Minimum wage is about dignity

Fair play: A minimum wage should apply to all human beings who work, regardless of what passports they hold. — AFP

MALAYSIA has the fifth highest number of public holidays in the world. This is all well and good, but in this newspaper business, we lowly columnists are often forced by our harsh editors to submit our pieces well ahead of holidays so that they can go and sit on a beach somewhere.

(Editor’s note: Nope, no beach in sight.)