PAP, WP MPs debate minimum wage; 1.7% of local workforce earn below S$1,300 a month, says Koh Poh Koon

SINGAPORE: The Workers’ Party’s (WP) proposal for a minimum wage could leave businesses and workers worse off and also become a politicised issue, said National Trades Union Congress’ deputy secretary-general Koh Poh Koon in Parliament on Thursday (Oct 15). The issue of a minimum wage has been in …