ASIA PRESS: Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower expects the number of jobs
created this year to exceed that of 2009, in tandem with an economic
turnaround and improved hiring sentiment, Channel NewsAsia reports.
Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong said while the labor market is expected
to remain stable this year, up-skilling the workforce to enhance
productivity growth levels would be a key priority. Singapore’s labor
market stayed resilient despite falling external demand and
uncertainties in the economic outlook last year, the minister said in
the report.