SINGAPORE, which used to enjoy zero unemployment, has a growing number of “new poor” among professionals who are now jobless and have financial problems, Utusan Malaysia reported on its front-page yesterday.
Professionals as well as management level employees, executives and technical personnel formed 40% of the total number of Singaporeans who had lost their jobs since late 2001, said the report, supplied by news agency Bernama.
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