Ministry of Manpower (Singapore)

Because of this lopsided situation, for the first time we have seen the National Wages Council give struggling companies some flexibility.

Here's the National Wages Council Chairman, Xie Fuhua, elaborating on this at a press conference at the Ministry of Manpower.

We have introduced a new category for employers who have not done well and are unprofitable to balance continued wage growth for lower wage workers with these employers' greater financial constraints.

So these employers should provide an increase of at least $120 to their lower wage workers.

Back home, a 38-year-old worker has died after a tree-felling accident at a private home in Katong.

The Ministry of Manpower says the man was carrying out tree-felling work on Cranbourne Road yesterday afternoon when the tree toppled at its base, causing him to fall with it.

He was taken unconscious to hospital, where he later died.

Police do not suspect foul play.

Back home, a 38-year-old worker has died after a tree-felling accident at a private home in Katong.

The Ministry of Manpower says the man was carrying out tree-felling work on Cranbourne Road yesterday afternoon when the tree toppled at its base, causing him to fall with it.

He was taken unconscious to hospital, where he later died.

Police do not suspect foul play.

A 38-year-old worker has died after a tree-felling accident at a private home in Katong.

The Ministry of Manpower says the man was carrying out tree-felling work on Cranbourne Road yesterday afternoon when the tree toppled at its base, causing him to fall with it.

He was taken unconscious to Tan Tok Seng Hospital, where he later died.

Police say they do not suspect foul play.

A 38-year-old worker has died after a tree-felling accident at a private home in Katong.

The Ministry of Manpower says the man was carrying out tree-felling work on Cranbourne Road yesterday afternoon when the tree toppled at its base, causing him to fall with it.

He was taken unconscious to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where he later died.

Police say they do not suspect foul play.

Mm-hmm.

The Ministry of Manpower has developed a Singapore Opportunity Index that recognizes companies that do well in giving, uh, opportunities to workers for career progression.

Mm.

And that's a good start.

So we are including more productivity into the markets.

So the entire discussion of finance shifted from Ministry of Health towards Ministry of Finance to Ministry of Manpower because the return of investment is not just reducing the number of costs for the healthcare system, but it's introducing opportunities while we have more people living longer being able to work more productively.

And that's the return of investment.

I must say, I'm super curious about all the analysis we have, which is very different to every discussion we had in the disease space, because we would say, how many more years would we add in a disease state? No, now we are talking about how many more years can we add for productivity to contribute to societal actions?