Singaporeans’ unemployment rate back to being higher than residents again?
I refer to the article “Unemployment and layoffs up in second quarter: Manpower Ministry” (Straits Times, Jul 28). It states: “The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.1 per cent as of June 2016, according to preliminary estimates released by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Thursday (July 28). The rate for citizens...
Singaporeans react to AGO findings of Mindef’s $50 million investments on US properties
Last January, Mindef invested S$50.26 million in a United States Real Estate Investment Trust exchange-traded fund (US REIT ETF) without proper approval by the SAVER-Premium Fund’s Board of Trustees. The ministry only sought approval from the then Director of Defence Finance. These thoughts must have entered your mind at some...
Singapore’s Universities: Immoral students or incompetent management?
Almost every year, we heard members of public chastised the degrading and offensive orientation activities put up by our local institutes of higher learning in welcoming their new students. The activities were organised by senior students of the institutes and they seemed to be getting more degrading and offensive year after...
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