Comments by "HKim0072" (@HKim0072) on "The Future of Singapore || Peter Zeihan" video.

  1. Singapore has a near unlimited supply of cheap labor from Indonesia.
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  2.  @MaestroDraven  lol, the average salary in Singapore is comparable with the US. The US minimum wage is $1,160/month. The minimum monthly salary for an Indonesian maid in Singapore is $550, but experienced maids can earn between $650 and $700. Edit: years ago, I was paying a cleaner to come to my 1200sq ft / 2 bedroom apartment once a week in the States. That was $400/month.
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  3.  @MaestroDraven  Come on dude. Even Pope Francis talked about it. Here, I recognise and commend the various policies and initiatives put in place to support the most vulnerable, and I hope that special attention will be paid to the poor and the elderly whose labours have laid the foundations for the Singapore we see today, as well as protecting the dignity of migrant workers. These workers contribute a great deal to society and should be guaranteed a fair wage. There were 1.1 million foreigners on work permits in Singapore who earned less than S$3,000 ($2,300) per month as of December 2023, including 286,300 domestic workers and 441,100 workers in the construction, shipyard and process sectors, government data shows.
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  4.  @MaestroDraven  I think sometimes people forget there is the internet. Myanmar national Pyae Sone had only been working in Singapore for less than a month before he got fired from his job as a kitchen assistant. The agency, which had ties with a Singapore counterpart, offered him a job at a Chinese restaurant, where he would be paid S$1,600 (US$1,200) a month. Based on data from the Ministry of Manpower’s 2022 report on the labor force, the median gross monthly income for full-time employed residents aged fifteen years and over in the construction industry stands at SGD 4,000, excluding Employer CPF contributions. A deeper dive into the data reveals a stark disparity when focusing on workers on-site, especially migrant laborers. The median income for all trades workers is markedly lower, standing at SGD 2,450. Many foreign workers have said that they only made SGD 800 or less a month.
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  5.  @MaestroDraven  I've given hard data. You are just spouting off. lol, domestic workers are 25% of the foreign migrants. That's a sizeable data set. Based on data from the Ministry of Manpower’s 2022 report on the labor force, the median gross monthly income for full-time employed residents aged fifteen years and over in the construction industry stands at SGD 4,000, excluding Employer CPF contributions. A deeper dive into the data reveals a stark disparity when focusing on workers on-site, especially migrant laborers. The median income for all trades workers is markedly lower, standing at SGD 2,450. Many foreign workers have said that they only made SGD 800 or less a month.
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  6.  @MaestroDraven  I've met people like you. Offer no data and refuse to listen / ignore valid data. It's no fun. Good luck dude.
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