SG55 At A Glance - Singapore Unemployment

This is my Blogger 100th Post. (SG Election Year 2011/ 2015/ 2020)

No improvement in citizen unemployment/ Excess capacity of non-citizen labor

     

Labor market not doing well for citizens

     

Every 2.0-2.1 employed manpower - only 1.0 - 1.1 employed citizens
Every 4.5-5.0 unemployed manpower - at least 3.5-4.0 unemployed citizens

     

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① Singapore Unemployment

SG55 At A Glance - DIY Do Not Mail

 2024 Update (No of junk mails) : 187X (H1 70X/ H2 117X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 9X (H1 4X/ H2 5X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 92X (H1 29X/ H2 63X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 86X (H1 37X/ H2 49X)
 2023 Update (No of junk mails) : 156X (H1 67X/ H2 89X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 13X (H1 7X/ H2 6X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 70X (H1 33X/ H2 37X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 73X (H1 27X/ H2 46X)
 2022 Update (No of junk mails) : 164X (H1 82X/ H2 82X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 8X (H1 5X/ H2 3X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 65X (H1 35X/ H2 30X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 91X (H1 42X/ H2 49X)
 2021 Update (No of junk mails) : 189X (H1 97X/ H2 92X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 14X (H1 7X/ H2 7X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 74X (H1 33X/ H2 41X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 101X (H1 57X/ H2 44X)
 2020 Update (No of junk mails) : 167X (H1 78X/ H2 89X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 24X (H1 9X/ H2 15X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 61X (H1 30X/ H2 31X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 82X (H1 39X/ H2 43X)

Five-Year-Junk-Mail : After-PDPC-Year-2014

     

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① SG50 At A Glance - DIY Do Not Mail

SG55 At A Glance - DIY Do Not Call

2024 Update (No of spam messages) : 36X (H1 13X/ H2 23X)
2023 Update (No of spam messages) : 55X (H1 26X/ H2 29X)
2022 Update (No of spam messages) : 105X (H1 47X/ H2 58X)
2021 Update (No of spam messages) : 125X (H1 64X/ H2 61X)
2020 Update (No of spam messages) : 101X (H1 39X/ H2 62X)

Eight-Year-Spam-Message : Before-On-After-PDPC-Year-2014

     

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① DIY Do-Not-Call   ② SG50 At A Glance - DIY Do Not Call

Singapore Unemployment

Based on estimates derived from MOM data, we can see some patterns in Singapore labor market. The unemployed citizens did not improve over the years and were much higher than the overall unemployment rates. There was also excess capacity of non-citizen labor from Year 2001 to Year 2016.

     

The change in job numbers here for two consecutive years are good indications of job insecurity. A drop for two consecutive years indicated that the labor market was not doing well for citizens. A jump for two consecutive years indicated that the labor market was favorable for non-citizens. A big difference in the change of citizens and non-citizens also indicated low growth for citizens.

     

The employed citizen rates were shrinking over the years as the labor market here relies a lot on foreign manpower. For every 2.0-2.1 employed manpower, there was only 1.0-1.1 employed citizens. For every 4.5-5.0 unemployed manpower, there were at least 3.5-4.0 unemployed citizens.

     

In order for us to do a better data analysis on the labor market situation, we need to have a further break-down of the MOM data, such as job sector, profession and nationality (which are currently not available).

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① DIM ICT Outlook

SG50 At A Glance - DIY Do Not Mail

2020 Update (No of junk mails) : --X (H1 78X/ H2 --X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... --X (H1 9X/ H2 --X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... --X (H1 30X/H2 --X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... --X (H1 39X/ H2 --X)

2019 Update (No of junk mails) : 262X (H1 131X/ H2 131X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 25X (H1 12X/ H2 13X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 129X (H1 66X/ H2 63X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 108X (H1 53X/ H2 55X)

2018 Update (No of junk mails) : 295X (H1 151X/ H2 144X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 18X (H1 9X/ H2 9X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 151X (H1 80X/ H2 71X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 126X (H1 62X/ H2 64X)

2017 Update (No of junk mails) : 407X (H1 224X/ H2 183X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 22X (H1 16X/ H2 6X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 226X (H1 120X/ H2 106X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 159X (H1 88X/ H2 71X)

2016 Update (No of junk mails) : 468X (H1 245X/ H2 223X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 43X (H1 20X/ H2 23X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 285X (H1 142X/ H2 143X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 140X (H1 83X/ H2 57X)

Two-Year-Junk-Mail : On-After-PDPC-Year

     

Average per month (PDP Abuse 2014) .............. 24.4
Average per month (PDP Abuse SG50) .............. 24.5
Average per month (Abuse of Personal Data) .... 24.5

