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More to lose jobs, dump property now

downgrader

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Jobs lost, inability to service mortgage, leading to mortgagee sale

inability to pay rent leading to tenancy break

better dump whatever investment property now before the big crash comes in six months to one year

it will be a housing tsunami, wipe off 45% of values



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Nov 3, 2008
More to lose jobs

AN ALREADY weak job market will continue to languish in the short term and Singaporeans should brace themselves for more retrenchment.
This cautionary note came from Acting Minister for Manpower Gan Kim Yong, at a service award ceremony held at the National University of Singapore's (NUS) cultural centre on Monday.

And it comes in the wake of more people losing their jobs in the third quarter.

While preliminary figures released by the Manpower Ministry last week showed the unemployment rate staying at the previous quarter's 2.2 per cent , 2,000 workers were retrenched between Jul and Sept - up from 1,798 in the earlier three months.

Overall, 13,600 fewer jobs were added in the past quarter.

The short term outlook for the job market will be challenging, said Mr Gan, as businessmen turn more cautious.

'In hiring practices, the businessmen will be more cuatious so job creation will slow down, there could also be higher retrenchment,' he said.

But he added that the tripartite partners - the ministry, unions and the Singapore National Employer's Federation - were working together to help employees whose jobs have been hit by the downturn.

This include sending them for training and upgrading programmes, as well as teaching them new skill sets to make them more versatile between sectors.

Speaking at the Singapore Hotel Association (SHA) event, Mr Gan gave special focus to the tourism sector which he said would not be spared by the downturn.

People are less confident in uncertain times, and this may prompt them to cut down on travel and opt for shorter trips instead, he explained.

But amid the gloom, Mr Gan pointed to a bright spot - regional travel would help prop up the sector, which remains good in the medium and long term.

He also urged the industry to 'continue to train manpower' so that they 'will be there to capitalise on the growth opportunities' when the economy recovers.

'We need to address the short term challenges but at the same time our infrastructure and basic policy framework has to be basd on our medeium and long term outlook,' he said.

At the ceremony, 1,928 service staff received Excellent Service Awards (EXSA), an annual national award launched in 1994 to recognise individuals who have delivered outstanding service.
 

Neh_Neh_Pok

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Next year will be a challenging year. Hopefully the laid-offs won't rise so high suddenly like the electricity price
 

theblackhole

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please lah...don't be lidat lah..you so happy singapore falls and collapses...don't be so happy when the roof collapses on you...singapore will survive simple because singaporeans are so charitable, so generous, so kind and so compassionate - so gullible, so innocent, so easily governed and so docile and so obedient. i know heaven and earth will not let our people down. singaporeans will survive even the harshest conditions simply because we are good people,good citizens and good servants. no matter what tsunamis come our way, our ordinary folks - those innocent folks and those simple folks - will be able to ride the storms and surf the waves. so don't worry and don't worry for singaporeans. we'll be okay no matter what happen.even if the sky falls and the earth opens, the good-hearted singaporeans will survive. simply because singaporeans are good and virtuous people. amen.
 
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