SINGAPORE – Covid-19 has driven home the important role of essential workers, and a key challenge is to raise the incomes of such workers who…
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Do away with bias against mature workers, Tharman tells employers in Singapore
SINGAPORE – Employers in Singapore still harbour a bias against mature workers, said Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Tuesday (Jan 12). He called on employers…
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Apec leaders agree on need for free, fair environment for trade and investment to drive economic recovery
SINGAPORE – Leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific economies on Friday (Nov 20) vowed to redouble efforts to free up trade across the Pacific Ocean. The Asia-Pacific…
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SM Tharman on China, Singapore as resilience hub for companies and Covid-19
SINGAPORE – Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam gave his take on several issues during a virtual dialogue at the Singapore Tech Forum on Thursday (Nov 19).…
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Companies have to play ball in providing traineeships, attachments for retrenched workers: Tharman
SINGAPORE – Companies need to play ball in providing attachments and traineeships to engage workers who had been retrenched amid the Covid-19 outbreak, said Senior…
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Singapore GE2020: Efforts to ensure social mobility for Singaporeans need to start from their early years, says Tharman
SINGAPORE – Most of life’s inequalities can be traced back to people’s childhood and that is why the Government’s efforts on social mobility start when…
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Tharman flags pressing issues facing advanced economies
Young people are frightened of the future because they are unsure about jobs and worried that they will have to foot the healthcare bill of…
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