This will be a short one.

On 20th April CNA published a Ministry of Manpower report on some of the latest statistics of layoffs. You can read it here. My gripe with this statistics is that, I do not know what they would like us to gain from this information. And as I get older I gloss over these statistics because honestly, how much would knowing this help me in my daily life.

I wish they could present things in a list form. So here are some of the conclusion I got through the report:

• In 2014, 12,930 people became unemployed. In 2015, the figure is higher at 15,580
• Out of the group, more PMETs that are older than 40 year old are laid off, compare to a year ago, versus other age group and category of workers
• If we were to compare the unemployment figures for locals versus foreigners, ...