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Leckmichamarsch

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They alr reduce 40% from the benchmark of top earners. Maybe it should be 60-70%!!

forty percent is an arbitary number
pple like Yaacob...... how much is he worth in private sector, say as a lecturer in NUS which was the case when he struck gold OR Yeo CT who is now earning a pathetic 22 k with Lippo group

oso why after adjustment their salaries still highest in the world? is their jobs so tough/ Why do they need two, three or more ministerial staff to run a ministry??????????? ..... when in the days of LKY only one minister runs the show?????????? and yet gahmen talks about productivity like they themselves have done a lot................. again another papig double standard
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Leckmichamarsch

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The pappies can wax lyrical and get all choked up about NS, or use fearmongering to make the masses see Singapore's vulnerability and the necessity for NS.

But NS is conscription. Conscription is forced military service. That is forcing someone to do something against his will.

If you get down to the basics, NS is not that different from rape. Certainly, you can claim that NS helped you grow, you've enjoyed NS, it was a valuable learning experience etc. But the same can be said of rape. An inmate locked up in jail can also say the same things about the time spent in prison.

The social dynamics of Singapore have changed, NS is increasingly becoming a white elephant. The only reason why NS is maintained is so that it generates business for the GLCs and contractors.

yeah no NS no generals\\ and no expensive labour for TH
 

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Oops! The 53 accidents a year at elf 'n' safety offices... including case of the worker who fell over a 'Caution, Wet Floor' sign

By PAUL SIMS FOR MAILONLINE
UPDATED: 21:42 GMT, 2 September 2011



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Warning: One employee suffered a groin strain after tripping over a wet floor sign

They should be among the safest workers in the land.

But staff at the Health and Safety Executive could perhaps do with reading their literature a little more often.

Its employees recorded a total of 53 accidents at work last year, according to figures released after a Freedom of Information request.

Among them was a man who cut his eye on a piece of A3 paper and someone who cut two fingers after putting them into a fan.

Another employee was bruised by a falling toilet roll holder.

Perhaps more embarrassing, an employee endured the indignity of a groin strain after tripping over a ‘Caution: Wet Floor’ sign.

For a watchdog that brought us leaflets including ‘Preventing Slips and Trips at Work’, ‘Safe Use of Ladders and Stepladders’ and ‘The Importance of Floor Cleaning’ the episodes will be rather embarrassing.

The accidents were recorded by staff at the watchdog’s 17 nationwide offices.

The HSE’s Bootle base near Liverpool was the most accident-prone with ten incidents reported there between March 2010 and April this year.

Staff in London fared little better with one slightly scalding themselves after spilling coffee and another incurring a bruise after walking into a box.

And, perhaps dispelling the myth that northern workers are a little more robust than their southern counterparts, an employee in Sheffield was struck down by ‘severe muscular stiffness to shoulder’ after sitting in a cold draft.


Another there was the member of staff struck by a falling roller blind, while in York one employee was hit by a toilet roll holder falling open.
In Birmingham, an employee cut his finger on a smashed plate, and a man in Glasgow was treated after a balloon burst in his face.

Last night a spokesman for HSE said: ‘We take a common sense approach to managing health and safety risks in our workplaces.

‘We record all incidents within the organisation, including near misses and minor incidents, to help identify trends.

We also record incidents involving external contractors working in HSE’s premises or those involving visitors to HSE’s premises.
‘The number of serious health and safety incidents is very low.’

Roger Bibbings, an adviser at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, said: ‘Even safety organisations have accidents. It is important to ensure they are reported and investigated appropriately so any lessons can be learned.

‘There is always room for improvement but if these are the only accidents experienced by HSE across all their operations then their safety record doesn’t look too bad compared with many similar organisations.’

While health and safety legislation is predominantly aimed at the workplace, the UK has become flooded with killjoys applying the principles to often harmless tasks and events.

It has seen schoolchildren banned from playing conkers and ordered to use sponge footballs instead of the more ‘dangerous’ leather-made ones – not to mention an end to the traditional sports day sack race.

Wimbledon officials even closed Murray Mount in the wet weather in case people slipped. Ministers have ordered a review.

Employment minister Chris Grayling, whose brief covers the issue, has said: ‘Health and safety laws should not hamper everyday activities.

These regulations are intended to save lives, not stop them.’

In reality, the legislation deals with workplace risks such as unguarded machinery.


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