• Budget Debate 2024: Melvin Yong on helping consumers cope with rising cost of living
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Budget Debate 2024: Melvin Yong on helping consumers cope with rising cost of living

NTUC Assistant Secretary-General Melvin Yong speaks on the increasing anxieties faced by many Singaporeans in the current economic and employment climate, and proposes key initiatives to address these challenges. 
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By Shukry Rashid 27 Feb 2024
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NTUC Assistant Secretary-General Melvin Yong addressed worker concerns during the Budget Debate in Parliament, acknowledging rising employment anxieties and cost of living.

 

He highlighted key initiatives to alleviate these fears: Calling on the private and civil sectors to help ease cost of living pressures, and expanding the Progressive Wage Model into other sectors while enhancing the Career Progression Model.

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