The tripartite way to beat economic blues
Swee Say urges parties to repeat past successes; SNEF head Yap says companies must become manpower-lean
Singapore
AHEAD of May Day, Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say and Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) president Robert Yap on Wednesday separately called on labour, employers and the government to work together to pull Singapore out of the current economic funk and give the sluggish productivity movement an extra push.
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