By Melissa Sim

South West Community Development Council on Monday organised a job fair and networking session, offering 300 jobs in the government sector.

Within the first hour, about 185 people turned up for the fair, which had openings mainly for PMETS - professional, managers, executives and technicians.

Dr Amy Khor, Mayor of South West District, said the number of job seekers approaching the CDC has risen from an average of 359 per month, from Oct 2007 to May 2008, to 696 per month from October last year, to last month.

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