.5 billion on the same unproductive employers.

$10 billion of taxpayers' money squandered on the employers just like that.

It is PAPnomics that foreign workers are here to create jobs for the locals. During the recession last year, they announced hike in foreign workers' levies to reduce their presence. Doesn't it destroy jobs according to PAPmantra? In an upturn this year, they want to raise foreign workers' presence which will create even more jobs according to PAPsutra.

Is your head swirling now?

 

[kirby]

Quick ELECTION!! must change regime! I wonders who can be even more absurd and evil than this??!?!!

By threatening to use the army on you, just in case there is a regime change ?

 

[Boliao]

Journalists masturbating again.

Journalists?! They dare call themselves journalists? It would be insulting the hard work, intelligence and sacrifices real journalist shoulder to tell the truth.

At best, they are merely reporters. Reporting on things stories given to them on a silver platter and using the standard "suck-Pappy-cock" template..

They should be ashamed of themselves and commit suicide if they have an ounce of integrity and truth. :oIo::oIo:

 

[jw5]

They are corporate communications officers.

 

[manokie]

I wonder who's reading TNP nowadays.

It's full of shit commentary and has information you can get from Google News for free.

 

[Glaringly]

Is your head swirling now?

PAPnomics is indeed puzzling? PM said we need 100,000 FT for our red hot economy, so tell us where this demand is going to come from?

Look at US, they are struggling and just reported numbers are down. China is consolidating and trying to pacify their population and Europe is in a mess. So where on earth the demand of Singapore goods and services going to come from?

Or is these 100,000 cheaper FTs going to replace we Singaporean, for the purpose of boasting demand and therfore improving GDP?

So another 100,000 Singaporean is going to bite the dust.

 

[jw5]

PAPnomics is indeed puzzling? PM said we need 100,000 FT for our red hot economy, so tell us where this demand is going to come from?

Look at US, they are struggling and just reported numbers are down. China is consolidating and trying to pacify their population and Europe is in a mess. So where on earth the demand of Singapore goods and services going to come from?

Or is these 100,000 cheaper FTs going to replace we Singaporean, for the purpose of boasting demand and therfore improving GDP?

So another 100,000 Singaporean is going to bite the dust.

The only way that things will start to get better for Singaporeans is when the pappies and their families get adversely affected by the influx of foreigners.
At the moment, they go wherever they like and do whatever they want, without feeling the effects of overcrowding, getting scammed, being robbed, losing jobs etc etc.
If there is ever a day that these things start happening to them, the foreigners will be out of here in a hurry.