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Chan: Families earning $1K a mth can afford HDB flat

Minister Chan Chun Sing Minister Chan Chun Sing wrote to ST Forum today (‘Chee sacrifices S’pore to win points overseas: Chan Chun Sing’, 16 Jan) accusing Dr Chee of “sacrifice Singaporeans and Singapore” to “win points” overseas ('Minister Chan accuses Dr Chee of ‘sacrificing’ S’poreans'). In his letter,...

Minister Chan accuses Dr Chee of ‘sacrificing’ S’poreans

In addition to writing to Huffington Post calling opposition politician Dr Chee Soon Juan a "failure" ('Minister Chan: Chee is no ‘weighty political figure’'), Minister Chan Chun Sing wrote to ST Forum today ('Chee sacrifices S'pore to win points overseas: Chan Chun Sing', 16 Jan) accusing Dr Chee of "sacrifice Singaporeans...

2014: More workers retrenched, employment rate of poly grads down

Singapore From Jan to Sep last year, a total of 7,710 workers were retrenched, reported NTUC. This number is about 500 or 7% more than that in the same period in 2013. NTUC was citing figures from the Manpower Ministry. The increase was due to more workers being laid off from the services sector. For unionised sectors, 2,212...