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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - MM teaches us a new word: "amour-propre"</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>kojakbt_89 <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>12:46 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 7) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>38376.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Home > Prime News > Story
Sep 4, 2010
MM Lee: If a man is fit, let him carry on working
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MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew raised eyebrows at a dialogue recently when he seemed to suggest that the current retirement age of 62 should be scrapped.
In an interview with The Straits Times, he has revealed that he was not speaking lightly. 'As long as people are productive, however old they are, if they have something to do, it is better to semi-retire,' he said.
But he acknowledged that scrapping the retirement age would be too 'radical a change in one step', and he had persuaded the Prime Minister and his Cabinet colleagues to introduce re-employment in gradual steps. 'First, from 62 to 65, and then to 67. After that, case by case for employer and employee.'
Mr Lee said the Government is already taking the lead, with the Public Service Division offering nine out of 10 retiring officers re-employment last year.
And his view on working past 62 applies to everyone, not just to top-tier talent or managers and professionals.
'If a man is physically fit and can still do his work, he should be allowed to do so,' he said, adding that workers can move from heavy manual labour to lighter work in the service industries.
As for the civil service, which has a system of retiring senior officers for the purpose of leadership renewal, he said those retiring could 'move sideways or to less demanding jobs in the ministries or statutory boards, where their experience and abilities are put to good use'.
But older workers must not let their pride get in the way. 'When you reach retirement age, you have to take the job that you can do,' he said.
He said he himself had moved from Prime Minister to Senior Minister to Minister Mentor as he aged.
'As long as I am fit, if the next Prime Minister wants to retain me because I am still capable, I am prepared to go down in status. It makes no difference to me and my amour-propre,' he said, using the French term for 'self-esteem'.
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Sep 4, 2010
MM Lee: If a man is fit, let him carry on working
<!-- by line -->By Rachel Chang
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MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew raised eyebrows at a dialogue recently when he seemed to suggest that the current retirement age of 62 should be scrapped.
In an interview with The Straits Times, he has revealed that he was not speaking lightly. 'As long as people are productive, however old they are, if they have something to do, it is better to semi-retire,' he said.
But he acknowledged that scrapping the retirement age would be too 'radical a change in one step', and he had persuaded the Prime Minister and his Cabinet colleagues to introduce re-employment in gradual steps. 'First, from 62 to 65, and then to 67. After that, case by case for employer and employee.'
Mr Lee said the Government is already taking the lead, with the Public Service Division offering nine out of 10 retiring officers re-employment last year.
And his view on working past 62 applies to everyone, not just to top-tier talent or managers and professionals.
'If a man is physically fit and can still do his work, he should be allowed to do so,' he said, adding that workers can move from heavy manual labour to lighter work in the service industries.
As for the civil service, which has a system of retiring senior officers for the purpose of leadership renewal, he said those retiring could 'move sideways or to less demanding jobs in the ministries or statutory boards, where their experience and abilities are put to good use'.
But older workers must not let their pride get in the way. 'When you reach retirement age, you have to take the job that you can do,' he said.
He said he himself had moved from Prime Minister to Senior Minister to Minister Mentor as he aged.
'As long as I am fit, if the next Prime Minister wants to retain me because I am still capable, I am prepared to go down in status. It makes no difference to me and my amour-propre,' he said, using the French term for 'self-esteem'.
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