Thursday 3 November 2022

ACT 3 : The Singapore Model : Oh Malaysia

is the classic which was  banned on RTM. The track is from the veteran Dutch singer, Anneke Grönloh.

IF Anwar Ibrahim becomes Prime Minister READ : Harapan can mend economy, S’poreans will come to M’sia for work so claims the DAP, without answering a very fundemental question while exposing a key flaw in Pakatan Harapan, whereby it intends to keep laws that blatantly discriminate against the Malaysian labour force.


On the shore, beyond the tropical sea
You will stand to welcome me
On the shore, beneath the sky so blue
All my dreams at last will come true
Oh, Malaysia - land of glory

WHY would  the majority of Singaporeans who live in a market place where there is hardly a minimum wage regime want to move to a minimum wage regime, from a progressive wage regime (note for cleaners,  Singapore has set a minimum wage of SGD 1,000) ?. READ : Singapore's ministry of manpower states clearly as a matter of national policy, MOM does not prescribe minimum wages for all workers in Singapore.

IN Singapore, wages are determined by market forces and there is no minimum wage for foreign unskilled labour, unlike in heavenly Malaysia.


HOW do Singapore politicians then protect the interest of their voters who just like in Malaysia are workers? 




BUT in Malaysia , if you are an 18 year old school leaver fluent in Bahasa Malaysia, you might be paid a RM1500 wage, which the the Malaysian Law demands that even a fresh 18 year old Bangladeshi who has never been to school, cannot read and write or even speak Malay, must be given the same RM1500 salary. 

Tomorrow : ACT 4 : The Media