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CECA: Stop fake exasperation, release more data and start real debate
Sense And Nonsense by Tan Bah Bah
Ong Ye Kung (L), Tan See Leng. Photos from Facebook.
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Finally, the government has decided to “debate” CECA – after stalling for some time. Last Tuesday’s (June 6) Parliament sitting saw two ministers delivering lengthy statements on Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and, specifically, the Singapore-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CEC A). Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat then joined Health Minister Ong Ye Kung and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng in a concerted attempt to “defang” Progress Singapore Party’s NCMPs Leong Wai Mun and Hazel Poa – even before an expected full debate at a later sitting.
Fulbright’s apologists like to claim that the senator’s sins during the Central High Crisis were ones of omission rather than commission that he played no significant role in stoking segregationist outrage, but rather simply did little to stop it. But they are wrong. As an author and signatory of the Southern Manifesto, Fulbright provided a false cover of legitimacy to segregationists and emboldened them to defy the Brown decision.
Johnny C. Taylor Jr.
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Johnny C. Taylor Jr., a human resources expert, is tackling your questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the world s largest HR professional society.
The questions are submitted by readers, and Taylor s answers below have been edited for length and clarity.
Have a question? Do you have an HR or work-related question you’d like me to answer? Submit it here.
Question: I know we re not supposed to talk about salary at work, but I recently learned my male colleague who is on the same level and shares the same responsibilities is making a sizeable amount more than I am (a female). How can I address this with my manager? Should I ask to be compensated the same amount? – Anonymous
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