Labour MPs call for support for vulnerable groups and protection of 'Singaporean Core'

Singapore

MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) from the Labour Movement have called for more measures to protect vulnerable workers - including lower-wage employees, seniors and migrant workers - and lessen income equality, with several also asking to protect the workforce's "Singaporean core".

Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday at the start of the three-day Budget debate, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) deputy secretary-general Koh Poh Koon cited figures that suggest starker income inequality in Singapore than in other developed countries.