More jobs created for Singaporeans
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SINGAPORE'S job creation rate continued to grow strongly in the third quarter of 2006, with all major sectors adding workers stemming from sustained economic expansion.
Preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) released on Tuesday show that employment grew by 41,600 in the third quarter, higher than the 28,500 gains in the same period last year.
The increase in employment also exceeds the 36,400 gains in the second quarter of 2006, the MOM said.
Cumulatively, employment in the first 9 months of 2006 rose by 123,100. This has already surpassed the 113,300 gains for the whole of 2005.
All major sectors added workers, with the bulk of the gains continuing to come from services (24,600). Employment rose in manufacturing (11,300), continuing the uptrend that started in late 2003.
Amid a pickup in building activities, construction increased its workforce (5,500) for the 7th consecutive quarter.
The seasonally-adjusted overall unemployment rate was 2.7 per cent in September 2006, a marked improvement from the 3.2 per cent a year ago.
It has also edged down slightly from the 2.8 per cent in June 2006.
Retrenchment figures went down. The MOM said preliminary findings from a survey of private sector establishments with at least 25 employees show a fall in retrenchment.
The number of people retrenched fell from 3,200 in the previous quarter to 2,300 workers in the third quarter of 2006 and 2,800 in the same quarter last year.
Manufacturing continued to form the bulk of the workers retrenched (1,800), reflecting the on-going restructuring in the electronics industry, the MOM said.
Another 500 of the workers laid off came from the services industries.
(Straits Times, 31 Oct) -
Originally posted by oxford mushroom:All major sectors added workers, with the bulk of the gains continuing to come from services (24,600).
Services are dominated by M'sians. How many went to S'poreans?
Employment rose in manufacturing (11,300), continuing the uptrend that started in late 2003.
Dominated once again by M'sians. How many to S'poreans?
Amid a pickup in building activities, construction increased its workforce (5,500) for the 7th consecutive quarter.
Dominated by Bangalas.
(Straits Times, 31 Oct) -
now i know why we slipped 6 notches
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Singapore is like online banking, you don't actually see the money, but you see the numbers that pertain to it. Numbers that you might not have full power to manipulate but the bank can.
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Wah buay tahan ah! The Ch 8 news just reported what a success our job market is this year. Best result in 10 years!
Sighz............selective reporting. We are reading sh.it and see sh.it every single day. -
The jobs are there....a matter of whether people will take the jobOriginally posted by Rock^Star:Wah buay tahan ah! The Ch 8 news just reported what a success our job market is this year. Best result in 10 years!
Sighz............selective reporting. We are reading sh.it and see sh.it every single day. -
Service and manufacturing - $1,100 a month. U want? Only foreigners whose currencies are weaker, apply.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:The jobs are there....a matter of whether people will take the job
Construction costs have always hit sky-high, towkays would prefer bangalas anytime. -
If OM can survive with just $1,100 a month, when he is out of job, then maybe he would jump up to the offer lor. Oh, I forgot. A shining path have been paved to our PhD student, so I doubt that he (I assume) needs to worry about that.Originally posted by Rock^Star:Service and manufacturing - $1,100 a month. U want? Only foreigners whose currencies are weaker, apply.
Construction costs have always hit sky-high, towkays would prefer bangalas anytime.
But if he can't survive with that amount of pay, then he shouldn't kao bei.
It like a man who couldn't swim, he shouldn't sit at somewhere high and dry, then laugh at how lousy the swimmers are struggling to stay afloat. -
I aslo Buay Tahan ah...Where got 10 years? Are we a kid?Originally posted by Rock^Star:Wah buay tahan ah! The Ch 8 news just reported what a success our job market is this year. Best result in 10 years!
Sighz............selective reporting. We are reading sh.it and see sh.it every single day.
WE are reading rubbishs everyday.. what we see and read is controlled
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=217965
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In order to convince people to eat shi.t and not die, one must prove it by eating it for a while himself, then perhaps locals would take those jobs that are just "there".... -
Ah Du was in construction last time, now become superstar lar, but b4 that, very willing to be in construction. My uncle also in construction, certainly not doing as well as before, but can still get by comfortably.Originally posted by Rock^Star:Service and manufacturing - $1,100 a month. U want? Only foreigners whose currencies are weaker, apply.
