The ‘propaganda onslaught’ on the ‘HDB 99-year’ problem continues? I refer to the article “What it should have been” (Straits Times, Sep 25). The ST article...
The Government should follow the online falsehoods’ committee’s recommendation to give reasons for decisions not to disclose information to the public, in order to gain the...
最近媒体报导，职总创优企业合作社收购本地咖啡店和小贩中心运营商KOPITIAM集团，但是实际并购价格至今未公开。 据报导，KOPITIAM集团在全岛有80分行，预计并购交易将在年底完成。 并购若成功，将造就全国最大规模的餐饮中心巨头– 这似乎正走向一个竞争减少、约趋垄断的市场局面？ 新加坡竞争与消费委员会的官网，对并购垄断的观点是这样的： ”竞争与消费委员会，透过推演并购、假设不并购可能出现的市场后果，来评估并购造成的影响，以及是否出现竞争减少到状态。“ 但我们想想，职总企业并购KOPITIAM，是否与不久前发生的私召车服务公司GRAB并购优步，有相似之处？ 职总企业声明：并购符合职总社企的社会使命，确保提供民众可负担的熟食服务（9月21日报导）。可是据《网络公民》早前揭发，有小贩中心业者缴付近1千600租金之余，还要承担逾2千元的杂费。职总不应对外公布，此次并购究竟花了多少钱？ 并购涉及公共利益 并购一事涉及公共利益，诚如研究蓄意散播假消息特委会的建议，如果涉公共利益事项选择不公开，政府（当中有许多工运议员）似乎有必要给个说法。 知名美食家司徒国辉在美食指南部落客”食尊“（Makansutra）揭露社会企业管理的小贩中心，却实行最为商业化的餐饮业管理模式。小贩除了租金还要缴交各种杂费，平均每月支出4千元，比新加坡知名麦士威小贩中心最高标价者，平均2-3千元的每月指出还要高。 司徒国辉也指出，职总富食客向摊位征收每月1千608元的租金，比起环境局管理的小贩中心平均1千514元的租金，稍微高些。 但是，职总富食客也征收林林总总的杂费： 1. 服务和维护费（S&CC）- 350元； 2. 桌子清洁费-550元； 3.碗盘清洁费- 850元； 4.租用无现金系统- 150元； 5.食物厨余循环系统- 40元； 6.概念与行销- 300元...
It has been recently reported that food operator Kopitiam is being sold to NTUC Enterprise Co-operative Limited for an undisclosed sum. According to reports, NTUC Enterprise...
An old schoolmate from RI (Raffles Institution), CK, alerted me to the following information which he was pointed to by the Central Provident Fund Board after...
Why is it that there seems to have so many “negative articles” about Malaysia in the media? I refer to the article “Malaysian government’s first 100...
As we celebrate our 53rd birthday – let’s look at our statistical accolades Gini coefficient increased from 0.46 to 0.48 between 1981 and 2014 Ministers’ earnings in his...
I refer to the article “NTUC to push for better pay, work prospects” (Straits Times, Aug 2). It states that “The labour movement will focus on...
I refer to the article “Saying that we don’t want to be a society that charges for plastic bags, is illogical” (theonlinecitizen, Aug 5). The article...
The rhetoric – “building ahead of demand” for Changi airport, but “building nothing’ for healthcare (decrease in total hospital beds for 10 years) is “laughable”? I...