TR EMERITUS

TR Emeritus (TRE) earlier published an article ('NTUC FairPrice recruiting its staff from China instead of locally'), reporting that advertisements of NTUC FairPrice looking for retail assistants, cashiers, store keepers and skilled fish cutting workers were found being put up in Shenyang, China. TRE then wrote to NTUC asking... 

Foreigners are in every industry, from construction workers to hedge-fund managers in Singapore. Bloomberg in its report ('Ferrari Deaths Fuel Anti-Foreigner Anger as Singapore Votes', 25 May) has revealed that of the 122,600 jobs created in Singapore last year, about 70%, or 84,800 jobs, went to foreigners. This is not surprising... 

One of TR Emeritus's (TRE) correspondent in China came across the following advertisement which was posted online and on major papers in Shenyang, (China): 急聘赴新加坡大型超市招聘简章 NTUC意为全国职工总会（National Trade Union Congress），类似中国的总工会。Fair Price是其开设的平价超市，简称职总平价合作社。Fairprice是新加坡的本土的超市，全岛有100多家分店，物品还算丰富，价格也不高。如果细看一下居民区的超市，你会发现多有NTUC...