Minimum Wage 最低薪金制 Chinese & Eng text

砂罗越州吉都隆区立委周政新，砂行动党署理主席及行动党民都鲁支部主席2012.6.9日文告如下：

吉都隆区立委周政新说政府应该協助各行业，特别是中小型行业者，在实施最低薪金制时，確保他们不会受到不必要的损失与打击，以达致雇主与雇员们双赢的局面。

「我们都可想象的到，实施最低薪金制，將会对巿㘯旳冲击及其连锁性的影响。大可引发通货澎涨，或是生意做不起導致关闭的厄運，或是大量的裁员。」

「这也難怪许多的业者，特别是中小型行业者，对实施最低薪金制都感到困扰。」

在这方面，我希望政府能夠了解各行业者们的心声与心情，並䃠定良策，制定指南，並与业者们多多溝通，让政策能夠顺利的实施。

更重要的是，政府一定要设立一项的基金來资助这些的行业，什至可给他们扣税或𡘾励式等等的做法，给让业者们有多种选择的餘地，而不致於他们裁员，或將物價提高。

这可以是一项短暂的措施一直到业者们本身有能力承担增加的成本为止。

「我相信，只有政府以实际的行动來幫助业者，我们才能够有效的解决实践最低薪金制度所帯來的种种问题。」

与此同时，政府也应该向人民保证，我们的日常必需品如食油，糖，奶粉等等也不会起價，而电费，石油能降价。

周政新。

Media Statement by Chiew Chin Sing, State Assemblyman for Kidurong, Sarawak, Sarawak DAP Deputy Chairman and DAP Bintulu Branch Chairman on the 9th of June 2012.

State Assemblyman for Kidurong Chiew Chin Sing said that the government ought to  assist all businesses and industries, and especially the small and medium ones,  when implementing the minimum wage law so as to ensure that they will not face unnecessary losses and troubles. This is to ensure win win for both the employer and the employee.

With the implementation of the minimum wage law, we can  imagine the impact and the chain reaction it could have on the market. It could cause inflation or could even bankrupt a business, or perhaps mass workers retrenchment.

That is why many are worried about the implementation of the act and I hope that the government can understand them and come up with guidelines so that the whole thing can be properly implemented.

More importantly the government need to set up a fund to help these business as a temporary measure to shoulder their burden till they can do it on their own. Give them tax breaks or incentives so that they can have more avenues to choose instead of just retrenchment or hiking the prices.

I believe with sincere effort on the part of the government, we can overcome the problems brought about by  the implementation of the minimum wage law. 

At the same time I wish to urge the government to promise also that our daily need items like cooking oil, sugar, milk powder etc will not go up in prices and that our electricity and fuel prices will go down.

Chiew Chin Sing.