Tommy Koh lends support to minimum wage
Senior diplomat Professor Tommy Koh has lent support to the minimum wage amidst a debate in the Straits Times two weeks ago between two professors from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Associate Professor Hui Weng Tat and Professor Lim Chin who took opposing views on whether Singapore should implement a minimum wage.
While the world gave a sigh of short term relief after Washington's fiscal cliff deal January 1st, Thailand introduced a controversial nationwide minimum wage.