OPINION: Is raising foreign worker levy the answer? — Conrad Raj

The Malaysian Insider, 1 Mar 2011
The raises are hefty but are they punishing enough? As some have pointed out, all they are going to do is raise costs which are going to seep their way through the system to add to our already high inflation.
Furthermore, there are jobs such as cleaning tables, hauling rubbish, mainly construction and ship-repair or ship-building work, that cannot be done away with through upgrading or training and which Singaporeans do not want to take up. Full story