
What the unemployment rate ‘really’ means to Singaporeans?
I refer to the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM)Employment Situation Third Quarter report released on 31 October. What does it mean when the overall unemployment rate drops marginally to 1.9% in September 2012 from 2.0% a quarter ago, while the unemployment rates for residents and Singapore citizens were unchanged at 2.8% and...

Wildcat strike raises questions
Singapore’s reliance on China workers has put the government in a bind because it cannot be too soft or too tough. SINGAPORE’S first strike in a generation staged by large numbers of Chinese workers has highlighted a potential security risk posed by the presence of foreign workers. Happily lasting only two days, some 177...

Educating our children
Of all the public goods such as housing, healthcare, social welfare, which societies make available to themselves, arguably education may be said to be primus inter pares, that is, first among equals. It is indispensable both to the overall betterment of the community as well as to individuals and their families. How an individual...
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