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Dec 28, 2009
Ready to go on offence
By Jeremy Au Yong
LABOUR Chief Lim Swee Say said the Labour movement is ready to go on the offence.
After spending much of the last year on defensive moves like saving jobs and preventing retrenchments, the focus now should move towards getting back to full employment and continuing to build an inclusive workforce.
He laid out some of the Labour movement's plans for the coming year at a press conference on Monday morning. The event was not just to look ahead but also to review the work of the labour movement in 2009.
Mr Lim, who is also a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, said he was pleased with what had been achieved this year.
They had set out at the beginning of the year with the aim of keeping retrenchment and unemployment rates in check. And despite having to face the worst economic slump since independence, job loss figures were below those recorded during the Asian Financial Crisis and the Sars outbreak.
Current estimates put job losses for the year at around 20,000. In 1998, 29,000 people lost their jobs.
Dec 28, 2009
Ready to go on offence
By Jeremy Au Yong
LABOUR Chief Lim Swee Say said the Labour movement is ready to go on the offence.
After spending much of the last year on defensive moves like saving jobs and preventing retrenchments, the focus now should move towards getting back to full employment and continuing to build an inclusive workforce.
He laid out some of the Labour movement's plans for the coming year at a press conference on Monday morning. The event was not just to look ahead but also to review the work of the labour movement in 2009.
Mr Lim, who is also a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, said he was pleased with what had been achieved this year.
They had set out at the beginning of the year with the aim of keeping retrenchment and unemployment rates in check. And despite having to face the worst economic slump since independence, job loss figures were below those recorded during the Asian Financial Crisis and the Sars outbreak.
Current estimates put job losses for the year at around 20,000. In 1998, 29,000 people lost their jobs.