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Labour issues: It's important

December 16, 2013 by GAURAV SHARMA in Kaleidoscope, Volume 10

The country will know in six months the causes of the Little India riot and whether “unhappiness among foreign workers” led to that. But, no matter whatever the findings are, a closer look at foreign worker issues in Singapore is mandated.

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December 16, 2013 /GAURAV SHARMA
labour, riot
Kaleidoscope, Volume 10
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Labour housing: The "UAE model"

December 16, 2013 by GAURAV SHARMA in The 3rd World, Volume 10

After a riot in Singapore's Little India this month, spotlight is on migrant labour woes in the city-state and whether to house them on offshore islands

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December 16, 2013 /GAURAV SHARMA
labour, UAE, Saadiyat, featured
The 3rd World, Volume 10
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Productivity: Still negative

October 16, 2013 by GAURAV SHARMA in Kaleidoscope, Volume 6

In spite of the government's stated efforts “to achieve economic growth driven by sustained productivity improvements rather than manpower growth”, the productivity growth remains negative for the first half of 2013, to add to the contraction in 2012 

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October 16, 2013 /GAURAV SHARMA
productivity, labour
Kaleidoscope, Volume 6
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