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There have been speculations going around on WhatsApp and Telegram apps that these 23 MPs will be stepping down from politics and will not be contesting in GE2020

Do you think local PMETs really have brighter job prospects? How much of our "job growth" actually went to Singaporeans?

Responding to the recent highway collapse near PIE which left 1 dead and 10 injured, Minister for Manpower Lim Swee Say said it was a man-made incident that could be avoided if everyone paid enough attention to workplace safety. DUH.

Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say has said that we will experience a rise in unemployment rate. In his May Day message, he said some sectors are still struggling with structural changes and would need more time to get through this stressful period. Although the unemployment rate for Singaporean workers rose to 3% last year, Mr Lim told people not to worry as he is sure the economy is still growing. He said while there is no shortcut to success, he is convinced that we will emerge stronger from this as long as employers and workers are faster in coping with challenges and adjusting to new environments. Don't say metal rice bowl, got wooden rice bowl must be happy already.

Scarce Public Data Revealed That The Number of Companies in Singapore that discriminated against Singaporeans, hired more Foreigners than Singaporeans and judged by the Ministry of Manpower for "not doing enough to hire and groom Singaporeans has grown to 250".

So, the Manpower Minister criticised Surbana yesterday for publicly labeling its employees "poor performers" when they were fired early last month. Lim Swee Say said the manner in which the infrastructure consultancy had laid off 54 workers, then criticised them in a strongly worded letter to staff and a statement to the media, was unacceptable. But that's all they can do, isn't it?

In my honest opinion, Jobs Bank is one of the biggest wayang ever. Employers do not flout regulations. Because there are none to flout. The only regulation required is that they post the Job openings on Jobs Bank for 14 days before they allowed to hire an FT. And that's it. All employers need to do is to put up the opening on Jobs Bank for 14 days, don't respond to any Singaporean application, don't read any resume, don't arrange any interview, and that's it. They get to hire an FT. Legally endorsed.

Lim Swee Say says that the rising unemployment in S'pore is result of job-skills mismatch among S'poreans as Singapore transition to quality growth. To reduce this job-skills mismatch, he says the key is to make "every job a better job and every career a better career".

During the last election, Minister Lim Swee Say said heng ah, he was born in Singapore and many Singaporeans agreed with him. But the truth is, you don't have to be born in Singapore to be heng in Singapore: To say otherwise would be to suggest that you are less deserving than your foreign born counterpart and have been given a good life only because you are Singapore born and not because you are actually good.

Should Singaporeans be concerned with the current medical examination procedures with physical examination like blood pressure, chest and abdominal examination, blood test, etc. as routine tests and screening for only 4 types of infectious diseases. i.e. Tuberculosis, HIV, Syphilis and Malaria (Hepatitis excluded) before work passes are approved?