Non-residents account for 9 out of 10 of the total decline in employment from January to September: MOM

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The total number of people employed here continued to decline in the third quarter, but at a significantly slower pace, as resident employment recovered “strongly” to near-pre-pandemic levels. In addition to the faster drop in non-resident employment, foreigners, excluding maids, accounted for nearly nine out of ten of …

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Singapore’s exports drop 4.9% in November

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore’s national non-oil exports (NODX) fell 4.9 percent year-on-year in November, official data from Enterprise Singapore showed on Thursday (December 17). The decline, which comes after a 3.1 percent decline in October, was primarily due to non-electronic products such as petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and non-cash gold, followed by electronics. …

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S’pore Street Vendors Hope Inclusion on Unesco’s Intangible Heritage List Will Keep the Sector Thriving, Singapore News & Top Stories

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singaporeans praised the news on Wednesday (December 16) that the country’s street vendor culture has been inscribed on UNESCO’s intangible heritage list, and some street vendors hope it will attract more tourists to their jobs and keep the sector alive and prosperous after the Covid-19 pandemic. The …

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Chinese ship carrying moon rocks returns to Earth: Xinhua

[ad_1] BEIJING (AP) – An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth on Thursday (December 17) on the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples, the Xinhua news agency said. . The capsule carrying the samples collected by the Chang’e-5 space …

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