Average per month (PDP Lawless 2014) ............ 11.1
Average per month (PDP Lawless SG50) ............ 11.8
Average per month (Over and Above the Law) ... 11.5

Average per month (PDP Failure 2014) ............. 35.5
Average per month (PDP Failure SG50) ............. 36.3
Percentage change of PDPC-SG50 ........................ NA

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① Scam Post

SG50 At A Glance - DIY Do Not Call

2020 Update (No of spam messages) : 101X (H1 39X/ H2 62X)

2019 Update (No of spam messages) : 69X (H1 27X/ H2 42X)
2018 Update (No of spam messages) : 15X (H1 5X/ H2 10X)

2017 Update (No of spam messages) : 19X (H1 6X/ H2 13X)

2016 Update (No of spam messages) : 15X (H1 7X/ H2 8X)

Three-Year-Spam-Message : Before-On-After-PDPC-Year

     

Average per month (Before PDPC 2013) .... 14.1
Average per month (PDPC Year 2014) ........  0.8
Average per month (After PDPC 2015) ........ 1.4

Percentage change of 2013-2014 ............ -1778%
Percentage change of 2014-2015 ................. 47%

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① DIY Do-Not-Call

SG50 At A Glance - DIM ICT Outlook

2025 Update (No of job interviews/applications) : 0/108 (H1 108/ H2 -)
  ① Careers@Gov ... 0/85 (H1 85/ H2 -)
  ② Others ... 0/23 (H1 23/ H2 -)
Percentage of job interview (Year 2025) .............. 0.0%

2024 Update (No of job interviews/applications) : 7/264 (H1 153/ H2 111)
  ① Careers@Gov ... 5/177 (H1 95/ H2 82)
  ② Others ... 2/87 (H1 58/ H2 29)
Percentage of job interview (Year 2024) .............. 2.7%

2023 Update (No of job interviews/applications) : 10/259 (H1 101/ H2 158)
  ① Careers@Gov ... 6/174 (H1 64/ H2 110)
  ② Others ... 4/85 (H1 37/ H2 48)

Percentage of job interview (Year 2023) .............. 3.9%

2017 Update (No of job interviews/applications) : 5/323 (H1 148/ H2 175)
  ① Careers@Gov ... 2/212 (H1 93/ H2 119)
  ② eFinancialCareers ... 1/43 (H1 19/ H2 24)
  ③ JobStreet ... 0/22 (H1 7/ H2 15)
  ④ JobsDB ... 0/1 (H1 1/ H2 0)
  ⑤ Others ... 2/45 (H1 28/ H2 17)
Percentage of job interview (Year 2017) .............. 1.5%

2016 Update (No of job interviews/applications) : 2/239 (H1 108/ H2 131)
  ① Careers@Gov ... 0/118 (H1 53/ H2 65)
  ② eFinancialCareers ... 0/40 (H1 17/ H2 23)
  ③ JobStreet ... 1/26 (H1 10/ H2 16)
  ④ JobsDB ... 1/19 (H1 12/ H2 7)
  ⑤ Others ... 0/36 (H1 16/ H2 20)
Percentage of job interview (Year 2016) .............. 0.8%

Two-Year-Job-Application : Four-Half-(Year-)Truth

     

Percentage of job interview (Careers@Gov) .......... 0%
Percentage of job interview (eFinancialCareers) ... 0%
Percentage of job interview (JobStreet) ................ 9%
Percentage of job interview (JobsDB) ................... 7%
Percentage of job interview (Others) .................. 20%

Percentage of job interview (Year 2014) .............. 7%

Percentage of job interview (GE 2015) ................. 8%

Overall percentage of job interview ...................... 7%

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① The Wrongful Company

The Wrongful Company

The Wrongful Company was (rumoured to be) well-known for its entrenchment (actually fairy tale) on zero retrenchment. The potential candidate would be highly scrutinized for many months and had to pass through (manipulative) rounds of candidate selection/ written test/ job interview/ background check/ security clearance/ medical checkup. The qualified employee would then be given an opportunity to work in a (minuscule) position. The not-so-talented employee would (sooner or later) be blamed for whatever reason and forced into wrongful termination by the Wrongful Company.

Unfair Practice - An approachable company would provide necessary resource/ support/ tool for the work assigned to the employee. For head-start work, the employee would be asked to get the new stuff up and running on its old-and-out-of-support environment. The Wrongful Company would expect the employee to do wonders on its hostile environment, and would not provide (upon request) the required legal license.

Illegal Demand - A professional company would not take advantage of the law by embracing Corporate Governance gracefully. For sensitive-related project, the employee would be asked to sign and adhere to additional legal document (such as Intellectual Property law). The Wrongful Company would demand the employee to follow orders on its legacy way, and would dismiss (upon disobedience) as innocent advice meant to speed up the work.