Construction costs have always hit sky-high, towkays would prefer bangalas anytime. -
Whoa - a whopping $1100 a month - time for the Swiss chalet, chocolates and skiing.
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Well good for ur uncle....and ah duOriginally posted by wisefool83:Ah Du was in construction last time, now become superstar lar, but b4 that, very willing to be in construction. My uncle also in construction, certainly not doing as well as before, but can still get by comfortably.
It's just that, how many of the 5,500 jobs created went to Singaporeans? Most locals in construction are mostly project engineers, foreman etc. How many of such jobs around? Certainly not many, as the higher the hierachy, the lower the numbers.
So the 5,500 figure and that S'pore's job creation at its best in a decade is but just a beautiful icing on a hollow cake. -
i think a lot of jobs are created in the service sector.
long, irregular hours and low paying. -
The thread starter have to re-phrase the title.
More people are employed.
Not singaporeans.
Singaporeans too elite to be fooled by another "figure". -
even if the salary from the job is not enough to supplement the family or even one's own living expenses? funny how you can make such staements simply.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:The jobs are there....a matter of whether people will take the job
Its like wat the gahmen is saying 'If you have problems, speak up..' on the other hand an MP is saying 'We can;t help you with the problems unless you help yourselves..' so which is which? -
Simplistic view of quantity vs quality. What's so marvellous with more jobs created if the guys that take them, suffer a disproportionate dip in income for the same skill equivalent.
Some of us do not believe that more jobs = more employment and sustainable employment at that. It's just figures, and figures are easily manipulated and interpreted. -
After sifting through the ST for so many years, its easier to separate the facts from propaganda.
I wonder why there's a constant need to 'reassure' singaporeans that all the policies implemented by the govt 'for the people' are working? Job creation by govt? 650,000 passenger volume = budget terminal success? More satisfied with bus services?
These things i tend to forget overnight.
Here's a collection of quotes from ministers over the years that i DO remember over the years:"Retrenchment is good for singapore. If there is no retrenchments, then I worry."
- SM Goh"I don't think that there should be a cap on the number of directorship that a person can hold."
- PAP MP John Chen who holds 8 directorships."It's not for the money because some of the companies pay me as little as $10,000 a year."
- PAP MP Wang Kai Yuen who holds 11 directorships."If you want to dance on a bar top, some of us will fall off the bar Top. Some people will die as a result of liberalising bar top dancing... a young girl with a short skirt dancing on it may attract some insults from some other men, the boyfriend will start fighting and some people will die."
- Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports"I would want to form an alternative policies group in Parliament, comprising 20 PAP MPs. These 20 PAP MPs will be free to vote in accordance with what they think of a particular policy. In other words, the whip for them will be lifted. This is not playing politics, this is something which I think is worthwhile doing."
- SM Goh"If you sing Jailhouse Rock with your electric guitar when others are playing Beethoven, you are out of order. The whip must be used on you."
- SM Goh again, on a dramatic u-turn, rethink or backtrack, whatever you call it."Save on one hairdo and use the money for b r e a s t screening."
- another gem from Lim Hng Kiang"We started off with (the name) and after looking at everything, the name that really tugged at the heartstrings was in front of us. The name itself is not new, but what has been used informally so far has endeared itself to all parties."
- Mah Bow Tan on the $400,000 exercise to rename Marina Bay as Marina Bay."Having enjoyed football as a national sport for decades, we in Singapore have set ourselves the target of reaching the final rounds of World Cup in 2010."
- Ho Peng Kee"Only 5% are unemployed. We still have 95% who are employed."
- former transport minister Yeo Cheow Tong"Singaporean workers have become more expensive than those in the USA and Australia."
- Tony Tan"People support CPF cuts because there are no protest outside parliament."
- PM Lee"No, it was not a U-turn, and neither was it a reversal of government policy. But you can call it a rethink."
- Yeo Cheow Tong"...I regret making the decision because, in the end, the baby continued to be in intensive care, and KKH now runs up a total bill of more than $300,000..."
- Lim Hng Kiang, regretting the decision to save a baby's life because KKH ran up a $300,000 bill
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Originally posted by BillyBong:
Aiyo, how can say things like regret saving the baby's life?
