'Packed my bags, left for aussie and am now a plumber. I earn more than 100k here, even after paying my taxes, I am easily earning 80k,” the Singaporean said.
"Packed my bags, left for aussie and am now a plumber. I earn more than 100k here, even after paying my taxes, I am easily earning 80k,” the Singaporean said.
In a Straits Times report, Mr Wong said at the Singapore Economic Policy Forum in October of last year that Singapore does not value workers who do “hands-on and heart work” while placing prime value on those who have academic success, which is seen in the increasing gap in starting pay between ITE, polytechnic and university graduates.
He asked if an ITE graduate in Singapore in a plumbing or similar jobs can earn $80,000 a year after taxes, adding that he isn’t even the owner of a company but just a “simple plumber.”
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