Taiwan’s sinking birth rate threatens productivity
Reuters, 2 April 2010 Taiwan is scrambling to raise its birthrate, among the world’s lowest, before the sinking number of newborns threatens productivity for its export-driven US$390 billion (RM1,287 billion) economy. Taiwan fears it will lack the manpower or brainpower in 10 to 15 years to keep up with industrialised Asian...
Dark side of the boom
From The Age Peter Martin April 2, 2010 VICTORIA has become one of the toughest places in Australia to find a job, despite creating full-time jobs at a blistering pace of more than 200 a day. The paradox is revealed in the latest job vacancy survey from the Bureau of Statistics, which found there were 33,000 positions...
Najib approval rating climbs to 68pc
The Malaysian Insider, 2 April 2010 Datuk Seri Najib Razak is in a stronger position today than he was 12 months ago, when he was appointed Malaysia’s sixth prime minister, a recent survey has shown. Then, his approval rating was a dismal 44 per cent; the economy was slipping into unforgiving negative territory, and he seemed...
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