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Since last November, the Ministry of Manpower has allowed companies that meet specified conditions some leeway to bring in foreign professionals, Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say said yesterday. The key requirements are that the skills they need must be in demand globally, but lacking locally, and the companies have to consider Singaporeans... 

Have you seen the video clip which says that in 2017, “Adapt and Grow” helped 20,000 Singaporeans to find jobs? In this connection, according e2i’s web site – “PCP is a programme under the national Adapt and Grow initiative.   This programme is suitable for mid-career switchers who are prepared to undergo On-Job... 

I refer to the article “Looking at inequality: An analyst’s view” (Straits Times, Mar 14). It states that “For example, in a 2015 paper, Singapore Management University economist Phang Sock Yong reported that the Gini coefficient for household incomes for Singapore in 2014, after taxes and transfers, was 0.412. The Gini...