Low Standard - A reasonable company would listen/ appreciate suggestion from the employee. For old-recurring problem, the employee would be asked to identify its root cause by tracing back all past related issues. The Wrongful Company would blame the employee for its delay/ low standard, and would deny (upon accusation) other work by using the lame excuse.

Improper Exit - A respectable company would not misuse/ abuse the Labour Law to improve fair employment and practice. For wrongly-terminated instance, the employee would be asked to resign own-self to save trouble/ face for the company. The Wrongful Company would accuse the employee to cover up its fault, and would block (upon disagreement) its standard exit/ termination procedure.

To keep it short and simple, The Wrongful Company - Singapore's very own Terminator Engine.

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Open Comment on Economy

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TOC 7 Mar 2016: “where’s the justice in that?”, asks friend of Dominique Sarron Lee
Redbean 6 Mar 2016: No one is above the law? Not in Singapore
For death of NS, the (military) court would have charged the wrongful people for their triple error (6/2=3). For duty of NS, the (dangerous) exercise would NOT be covered under insurance for any unfortunate mishandling (3X). Undeniably, there are more (thoughtful) army people doing their professional duty to help/ cooperate with everyone to finish rightful duty (safe n sound).

Redbean 12 Jan 2016: Signs of desperation to collect more money
Apply 80-20 rule, after school parking fee benefits more n gives back to school. For example, the (contracted) big school bus can utilise (charges apply) the empty parking space at night.

Redbean 11 Jan 2016: Basic Healthcare Sum
#1 Unhappiness (actually ÷2) on CPF . Direct Unhappiness of mandatory deduction from ownself salary n Indirect Unhappiness of mandatory contribution from employer . Expected Unhappiness from transfer in/out between SA/RA n Unexpected Unhappiness from using (Basic Sum in) MA (after MSL)
#2 Common Sense (and X3) on MSL . Good for unplan (bochap ignoramus alike)/uncover (up-front deny or kick-out unjustly) n Bad for over-cover (haolian super-rich) . Good for use less from MA (after MSL) n Bad for duplicate/redundant private insurance . Good for dont touch cash (hopefully after MA) n Bad for double-triple-whatever charges (higher bills)

TOC 11 Nov 2014: English course for Indonesian Airforce fully paid for by MINDEF?
What can an introductory crash course teach - probably conversational and daily expressions - eager learners can DIY download free (expect incomplete) version of language apps.
We can be more effective by getting ONE Indonesian translator - or conduct the military course in Indonesian, never mind whether English (pictures speak a thousand words) presentation materials.

Andrew Loh 30 Jul 2013: Govt’s handling of recent cases erodes trust in public institutions
In high temptation environment, there will be blinded black sheep on the loose path to illegal deal/ lag service/ ..., regardless whether in public/ private/ media sector.
To rebuild trust/ quality/ ..., organization need to acknowledge mistake/ review loophole/ implement strategy/ ... to ensure there will be no similar occurrence in future.

Philolitics 17 Jun 2013: Singapore: Debunking the “Boys to Men” Myth
Well, my best guess is you (as citizen) will still need to go through NSF, before end of compulsory military service in Singapore (if ever, terms and conditions apply).
You may have trivialized the significance of NSF (in case of emergency), and especially to those NS men who had been injured or had encountered near-death experience.
My army friends (include manager) seldom complained when doing reservist, as we tried to complete job without delay (for early release) to attend to family/ work matter.

Lucky Tan 3 May 2013: Info-graphics : Income Inequality in Singapore
Good that you are back again after some break. With further limit on foreign labor growth (no minimum wage yet), employers should now see that they had taken advantage/ abused the system for too long by just enriching their own kind.
For employers that are way above high profit, workers need to be rewarded with at least half-to-one month bonus. For workers that are way below market rate, employers need to give a minimum 5% salary increase to at least offset inflation cost.

Catherine Lim 12 Mar 2013: The PAP in Critical Transition; Regaining Lost Trust
In general, to regain trust/ respect (and long-term success for Singapore), take step to work on ISO 26000 and take time to implement CSR/ Sustainability.

Lucky Tan 11 Mar 2013: WSJ – Wealth Over the Edge Singapore
Easy come, easy go for the government. Beside Singapore, the passers-by riches must have many backups on their escape list.

Andrew Loh 11 Mar 2013: National Conversation doesn’t wanna talk
Definitely not zero sum for sure! Just the portal server already cost 4-5 digits sum? Or reuse portal server of some scrap site? Maybe lower price with portal done/ managed by MCI staff?

