NTUC: Lead by breaking down workers’ statistics?
NTUC’s Budget proposals I refer to the article “NTUC submits Budget proposals” (Straits Times, Feb 26). Distinguish between companies that are committed to hiring Singaporeans…
Direct school admission: Everybody decline to give statistics?
60% direct school admission live in HDB I refer to the article “Fairly diverse group gains direct school admission, about 60% live in HDB flats:…
Toto: $4.7b reserves, $1.7b to Govt?
I refer to the article “Statistician debunks myths ahead of Toto Hongbao Draw” (Straits Times, Feb 18). Toto: 1 in 14m chance? It states that…
Aviation jobs: 80% S’poreans – what about other sectors?
Aviation jobs boom I refer to the article “Jobs growth taking off amid aviation boom” (Straits Times, Feb 19). 80% are Singaporean workers It states…
NWC: 2 media reports quote Minister differently?
Time for Govt to do more for low wage workers I refer to the article “Time for Government to do more for low-wage workers: MP…
130,000 fighting for 100 local jobs?
‘Opportunities, jobs still available as long as S’poreans prepared to train’ I refer to the article “‘Opportunities, jobs still available as long as S’poreans prepared…
$300 monthly to get $1m at retirement?
1 in 3 S’poreans not planning for retirement I refer to the article “1 in 3 young Singaporean adults not planning for retirement: Survey” (Channel…
40k citizen births: 100 local jobs?
Singapore’s baby shortage I refer to the article “Tackling Singapore’s baby shortage” (Sunday Times, Feb 14). It states that “33,793 Singaporean babies were born during…
Outsourcing depress wages or foreign workers?
Outsourcing has depressed wages I refer to the article “Outsourcing has depressed wages of many low-wage workers: MP Zainal Sapari” (Straits Times, Feb 13). It…
390,300 local jobs, 534,600 foreign jobs – 550,000 new citizens/PRs?
I refer to the article “Technology posts among hardest to fill last year: MOM” (Straits Times, Feb 10). 67% of IT job vacancies could not…