#814: Pritam & WP Oppose Bill to Validate Decades of Fees & Recruiter Says S’poreans Not “Hungry”

Parliament retroactively validates fees collected by MND agencies without legal backing since independence. Chee Hong Tat can't provide the total amount. WP votes against a bill for the first time this term. Meanwhile, recruiter Lee Shulin tells CNA that firms are hiring "hungrier" foreigners over locals — TikTok erupts, she doubles down and says S'poreans will "thank her.”

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(00:00) We Need Your Help
(00:40) Intro
(04:00) Pritam & WP Oppose Bill to Validate Decades of Fees
(26:48) Recruiter Says S’poreans Not “Hungry”
(45:55) One Shiok Comment
(49:50) One Shiok Thing

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Pritam & WP Oppose Bill to Validate Decades of Fees

• Parliament validates MND fees that should not have been collected as admin charges
• Chee Hong Tat spars with WP MPs over retroactively validating fees collected by MND's agencies, WP opposes bill
• Parliament passes new laws to validate fees collected by MND agencies after heated debate
• [2024] Casinos collected $4.4m more in entry levies from April to May due to lapse: MHA

Recruiter Says S’poreans Not “Hungry”

• ‘We don’t see that hunger anymore’: S’pore recruiter sparks divide after claiming local firms are hiring ‘hungrier’ foreigners
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