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As a result of COVID-19’s severe impact to the MICE industry (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions), which led to all events being suspended since April 2020, Suntec Singapore Convention Exhibition Centre (Suntec Singapore) has had to let go of 85 roles. This workforce rationalisation plan was announced by Suntec Singapore and Building Construction And Timber Industries Employees’ Union (BATU), under which the organisation is unionised. The 85 roles affected across the company includes “sales, operations and support

07 August 2020 Fri in All markets by Jerene Ang Graduates across Malaysia earned a median monthly salary of RM4,371 per month in 2019, according to the latest figures released by the Department of Statistics, Malaysia.j The recently released State Socioeconomic Report 2019 also revealed the median monthly salaries and wages of employed graduates in four states: W.P. Kuala Lumpur: RM5,471 W.P. Putrajaya: RM4,540 Selangor: RM4,600 Sabah: RM4,531 The report also revealed that the number of graduates in Malaysia

30 July 2020 Thursday in All markets by Priya Sunil Singapore’s labour market faced a far more extensive impact from COVID-19 in Q2 2020, as compared to Q1 2020, the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) latest Labour Market Advance Release Second Quarter 2020 revealed. Overall, retrenchments doubled from the previous quarter, while unemployment rates continued to rise in June 2020, and total employment contracted ‘far more acutely’. Total employment contracted by 121,800 Singapore’s total employment contracted

09 July 2020 Thursday in All markets by Jerene Ang As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, a city in the Indonesian province of Banten has estimated that the total number of workers laid off may reach 23,000 in July. In the meantime, a senior official in Thailand shared that the nation is likely to delay its ‘travel bubble’ plans as fresh outbreaks of COVID-19 emerge in countries that had managed to contain the virus earlier. While

03 July 2020 Fri in All markets by Jerene Ang With technology developing at an accelerated pace in recent years, the digital world has always been upon us. Many organisations have begun adopting technology long before the COVID-19 crisis hit. As the pandemic forces organisations to speed up their adoption of technology, the key question is: Are Malaysians ready to face this new digital world? According to PwC Malaysia’s survey on technology, jobs, and skills, 70%