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KUCHING: Sarawak aims to create 195,000 high-paying jobs by 2030 as part of its post-Covid-19 development strategy to become a high-income economy, says Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. He said this would generate a total employment of 1.5 million by 2030 in the state. "The post-Covid-19 development strategy is a long-term realignment plan that focuses on the state's overall socioeconomic development through equitable distribution of wealth via jobs and creation of business opportunities. "We have to realign the state's economic direction in order to stay on track to achieve the vision of becoming a developed and high-income economy by 2030," he said when launching the Graduate Enhancement Training Sarawak 4.0 (GETS) programme here on Wednesday (Sept 15). Abang Johari said the development strategy incorporated human capital and talent development, including digital skills and competencies, to meet the anticipated creation of new jobs. In line with this, ... » Learn More about Sarawak targets to create 195,000 high-paying jobs by 2030

Buy Bust director Erik Matti’s new film, On The Job: The Missing 8 , is set to compete and make its world premiere at the upcoming 78th Venice International Film Festival, from September 1 to 11, 2021. On Monday, July 26, Venice International Film Festival presented the official selection of movies from across the world that made it to the main and out-of-competition line-up. The On The Job sequel , starring John Arcilla, Dennis Trillo, and Dante Rivero is the lone Philippine entry to the main competition. It will be competing under the main competition for full-length feature films category. The movie is the follow-up to Matti’s critically-acclaimed 2013 action-thriller film On The Job , starring Gerald Anderson, Joel Torre, and Piolo Pascual . Based on true events, On The Job: The Missing 8 tells the story of a local radio journalist Sisoy (John Arcilla) and a hitman-inmate Roman (Dennis Trillo) as they negotiate and question their ... » Learn More about ‘On The Job: The Missing 8’ to compete at Venice film fest

Erik Matti is releasing the longer, director’s cut of On The Job as a six-part series via HBO GO in September. Variety earlier reported that the first two episodes of the upcoming series will featuring the original 2013 film. In an Instagram post, Matti said that the series will include never-before-seen footage from the original film. “We brought back several plotlines that I’ve written into the original script that slowed down the main plot when it was just a movie. Now that it’s a series, we can now explore as many plotlines as we can,” the director said. Matti added that it was such a joy to revisit and work again with the material. “I was in awe rediscovering the material that we all shot back then and see the characters live on again with their lives showing a little more of their characters. That’s the magic I was so surprised to feel when I saw the footage again.” Select episodes of the upcoming series will also premiere in the 78th ... » Learn More about The ‘director’s cut’ of ‘On The Job’ to premiere as a series on HBO GO

People enjoy themselves at Magaluf beach in Mallorca REUTERS FILE PHOTO LONDON — Britain’s travel sector is bracing for a new wave of job cuts, with an industry trade body saying that more than two thirds of its members were planning to make redundancies shortly due to the government’s restrictive holiday rules. Airlines and travel companies have slammed Britain’s travel rules as overly expensive and complicated, and blame them for a second lost summer of holiday trade in 2021. Travel industry body ABTA, which represents 4,300 travel brands, said that new bookings were 83% lower in summer 2021 compared to their pre-pandemic levels, and as a result most of its members were planning more job cuts at the end of this month when a furlough scheme ends. “The government’s travel requirements have choked off this summer’s travel trade – putting jobs, businesses and the UK’s connectivity at risk,” ABTA Chief Executive Mark Tanzer said in a statement. Estimated new redundancies will ... » Learn More about UK’s travel sector facing new wave of job cuts, industry body warns

Follow us on Telegram for the latest updates: https://t.me/mothershipsg In Parliament today (Sep. 14), Workers' Party (WP) Member of Parliament (MP) and Leader of the Opposition (LO) Pritam Singh spoke at length about foreign employment and the impact it has on Singaporeans. Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong had earlier tabled a motion about securing Singaporeans' jobs and livelihoods, stating that turning inward away from globalisation will create more problems for Singaporeans. This was in response to Progress Singapore Party (PSP) Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) Leong Mun Wai's motion on Singapore's foreign talent policy, with a particular focus on Singapore's free trade agreement (FTA) with India: the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA). Singh started his speech by first setting out WP's position on FTAs, including CECA . WP's position on FTAs and CECA Concerns on work pass regulations Singh acknowledged how FTAs have ... » Learn More about Some S’poreans still face job insecurities despite economic benefits of FTAs: Pritam Singh

