We are deaf to your criticism and please do our job instead of giving us problems

"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?"

With this tale, labour chief Lim Swee Say responded to opposition MP Low Thia Khiang (Hougang), who repeated his criticism of a day earlier that low- wage workers continue to languish, and that the labour movement ought to do better and work harder.

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“Cheaper, better, faster” may just break the camel’s back

Two years of NS for Singaporeans, a short 30-day holiday camp for new immigrants

NS was a 'sore and critical milestone for many' and Mr Seah Kian Peng wondered if men who become new citizens should be called up for NSmen duties.

"This could be in the form of a short 30-day induction to Basic Military Training in the Singapore Armed Forces, he said.

We teach them to use rifles, fire weapons, basic physical fitness, or we put them into civil defence training where they could learn rescue techniques."

-- Seah Kian Peng (Marine Parade GRC)

Avoid falling sick on Mondays and Tuesdays

Avoid Mondays and Tuesdays if you want to get a bed fast in a public hospital.

The reason: These are the days when bed occupancy rates are at their highest, when the number of people needing beds exceeds that available.

However, the quality of care is not compromised while patients wait for their assigned wards.

-- Khaw Boon Wan, Health Minister

Please call them new Singaporeans, not the rude title of new immigrants!

"First, we need to make sure that they are called new Singaporeans rather than new migrants. They are not even new migrants - they are an old hand at migrating, and want a new life. They want to settle down and to make Singapore a new home"

-- Seah Kian Peng, Marine Parade GRC MP

With 20,000 migrants becoming new citizens each year, Mr Seah also suggested rewarding such parents with some form of baby bonus when they have a new Singapore baby.

We don't want to send wrong signal to our precious foreign investors and talents

Although the rise in the levy is graduated over three years, there is concern expressed by some business leaders that this may impede the ability of companies to leverage upon and capture the opportunities of the recovery, as their capacity will be impacted.

And if the increase is not calibrated, it may send the wrong signal to companies looking to invest in Singapore or to foreign talent that Singapore is not as open as it used to be.

-- Jessica Tan, East Coast GRC

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Can't afford HDB flats? You deserve it if you're poor

We don't want local workers who are old, we want young foreign workers

I know of one family who complain the cleaners in their precinct are lazy and too old. They don't want local workers who are old, they want young foreign workers. To satisfy the demand, i changed the local workers to foreign workers. Foreign workers are not a burden to us. Their presence here is not negative. Without foreign workers, things will be worse.

-- Ong Ah Heng (Nee Soon Central)

Nevermind about feeding the poor, start a food museum first

Singapore should consider setting up a food museum, as part of national effort to preserve its rich cultural heritage. Food is an important part of our rich cultural heritage - one which has been and will always been an attraction to locals and foreigners alike. The history of our food variety will highlight our links to the world.

-- Baey Yam Keng (Tanjong Pagar GRC)

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PAP now says hiding behind pseudonyms to post online is ok?