labour crunch

Asean

Thailand seeks to reverse brain drain with five-year tax breaks

Thailand will slash by about 50% the personal income tax rate of professionals who are willing to return home to work.

Singapore economy

Double-digit contraction expected for Singapore's 2Q20 GDP: UOB

“We believe the contraction in GDP will trough in 2Q20, given the ‘circuit breaker’ and ‘phase one’ restrictions in this period,” explains UOB economist Barnabas Gan

Labour market

Singapore faces 'major shortage' of fintech talent: survey

SINGAPORE (Sept 25): As technology and finance continue to converge in what is known as fintech, workers who have skillsets in both fields are a highly-demanded resource in Singapore.

In print this week

Plugging the talent shortfall as 'data scientist' becomes the new sexy

SINGAPORE (Apr 12): Demand for data specialists is outstripping supply across Asia-Pacific, according to a study by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, as “data scientist” becomes the new hot job.
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