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WP chief Pritam Singh: Universal minimum wage extends beyond ‘moral imperative’; serves as yardstick of how S’pore treats its most vulnerable workers

While the Government’s current ‘Minimum Wage Plus’ sectoral approach covers productivity and…

Japan unemployment rises to highest rate since 2017

Japan’s unemployment rate rose to 3.0 percent in August, the highest figure…

Australia rolling back banking regulations to spur economy

Australia plans to roll back “responsible lending” laws adopted in the wake…

Pandemic panners: Indonesians hunt for gold in desperate times

by Helena Kobagau, with Haeril Halim in Jakarta With the coronavirus devastating…

Yee Jenn Jong: Claim of 3.5 million jobs for 2.5 million S’poreans does not address why Singaporeans are “losing out in PMET professions”

The 3.5 million jobs for 2.5 million working adult Singaporeans cited by…

PAP strategy to prepare S’pore for digitized economy contradicts Chan Chun Sing’s theoretically sound view on lifelong learning

by Roy Ngerng What Chan Chun Sing says on a theoretical level…

New Zealand plunges into recession as economy shrinks record 12%

New Zealand plunged into recession for the first time in a decade…

S’pore continues to bring in foreign talents “in a calibrated manner” to create more opportunities for S’poreans, says Chan Chun Sing

We will continue to bring in foreign talent “in a calibrated manner”…
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  • 9 September 2020

Chan Chun Sing says S’pore emphasise quality than quantity in foreign work pass; Netizens mock CECA as a good representation of importing foreigners by quantity

With the announcement of increasing minimum salary threshold for Employment Passes (EPs)…
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  • 1 September 2020