Lucky Tan 20 Feb 2013: Busting the myth about welfare states
Time for Singapore to have a serious look at CSR and Sustainability – Understanding ISO 26000: Principles for Social Responsibility (see also Guidebook for Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility)

Lucky Tan 20 Feb 2013: Xenophobia label used to attack opponents of bad policies
Xenophobia (vs stop abuse) and globalization (vs corporate social responsibility) are common poor excuses used to defend one-sided/ extreme/ short-term/ unhealthy/ ... (vs many-sided/ multi-faceted/ sustainable/ wholesome/ ...) policies/ practices.
To keep the same reasoning on xenophobia/ globalization to achieve so-called success for selfish minority, Singapore can never move towards the right path of trust/ respect to achieve togetherness and real success for all.

Diary of a Singapore Cabby 29 Aug 2012: London Cab – New Life with Grant
It will be great to see further cut following your recommendations, but likely to be tough to interfere the booking charge/ transfer charge/ rental fee/ ... for high-cost wheelchair taxis by SMRT. The ultimate call towards community spirit will still depend on CSR of profit-oriented organization for the convenience of handicaps.
The long-term solution will be to expand the services of reasonable cost wheelchair mini buses by HWA (or other charitable organization). The low-cost wheelchair accessible public buses can complement these shortages during off-peak period, bearing some inconvenience here and there.

Lucky Tan 14 Jun 2012: The Real Economic Trade-offs for Singapore
Singaporeans are not against meaningful growth, but the abuse of pro-foreigner policy resulting in over crowding problem that citizens have to face everywhere (HDB/ public transport/ work place).
It is also strange that government can quickly implement ethic HDB quota, but yet resist (expecting miracle from tweak on FW levy/ fallacy of TAFEP) implementing job quota to stop unhealthy practice of foreign enclave.

Today 23 Sep 2011: S’pore takes Ionescu case seriously: Shanmugam
Instead of intent to protect righteous diplomat, there is no doubt diplomatic immunity had been abused in Singapore (near 2 years) and can continue to be abused in any country due to selfishness.
The big questions for worldwide concern (not just for Singapore) are on person conscience/ governance integrity/ international justice, and does justice ever prevail for victims.
Likewise, certain unfair/ one-sided/ extreme policies and practices here are much in favour only to minority group, and do not really serve interest of common Singaporeans.

Today 31 Mar 2011: The maid, the NSF, his backpack – and the SAF’s image
Gen-W/ Gen-X/ Gen-Y/ Gen-Z NS men genuine problem? A mummy strange thinking? Or just a pamper youth?
Logical thinking is parents will let go of older kids (at upper primary/ before secondary) to start to learn to be independent on their own in order to survive outside.
Rational thinking is Gen-W/ Gen-X NS men will take the effort to prepare grown-up Gen-Y/ Gen-Z to become physically fit/ confident to take school physical fitness test.

TR 24 Nov 2010: 内政部领导该当何罪？
整个事件的处理方法不但欠缺充分理由，也明显露出不公平的双重标准 – 单方面偏袒维护高管的失责与严酷处罚亲属的一念之差 的大对比。

Today 23 Nov 2010: Niece harboured and helped Mas Selamat
Expect also to see double standard in handling whole incident – close-eye mentality with high-ranker vs harsh firing at family target.

TR 11 Mar 2010: 黄国霖反驳马宝山有关政府组屋的“神话”
从不健全的政策所带来的损害，且政府无正面处理国人的问题，不仅对新加坡人的生活和未来产生不少负面影响，也加速公共组屋价的问题。
过去几年政府公共组屋供不应求，再加上大批永久居民及外国人也可购买旧组屋单位，已不能配合市场的竞争，使公共组屋价格不断攀上。
新组屋的市价也因政府按旧组屋的市价大波动，不实际的被调高了，国人就得花更长更久的时间偿还大笔组屋贷款，形成一种剥削新加坡人生活水平的制度。

TR 29 Jan 2010: PAP MP Alvin Yeo: Foreigners will not come here if we make them serve National Service
There should not be any difference to citizens with regard to responsibility in contributing to economy/ national defence.
Through NS/ Reservist, most Singaporean males will go through some physical training, and have to take extra effort to prepare/ pass IPPT.
Foreigner/ PR males turn citizens need to go through similar training (under NS/ Police Force/ Civil Defence), and share responsibility in contributing to national defence.

TR 18 Jan 2010: Debunking the three fallacies inherent in SM Goh’s argument that good leadership is linked to economic performance
Though Lion/ Sheeps analogy emphasize on importance of good leader; no less importance should be on part of team members that are crucial for team success.
With character (like Lion), good minister will never abandon individual citizen, and have ability to strengthen society to achieve common goal together (for dynamics and competitiveness).
With enthusiasm, even if relatively small (like Sheep), citizens will have opportunities to fully utilize individual abilities to build a better Singapore (both socially and economically).

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