Electricity tariff down: profits up 179% last year?
Electricity tariff fall by 4.2% I refer to the article “Electricity tariffs to fall by 4.2% for first three months of 2016” (Straits Times, Dec…
CPF changes w.e.f. 1.1.2016?
CPF changes w.e.f. 1.1.2016 I refer to the new “Get a monthly allowance for life, with CPF LIFE!” (updated on 20 December 2015). According to…
Hospital beds increase 997 vs population increase 1.44m?
New Yishun Community Hospital will add 428 beds I refer to the article “New Yishun Community Hospital opens to patients” (Straits Times, Dec 28). It…
Which courses hardest to find jobs?
Only 3 in 10 poly mass comm graduates found jobs? According to the Ministry of Manpower’s Yearbook of Manpower Statistics 2015 – the course with the worse…
Why are full-time employed poly graduates dropping like flies?
According to the Ministry of Manpower’s Yearbook of Manpower Statistics 2015 – the proportion of economically active polytechnic fresh graduates declined by 3.8 per cent from 93…
3 indicators of graduates’ under-employment?
More data needed on under-employed graduates I refer to the article “More data needed on under-employed graduates: Industry observers” (Channel NewsAsia, Dec 26). It states…
CDCs compete for “charity” donations?
1,500 pre-schoolers get $130 vouchers in NW CDC I refer to the article “1,500 pre-schoolers receive S$130 grant for schooling needs” (Channel NewsAsia, Dec 21)….
Not allowed: Nursing home with 1 or 2 in a room?
Better nursing home model not allowed? I refer to the article “Shelved: Plans for different model of nursing home” (Straits Times, Dec 21). It states…
Part-time workers’ real pay increase only 0.75% p.a. last 10 years?
10.4% of workforce are part-time workers “Some 10.4 per cent of employed residents were part-timers in 2015“. As the resident workforce is 2,162,800 – does…
Real basic wage growth 1.35% p.a. last 10 years?
I refer to the article “Training a way out of poverty” (Straits Times, Dec 19). 1st time that Govt release data on citizens getting financial…