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Employment growth for Singapore residents eased slightly in 2019: MOM

Manpower minister suggests that the challenge lies not in lack of jobs created, but in job-skills mismatches

Published Thu, Jan 30, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

MORE Singapore residents held jobs at the end of last year despite economic uncertainties, although employment growth slowed slightly.

The annual average unemployment rate for Singaporeans rose to 3.3 per cent, up from 3 per cent in 2018, going by preliminary data released by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Thursday. Retrenchments, meanwhile, came in at a similar level to the previous year.

Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said a…

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