Singapore’s unemployment rate low compared to developed countries?
I refer to Chris Kuan's article "Stealing lunches and citizen unemployment rate" (theonlinecitizen, May 2). It states that "There are 74.4k unemployed residents of which 67.1k or 90% are citizens. We do not yet know the total number of unemployed persons at the end of Q1 2017. MOM is not making this easy. But using the labour...
Gas tariffs next up for price hike
Did not take long for another price increase. For the month of May 1 to July 31, gas tariffs will increase by 2.4%. Gas tariffs are for households who uses the City Gas. The hike was due to a 9.2 per cent increase in fuel costs compared with the previous quarter, which was announced to justify the price increase. Will 2017 be...
$300 average monthly assistance per family from ComCare? Is that enough?
I refer to the article “Petition to Ministry of Social and Family Development to waive ‘Pay-as you-use’ for seniors in rental flats” (theonlinecitizen, Apr 25). It states that “Local volunteer group, Happy People Helping People Foundation (HPHPF) has created a petition – “Waive ‘Pay-as you-use’ charges for...
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