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MASâ Ravi Menon: Minimum wage can be considered to uplift those with lowest income
For a âtruly inclusive societyâ to be built, Mr Menon said, this requires âa value system that places the welfare of our fellow human beings alongside our own.
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Singapore â The managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore floated the possibility of having a minimum wage to help those with the smallest incomes although he warned it would not do much to address income inequality.
Mr Menon emphasised that the rationale behind imposing a minimum wage is âto help lift the wages of those at the bottom of the income distribution.â
July 23, 2021
MAS chief Ravi Menon cautioned against exaggerating the benefits of a minimum wage, saying it will not make a discernible dent in income inequality.
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SINGAPORE - The Republic may want to seriously study a modest minimum wage as a complement to the existing progressive wage model (PWM), said Singapore s central bank chief on Thursday (July 22).
However, Mr Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, cautioned against exaggerating the benefits of a minimum wage, saying it will not make a discernible dent in income inequality. If we have a minimum wage, we must be clear of its rationale: it is to help lift the wages of those at the bottom of the income distribution.
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