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Hong Kong is more liveable than Singapore
Hong Kong is more liveable than Singapore
The Lion City fell to 37th place in the global liveabilty rankings whilst Hong Kong rose to 35th.
Australian expats single out Singapore as best place to live in
Good wages and lower taxes offset the Lion City’s high cost of living.
67% of finance jobseekers no longer wait on job offers
An overwhelming 88% will quit if the role doesn’t meet their expectations.
Chart of the Day: Q2 manufacturing employment falls for fifteenth straight quarter
Blame crippling conditions in the marine & offshore engineering segment.
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And Carousell expands its meet-up feature to the Philippines.
HRtech gains ground as Singaporeans embrace mobile in job hunting
Nearly a fourth have relied on a smartphone app to apply.
Retail and wealth banks shun digital as they ramp up hiring in Q2
Relationship managers in bancassurance were in hot demand.
Chart of the Day: See the declining trend in Singapore employees' working hours
They may approach a five-hour decrease to a 41.9 hours from the usual 45-hour work week by 2030.
Participation in work-related learning jumped to 48% in 2018
Over 11,000 already joined the government’s SkillsFuture Series.
Chart of the Day: Here's why retrenchments rose in Q2
Some firms have on-going restructuring and reorganisation.
More Singapore firms have women in their boards
All-male boards for Top 100 firms declined to 27% in June.
Unemployment rate rose 2.1% in Q2
Retrenchments inched up to 2,500 from 2,320 in Q1.
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And Tre Ver condo prices will be discounted amidst property curbs.
Keppel Capital and MindChamps to raise $200m for education real estate fund
It will invest in preschool and early learning real estate assets in the Asia Pacific.
Developed Asian markets could slash working hours by 2030
Technological advancements and higher incomes could fuel this change.
4 in 5 Singapore employees want flexi work
But 55% fear it will interfere with personal time.
Chart of the Day: Singapore labour market pressure down in 2017
This also reflected in the total unemployment rate, which fell from about 2.2% in H1 to 2.1% in H2.
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