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.