Minister Chan’s statistics lead us to more questions on workforce numbers
Minister Chan Chun Sing revealed that 17% of new jobs went to PRs, whilst they make up a total of 15% of the Singaporean workforce. In my opinion, this is engaging in typical selective disclosure as several questions immediately come to mind: 1) Why did he report only on total jobs created between 2015 and 2018? And why only...
With such generous HPS rebate, questions surface about the profitability of the scheme
It was reported that 760,000 CPF members will be getting a HPS "rebate" of about $500. CPF Board said that; "The rebates arise from better than expected investment gains and lower than projected claims experience." The rebate will total some $640,000,000. The last such rebate was 5 years ago in November 2015, where some 949,000...
Third world education facilities produce First world talents in demand?
It was reported that the Andhra Pradesh government has changed their school’s policy to use English as medium of instruction. This is good news for Indian parents as only 33% have access to English study in the state, compared with 80% of children in private schools who are exposed to English. The state allotted 330 billion...
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