If you weren't tuning in to Parliament on Sep. 14, you missed an intense debate between Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam, and Leong Mun Wai of the Progress Singapore Party (PSP). Shanmugam had questions for the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament, which mostly centred on the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) and Leong's comments about the free trade agreement (FTA). The debate between the two lasted over a full hour, with Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin also getting involved at times. Here follows a blow-by-blow account of the verbal fisticuffs. Round 1 Do you accept that some of your party members feel your statements are racist: Shanmugam We began with Shanmugam citing examples of how the PSP has specifically targeted CECA: PSP founder and chairman Tan Cheng Bock during the PSP launch in Aug. 2019 that said it was targeting CECA. Since entering Parliament, Leong has frequently mentioned CECA. ... » Learn More about ‘He has given no credible explanation on why CECA is singled out’: Shanmugam blasts Leong Mun Wai in 1-hour jobs debate

Follow us on Telegram for the latest updates: https://t.me/mothershipsg A safe distancing ambassador (SDA) was accosted by a member of the public in Kallang Wave Mall and repeatedly accused of not doing her job as she supposedly failed to notice a person in the vicinity who was not wearing a mask and did not do anything about it. A 90-second video of the incident has been circulating online after it was put up on Sunday, Sep. 11. What video showed The video, taken by a man who claims he is a "public-spirited bystander", showed the SDA being confronted and questioned about her duties. The female SDA was asked to explain why she did not see another man in the mall walking around without a mask on. SDA said she didn't notice man The SDA said she was making a report at that time and did not notice the person without a mask who was supposedly behind her. The man who confronted the SDA then said: "So basically you are telling me that if you are making a ... » Learn More about Man, who says he’s ‘public-spirited’, keeps accusing SDA of not doing her job at Kallang Wave Mall

Follow us on Telegram for the latest updates: https://t.me/mothershipsg An advisory committee will be convened to look into strengthening protections for platform workers, specifically delivery workers, private-hire car drivers (PHV) and taxi drivers, and ensuring that they have a more balanced relationship with the platform they work for, Senior Minister of State for Manpower Koh Poh Koon stated. Speaking in Parliament on Sep. 14, Koh noted that as the contract of such workers with platform companies were not employment contracts, they do not have basic job protections such as work injury compensation, union representation and employer CPF. Koh said, "This is a concern as more people take up such work and some at a young age." Work arrangements for such workers can resemble those of employees Koh further highlighted that the work arrangements of these workers can resemble those of employees, given that the platform companies set the price of their product, ... » Learn More about Govt concerned about platform workers without basic job protections, will convene Advisory Committee

NEW YORK - It turns out robots are taking over jobs fastest around the world in places where their human counterparts are ageing the most rapidly. That is the conclusion of a new study that looked at demographic and industry-level data in 60 countries and found a powerful link between ageing workforces - defined as the ratio of workers aged 56 and older, compared with those aged 21 to 55 - and robot use, focusing in particular on industrial settings. The research showed age alone accounted for 35 per cent of the variation between countries in their adoption of robots, with those having older workers far more likely to adopt the machines. "Ageing is a huge part of the story" in robot adoption, said Dr Daron Acemoglu, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who conducted the study with Pascual Restrepo of Boston University. The research fits a longstanding trend of countries such as South Korea and Germany - which both have very rapidly ageing workforces - ... » Learn More about Where workers age fastest, robots take on more jobs: Study

Google could be building its own wearable devices such as the Pixel Watch according to a recent job listing. While the job listing has since been removed, Android Police has taken a screenshot of it. Google was apparently searching for a "Vice President of Hardware Engineering for Wearables" who would be responsible for the design, development and shipment of all Google's Wearable products. There is also another job listing for a "Wearables Design Manager". Since Google's only current wearable product is the Pixel Buds, it is unlikely that the company is hiring a senior executive to manage the Pixel Buds lineup. [[nid:435663]] This suggests that Google could be looking to expand its Wearable lineup which could include a Pixel Watch and other fitness trackers. Although Google confirmed that it is too early to think of a one-size-fits-all watch, the company has entered into an agreement with Fossil Group to acquire US$40 million (S$54 million) intellectual property (IP) in ... » Learn More about Job listing suggests Google is looking at making a Pixel Watch