SINGAPORE: About 6,370 jobs are on offer in the manufacturing sector, with one in 10 from the hard-hit marine and offshore sub-sector. These make up over 60% of the more than 10,400 job, traineeship and training opportunities available as at the middle of last month, said the Manpower Ministry (MOM) in its weekly jobs situation […]
Read MoreTHE manufacturing sector in Singapore has continued to create more jobs with increased output, and even hard-hit sub-sectors like marine and offshore need workers to support their transformation efforts. Some 10,400 jobs and training and attachment slots are now available under the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package in the sector, which saw output jump 24.2 […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Singapore’s economy is unlikely to pick up in a “very vibrant sort of way very soon” as key export markets in Europe and the US face renewed coronavirus outbreaks, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. While many sectors have shown improvement since lockdown measures were relaxed, some such as aviation, transport and tourism are […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Retail sales are still not out of the woods, as takings at the till fell again in September, according to the Department of Statistics (SingStat) on Thursday (Nov 5). Sales fell 10.8 per cent in September compared with the same month last year, a steeper decline than the revised 5.4 per cent drop […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE banks posted lower profits for the third quarter of this year from a year ago, as the trio continued to bulk up provisions to cushion against bad loans as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. While staying cautious, they point to a recovery in business momentum as regional economies emerge from lockdowns, and note […]
Read MoreWITH some global banks rolling back their most dire projections on how the pandemic will hit their books this year, the focus falls on Singapore banks to see how their performance in Asia would square in Q3. As Malaysia’s loan moratoriums have been tightened from automatic qualification to targeted debt holidays for applicable borrowers since […]
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