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Minimum wage vs Progressive Wage Model: Debate over best way to lift pay of low-wage workers
Some have called for a minimum wage, but the Government has said its Progressive Wage Model works better
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Yasmine Yahya
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At the weekend, a debate on the minimum wage erupted in the comments section of Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh's Facebook page as netizens - including former labour chief Lim Boon Heng - weighed in on how Singapore should lift the incomes of its low-wage workers.
This happened after a forum organised by the Institute of Policy Studies last Friday, at which Manpower Minister Josephine Teo defended the Government's position for not setting a minimum wage in Singapore.
