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(03-12-2012, 10:32 PM)CityFarmer Wrote:

(03-12-2012, 07:03 PM)corydorus Wrote: Should sentence length include public feeling ?

Prison term is really too much for just 2 days "Strike". Doesn't fit the crime.
I would think community service ... is a better way in a society with standard.

The crime is not 2 days of strike and causing disruptions on public transport, but is his action of jeopardizing the tripartite relationship in Singapore.

Which i find is even more ridiculous charge. That's mean the tripartite relationship needs to be reviewed.

Ha!Ha!
It's not too late to know some people from CHINA say some of our practices are more "communist" than the communists in CHINA.
Example:- COE, (definitely there is a more equitable way for the people; not favoring the rich only); you can't go on strike unless the workers get permission from the PAPYs no matter how employer treats the workers. You are not allow to protest on the street or public without PAPYs permission. All these Papys can enforce because SINK apore really is only a RED DOT. i don't think Papys can do all this if PAPYs is GOV of a BIG COUNTRY like CHINA.

(06-12-2012, 08:24 AM)corydorus Wrote:

(03-12-2012, 10:32 PM)CityFarmer Wrote:

(03-12-2012, 07:03 PM)corydorus Wrote: Should sentence length include public feeling ?

Prison term is really too much for just 2 days "Strike". Doesn't fit the crime.
I would think community service ... is a better way in a society with standard.

The crime is not 2 days of strike and causing disruptions on public transport, but is his action of jeopardizing the tripartite relationship in Singapore.

Which i find is even more ridiculous charge. That's mean the tripartite relationship needs to be reviewed.

We should have the awareness that current tripartite relationship is an asset to Singapore competitiveness. The asset should be protected

This not necessary mean i am agree with the verdict. Anyway appeal is always an option

This also does not mean the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act ("CLTPA") is the best mean to protect the relationship.

haha not again

http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC...rk-dispute


Two China workers sit on top of crane over work dispute
Updated 01:12 PM Dec 06, 2012
SINGAPORE - Two workers from China are sitting on top of two cranes at a construction site in Jurong Port Road and are refusing to come down over what appears to be a work dispute.

Police said they were alerted about this incident at about 6:35am today at 31 Jurong Port Road.

A spokesman from the Singapore Civil Defence Force said each man is perched up on a crane, which is about 10 storeys high.

Officials from the Ministry of Manpower are at the scene. CHANNEL NEWSASIA

Quote:CityFarmer:
We should have the awareness that current tripartite relationship is an asset to Singapore competitiveness. The asset should be protected

Yes it's an Asset. But at whose Liability? The Employers, The Papys or The Workers? i should say almost all Liability bear by the Workers. So how long can this goes on and on? 26 years already. The workers getting poorer & poorer and the Employers & Papys getting richer & richer. But a lot of SINK aporeans still think this arrangement (very lop-sided tripartite relationship) can go on forever. i doubt.

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(06-12-2012, 01:22 PM)sgd Wrote: haha not again

http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC...rk-dispute


Two China workers sit on top of crane over work dispute
Updated 01:12 PM Dec 06, 2012
SINGAPORE - Two workers from China are sitting on top of two cranes at a construction site in Jurong Port Road and are refusing to come down over what appears to be a work dispute.

Police said they were alerted about this incident at about 6:35am today at 31 Jurong Port Road.

A spokesman from the Singapore Civil Defence Force said each man is perched up on a crane, which is about 10 storeys high.

Officials from the Ministry of Manpower are at the scene. CHANNEL NEWSASIA

Ha! Ha!
It's not uncommon for China workers to do this in CHINA. In fact this is not the first incident of this type happens in SINK apore, if i am not wrong.

During a tour of the Tampines bus interchange yesterday (6 Dec), Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said that any fare adjustments made next year will have to factor in pay increases of bus drivers. And he said that the salaries of bus drivers will be raised.
He said, “There will have to be, I think, further adjustments to the salary scheme in time to come.”
“I think the fare adjustment that’s going to take place next year will hopefully allow us to take one step further in the salaries and wages that we are giving the drivers.”
His remarks came in the wake of last week’s SMRT PRC bus driver strike, a first in 26 years of strike-free environment in Singapore.
He said that cost increases for transport operators have outpaced fare adjustments over the years. He noted that the Fare Review Mechanism Committee, headed by Mr Richard Magnus, is currently reviewing the public transport fare formula.
Mr Lui said, “Any fare adjustment will allow the two operators to have more resources in time to come to make further salary adjustments. We recognise that the drivers need to be paid more. (The) question is where is that money coming from?”

(07-12-2012, 05:11 PM)AlphaQuant Wrote: During a tour of the Tampines bus interchange yesterday (6 Dec), Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said that any fare adjustments made next year will have to factor in pay increases of bus drivers. And he said that the salaries of bus drivers will be raised.
He said, “There will have to be, I think, further adjustments to the salary scheme in time to come.”
“I think the fare adjustment that’s going to take place next year will hopefully allow us to take one step further in the salaries and wages that we are giving the drivers.”
His remarks came in the wake of last week’s SMRT PRC bus driver strike, a first in 26 years of strike-free environment in Singapore.
He said that cost increases for transport operators have outpaced fare adjustments over the years. He noted that the Fare Review Mechanism Committee, headed by Mr Richard Magnus, is currently reviewing the public transport fare formula.
Mr Lui said, “Any fare adjustment will allow the two operators to have more resources in time to come to make further salary adjustments. We recognise that the drivers need to be paid more. (The) question is where is that money coming from?”

The answer (in Singapore) is always market (consumer) will pay for it.

(07-12-2012, 10:17 PM)CityFarmer Wrote:

(07-12-2012, 05:11 PM)AlphaQuant Wrote: During a tour of the Tampines bus interchange yesterday (6 Dec), Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said that any fare adjustments made next year will have to factor in pay increases of bus drivers. And he said that the salaries of bus drivers will be raised.
He said, “There will have to be, I think, further adjustments to the salary scheme in time to come.”
“I think the fare adjustment that’s going to take place next year will hopefully allow us to take one step further in the salaries and wages that we are giving the drivers.”
His remarks came in the wake of last week’s SMRT PRC bus driver strike, a first in 26 years of strike-free environment in Singapore.
He said that cost increases for transport operators have outpaced fare adjustments over the years. He noted that the Fare Review Mechanism Committee, headed by Mr Richard Magnus, is currently reviewing the public transport fare formula.
Mr Lui said, “Any fare adjustment will allow the two operators to have more resources in time to come to make further salary adjustments. We recognise that the drivers need to be paid more. (The) question is where is that money coming from?”

The answer (in Singapore) is always market (consumer) will pay for it.

Of course, everyone knows what PAP stands for. So the public "subsidise" the transport companies, directly or indirectly mainly owned by the PAPYs ; whenever the BUS DRIVERS need an salary increment. Actually there is nothing new or surprise about this type of action by PAPYs.

lim chong yang shock therapy is needed i think to freeze those in the higer earning bracket

so...what happened to the millions of $ of profits every year?! :O