Chinese bus drivers sentenced after going on strike in Singapore

Activists demonstrate against the bid to punish striking drivers at the Singaporean consulate in Hong Kong on December 5, 2012.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Four Chinese nationals are sentenced in Singapore to several weeks in prison
• They were protesting low wages and poor living conditions
• They did not follow Singapore's law requiring a 14-day notice before a strike

(CNN) -- In a case that brought to light issues of unfair pay and poor living conditions among foreign workers in Singapore, a court there sentenced four Chinese nationals to several weeks in prison for instigating an "illegal" strike in late November.

The four, who had pleaded guilty, were led from court in handcuffs to begin their terms in Changi prison immediately.

Productivity levels driven down by unskilled foreign workers

PETALING JAYA: Unskilled foreign labour in our workforce could be driving down productivity levels, said the Malaysian Trades Union Congress.

MTUC secretary-general Abdul Halim Mansor believes that foreign workers, who make up 30% of Malaysia's workforce, were at a disadvantage because they were employed in labour-intensive industries while their counterparts in other benchmark countries were involved in technology-based production.

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Budget 2013: Govt raises EPF interest rate to 8.5percent

Finance Minister P.Chidamabaram has decided to increase the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) interest rate by 25 basis points from the previous 8.25 per cent.

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