After sifting through the ST for so many years, its easier to separate the facts from propaganda.
I wonder why there's a constant need to 'reassure' singaporeans that all the policies implemented by the govt 'for the people' are working? Job creation by govt? 650,000 passenger volume = budget terminal success? More satisfied with bus services?
These things i tend to forget overnight.
Here's a collection of quotes from ministers over the years that i DO remember over the years:
[b]"Retrenchment is good for singapore. If there is no retrenchments, then I worry." - SM Goh
"I don't think that there should be a cap on the number of directorship that a person can hold." - PAP MP John Chen who holds 8 directorships.
"It's not for the money because some of the companies pay me as little as $10,000 a year." - PAP MP Wang Kai Yuen who holds 11 directorships.
"If you want to dance on a bar top, some of us will fall off the bar Top. Some people will die as a result of liberalising bar top dancing... a young girl with a short skirt dancing on it may attract some insults from some other men, the boyfriend will start fighting and some people will die." - Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports
"I would want to form an alternative policies group in Parliament, comprising 20 PAP MPs. These 20 PAP MPs will be free to vote in accordance with what they think of a particular policy. In other words, the whip for them will be lifted. This is not playing politics, this is something which I think is worthwhile doing." - SM Goh
"If you sing Jailhouse Rock with your electric guitar when others are playing Beethoven, you are out of order. The whip must be used on you." - SM Goh again, on a dramatic u-turn, rethink or backtrack, whatever you call it.
"Save on one hairdo and use the money for breast screening." - another gem from Lim Hng Kiang
"We started off with (the name) and after looking at everything, the name that really tugged at the heartstrings was in front of us. The name itself is not new, but what has been used informally so far has endeared itself to all parties." - Mah Bow Tan on the $400,000 exercise to rename Marina Bay as Marina Bay.
"Having enjoyed football as a national sport for decades, we in Singapore have set ourselves the target of reaching the final rounds of World Cup in 2010." - Ho Peng Kee
"Only 5% are unemployed. We still have 95% who are employed." - Yeo Cheow Tong
"Singaporean workers have become more expensive than those in the USA and Australia." - Tony Tan
"People support CPF cuts because there are no protest outside parliament." - PM Lee
"No, it was not a U-turn, and neither was it a reversal of government policy. But you can call it a rethink." - Yeo Cheow Tong
"...I regret making the decision because, in the end, the baby continued to be in intensive care, and KKH now runs up a total bill of more than $300,000..." - Lim Hng Kiang, regretting the decision to save a baby's life because KKH ran up a $300,000 bill [/b] -
read it carefully.Originally posted by Medicated Oil:The thread starter have to re-phrase the title.
More people are employed.
Not singaporeans.
Singaporeans too elite to be fooled by another "figure".
created for singaporeans do not necessarily mean taken by singaporeans.
it could mean, "more jobs created for singaporeans but mostly taken by FTs." -
Sometimes I find out that the employer lists out a lot of high requirements out of the candidates for that job on either newspaper or online job portal.
As seem we have to be ELITE stuffs to apply for for that job.
Even for some temporary or contract jobs, it says you have to be Excellent in this, Excellent in that. You need to have years of experiences to apply the job. No one give me a job, where to have experience??
I feel that Employer are too much, we are no superman. Everything must be excellent and proficient. There is no such thing as perfect employee.
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its the employers' market now.
they can afford to be choosy!! -
Either way it's sloppy phrasing. There may be more jobs available in Singapore, but nowhere does the article say that said jobs were created for Singaporeans.Originally posted by precipice:read it carefully.
created for singaporeans do not necessarily mean taken by singaporeans.
it could mean, "more jobs created for singaporeans but mostly taken by FTs." -
X2Originally posted by Meilin86:Sometimes I find out that the employer lists out a lot of high requirements out of the candidates for that job on either newspaper or online job portal.
As seem we have to be ELITE stuffs to apply for for that job.
Even for some temporary or contract jobs, it says you have to be Excellent in this, Excellent in that. You need to have years of experiences to apply the job. No one give me a job, where to have experience??
I feel that Employer are too much, we are no superman. Everything must be excellent and proficient. There is no such thing as perfect employee.
They don't even give us probation period and just reject us!