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Trust between tripartite partners, quick pivots the way for Singapore to tackle Covid-19

Mindy Tan

Mindy Tan

Published Tue, Sep 29, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Ministry of Manpower

Singapore

TRUST between tripartite partners has been key to mitigating some of the impact of Covid-19, said Ministry of Manpower Permanent Secretary Aubeck Kam on Tuesday, even as he acknowledged that despite this, the measures put in place have not blunted the worst of the impact on employment numbers in Singapore.

"By Q2 2020, our total employment, excluding foreign domestic workers, had fallen by more than 100,000. Retrenchments in Q2 2020, when we were in the middle of our Circuit Bre…

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