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  • Singapore launches new strategy for human resource industry

    SINGAPORE, 2017/07/11 Singapore launched a new manpower plan for the human resource industry on Monday, to help strengthen the human resource profession and better support businesses to transform and grow, the Straits Times reported. The new strategy covers three areas, namely training and internship programmes for human resource professionals; mentorship programmes, free advisory services and an online resource portal for businesses and employers; and an outsourcing scheme for the human resource industry.
  • The Macau people

    MACAU, 2014/05/15 The Macau people totalled 614,500 people at the end of the initial quarter of 2014, which was a rise of 7,000 people compared to the same period of 2013, the region’s Statistics and Census Bureau said. In the initial three months of the year Macau registered 1,637 births and 543 deaths. At the end of the initial quarter of 2014 there were 145,600 non-resident workers in Macau, which was a quarterly increase of 7,800 people.
  • Census figures show Philippines failing to tackle rampant poverty

    PHILIPPINES, 2013/04/29 The Philippines has failed to make headway in cutting rampant poverty, with additional than one in four citizens deemed poor despite the country's economic increase, according to census figures released Tuesday. The July 2012 poverty rate of 27.9 % is practically unchanged from 2006 and 2009 data, according to the National Statistical Coordination Board.
  • Macau’s population totals 582,000 people at end of 2012

    MACAU, 2013/03/07 The estimated people of Macau at the end of 2012 was 582,000 people, an increase of 4.4 % against 2011, the region’s Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said.