Foreign agency engaged to help locals find jobs?
The irony of the Singapore workforce! We have spent so much time complaining that a lot of jobs are now going to foreign talents, while the locals cannot find jobs and are marginalised in our own countries. Guess what? The Workforce Singapore (WSG) have appointed Maximus Asia, a subsidiary of American company Maximus, to provide...
Highest salaries in the world deter corruption?
I refer to the article “Every Singaporean plays role in fighting corruption: PM Lee” (Channel NewsAsia, Jun 6). It states that “Every Singaporean has a role to play in fighting corruption, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday (Jun 6), during the opening of the Corruption Reporting and Heritage Centre (CRHC) which...
Only 1,840 on public assistance who are not in shelter homes?
I refer to the article “Homes of last resort” (Straits Times, Jun 12). It states that “The number of residents in these homes has been stable – between 1,880 and 1,960 each year – for the past five years.” Are the destitutes housed in these homes counted in the ComCare Public Assistance scheme statistics? If so,...
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