Silver lining to job 'gloom'
The overall jobless figure may rise in the second half of this year, but there is a silver lining in the gloomy numbers - if you know where to look.
Fri, Aug 29, 2008
The Straits Times
by Li Xueying
THE overall jobless figure may rise in the second half of this year, but there is a silver lining in the gloomy numbers - if you know where to look.
There are industries that are continuing to hire, said Acting Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong as he cited some.
The bulk of new jobs - 50,000 over the next two years - will be in services.
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