Alternative news in 1 day? (part 66) – 0 productivity growth?
I refer to the article “$ The Budget add me: Schemes help SMEs stay competitive” (Straits Times, Feb 21). PIC helped SMEs? It states that…
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LOWER-INCOME GOT MORE IN GOVT TRANSFERS THAN THEIR EARNED INCOME
The Real Singapore Feb 20, 2014 http://therealsingapore.com/content/lower-income-got-more-govt-transfers-their-earned-income thehearttruths.com Lower-income got more in Govt transfers than their earned income? We refer to the article “Median household…
788,934 NEW CITIZENS & PRS GRANTED?
The Real Singapore Feb 20, 2014 http://therealsingapore.com/content/788934-new-citizens-prs-granted I refer to the article “Balance between local and foreign workers a “tricky issue”: Tan Chuan-Jin” (Straits Times,…
Job vacancy: Pharmaceuticals OTC Sales Executive
Hi Uncle Leong, How have you been? I understand from my dad that there are many job seekers from online citizen which you are…
The alternative news in 1 day? (part 60) – Age discrimination and negative wage growth last 12 years?
I refer to the article “Balance between local and foreign workers a “tricky issue”: Tan Chuan-Jin” (Straits Times, Feb 16). It states that “His priority…
The alternative news in 1 day? (part 56) – $177 Workfare buy $1,600 computer?
New series on how the Budget helped Singaporeans? I refer to the article “$ The Budget and me” (Straits Times, Feb 13). Increase in Workfare?…
Negative real wage growth last 13 years?
Update on wage statistics? Using the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) statistics cited in David Wan and Ong Chin Huat’s paper “Compensation systems in Singapore” (July/August…
The alternative news in 1 day? (part 57) – “Propaganda” news?
I refer to the article “Mentoring programme to help Malay and Muslim workers level up” (Straits Times, Feb 13). Help workers from low-income families become…
Jobs created to Singaporeans declined from 45 to 10+%?
I chanced upon an occasional paper, Employment of Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents and Foreigners 1997 – 2006, published by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). Jobs…
The alternative news in 1 day? (part 54) – How many ex-offenders?
I refer to the articles “More ex-inmates reoffend within 2 years of release” (Straits Times, Feb 12) and “Jailbirds that stray again face extra time”…