"We may be the highest paid, but at the same time it is also important for them to understand we're probably the most effective, the best civil service in the world. And this came about because AUPE and PSD (Public Service Division), we work hand in hand, so on the one hand, we negotiate for fair terms, for good terms, for responsive rewards for civil servants."
-- Labour chief Lim Swee Say
"It's a solution (that) looks easy... but actually we don't believe it will serve the interest of low wage workers of Singapore."
-- Labour chief Lim Swee Say on why minimum wage will not work in Singapore
"All except one frog who did reach the top. And when asked afterwards why he ignored the crowd, the frog said: 'I'm deaf. I can't hear them.' We never give up. We are like the little frog. We are deaf to all these criticisms. So instead of telling us that low-wage workers are having problems, why not be part of the solution?"
-- Labour chief Lim Swee Say
"Even the newspaper report, I didn't even know about it until I read about it in the papers. It shows that I almost didn't care. I had more important things to do, I had good feedback and good suggestions from so many people, and I focused on that. I didn't lose sleep about that."
-- Vivian Balakrishnan, when everybody was trying to tell him about the screw-ups in YOG
"To deny them the right to call themselves Singaporean is very, very selfish. It's very unsportsmanlike... They have made great sacrifices to be here."
-- Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan
“How much do you want? Do you want three meals in a hawker centre, food court or restaurant?”
-- Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan on why we should not increase the monthly PA allowance so that its recipients can have three basic meals a day
“I want to clarify that the mayors do not decide on the salaries, the increments, the bonuses of all our staff at the CDC. The mayors are political appointment holders. We chair the CDC to spearhead the CDC, to build a social safety net and help the people. That is our job. If you ask me, I do not know the salaries; I do not know the bonuses of all my staff.”
-- Dr Teo Ho Pin when questioned about two staff member of Northwest CDC receiving 8 months bonus
“They (residents) should thank the Town Council for working hard to come up with a diversified portfolio to generate income so that residents do not have to fork out more money.”
-- Dr Teo Ho Pin about why it makes sense to invest constituency’s funds in high risk funds
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