Alternative proposals for a better Singapore
Sylvia Lim stated the Workers’ Party’s opposition to the changes to the Constitution to allow for more NCMPs, saying that the root causes of our current problems (with the electoral system) are the abuse of the GRC system and gerrymandering.
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I stayed up late last night to watch the recorded UK election debate between the leaders of Britain’s top three parties, Gordon Brown (Labour), David Cameron (Conservatives) and Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats, or Lib Dems).
I had not watched or read the commentaries about the debate before I watched it, but less than half way through the debate, after making an assessment of their performance and policies, I keyed this Tweet into my mobile: “(geraldgiam) is watching the UK election debate on CNA between Brown, Cameron & Clegg. I think LibDems are going to cause a tsunami”.
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During weekly house visits with my Workers’ Party colleagues last week, a resident related to us a story which gave me a sinking feeling about the future of our workers in Singapore.
He told us that he conducts courses for many unemployed workers undergoing skills upgrading or conversion. He said he had a trainee who was a highly-skilled technician who could not find a job, likely because of his age and the state of the economy at that time. This technician was persuaded to undergo a course to be trained as a security guard. In the end, he completed the course and took up a security job at a fraction of his last drawn salary. A year later, when the economy started to recover, he tried going back to work as a technician again, but found to his dismay that his year “away” made it even more difficult for him to secure a technician job again. The trainer told me that this is a typical story for many workers who undergo so-called “skills conversion” certification courses.
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I am a non-constituency MP from the Workers' Party. I blog in my personal capacity. 
