Unemployment rate down due to new PRs/citizens?
I refer to the article “Lower unemployment in Q3 for Singaporeans; retrenchments down slightly: MOM” (Straits Times, Oct 27). It states that “In all, the economy employed fewer workers at the end of the third quarter, with total employment excluding maids falling by 2,500 – the third consecutive quarter of decline. However,...
Least affordable public housing in the world?
I refer to the article “Najib’s housing pledge from previous polls still unfulfilled” (Straits Times, Oct 25). It states that “Malaysia’s central bank was the bearer of bad news in July, when it said home ownership is still seriously unaffordable, with median prices at 4.4 times annual median income, the same as back...
2m get Skillsfuture Credit, but ‘went for training’ only up 39,000?
With 2 million getting Skillsfuture Credit – why the number who went for training only increased by 39,000? I refer to the article “418,000 went for subsidised training in 2016” (Straits Times, Sep 15). It states that “More than 400,000 people took up subsidised training courses last year, said SkillsFuture Singapore...
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