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Archive for the ‘Letters’ Category

Jobs:11,400 locals, 37,300 foreigners – 60,000 new PRs, 40,000 new citizens?

I refer to the article “Slowest employment growth since 2003; income growth slows: MOM” (Straits Times, Jan 26). It states that “The labour market added 10,700 local employed people last year (2016), an increase of 0.5 per cent compared to flat growth the year before. Overall employment growth dipped, in part because the...

SIA hiring foreign talents as pilots?

News just came out that Singapore Airlines is actively reaching out to more nationalities for their cadet pilot recruitment drive. It says that this was to meet future needs. Singapore Airlines has always been noted to hire Singapore citizens and Singapore PR as pilots, and it is believed to be the first time that SIA has publicly...

Gas prices up but salaries remain constant?

It has already started. Festivities and celebrations not yet over, City Gas have announced that the price of gas is going up, by almost 4.5% for every kilowatt. This increase is for the period from 1 Feb to 30 April, and the increase is due to the increase in oil prices. Not so long ago, Singaporeans were told that most salary...

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