Minister Chan’s statistics lead us to more questions on workforce numbers
Minister Chan Chun Sing revealed that 17% of new jobs went to PRs, whilst they make up a total of 15% of the Singaporean workforce. In my opinion, this is engaging in typical selective disclosure as several questions immediately come to mind: 1) Why did he report only on total jobs created between 2015 and 2018? And why only...
Why should Singpaoreans and PRs be lumped together for employment statistics?
Why did the government lump Singaporeans and PRs together when tabulating statistics for local employment? So as not to pit Singaporeans against PRs? Obviously not. I believe the most probable reason for lumping these two components together is to confuse the populace regarding the actual number of employment created for native...
We can get you the numbers, but you don’t need to know
I refer to this article on Today. Basically, in Parliament on 6th January, the PAP declared that Singaporeans are getting more jobs, 60,000 local employment. Mr Pritam Singh requested for the specific number in terms of PRs and Singaporeans. However, Mr Chan Chun Sing vehemently refused to answer that question. 1) Mr Chan deflected...
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