oDesk Job News, 1 Dec 2009
Singapore, the smallest nation in Southeast Asia, has also felt the effects of the global economic downturn. Recent data suggests that it weathered the economic storm fairly well.
Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower recently released its 2009 labor force survey which covers trends from mid-2008 until June 2009.
The survey found that the resident labor force grew 3 percent from the previous year bringing the total number of workers to just under 2 million. However, employment fell for the first time in six years amongst the general working age population, 25-64 year olds, to 75.8 percent in June 2009.
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