> Reporter under pressure to change article title & content? Creative reporting!
“6 in 10 new jobs go to foreigners“ VS “S’pore adds record number of jobs in 2007, a third filled by foreigners” VS “S’poreans and foreigners gain from job boom“.
SIX in ten jobs created last year went to foreigners, the first time in at least six years that their share was larger than locals.
This comes at a time when job creation is at a record high, and unemployment and retrenchment at record lows.
Before
After
Now
How does “6 in 10 new jobs go to foreigners” translates to “S’pore adds record number of jobs in 2007, a third filled by foreigners“?
“S’pore adds record number of jobs in 2007, a third (of jobs, total jobs) filled by foreigners”
or in numbers…
New jobs: 236,600
Local vs Foreigner: 92,100 vs 144,500
or 38.9% vs 61.1%
6/10 new jobs went to foreigners.
But with creativity, we have,
Total workforce : 2,700,000
Local vs Foreigners: 1,799,200 vs 900,800
or 66.6% (hey 66.6% again!) vs 33.4%
1/3 filled by foreigners.
More good years!
“S’poreans and foreigners gain from job boom” [ST]
“6 in 10 new jobs go to foreigners” [Asia1]
[via EDMW]
lol i think it would give people a better impression of the gov if they didn’t ask the guy to change. now everyone tink got fishy fishy behind already
this is typical of a dictator regime, where media is tightly controlled by the government, i dont trust their reporting, that is why i dont read ST
haiz
Perhaps Goh Chin Lan should get some Pri 2 maths assesment books to work on improving her maths.
The country has come to such a sad state of affair ……. one has to try to read between the lines to find out the truth. If that’s not bad enough, the lines are now being constantly revised !
The media has completely failed in its obligation to tell the truth.
maybe NLB archive never record the missing half?
Hey you are sharp.
I guess this has ben going on for ages
if you cant convince them, confuse them
Too bad, the original article is still floating somewhere.
They didn’t managed to seal every loophole.
http://business.asiaone.com/Business/News/Office/Story/A1Story20080131-47547.html
5 days already never update?!
@ Syraxuys
CNY leh.. think everybirdie so fwee go n blork :s22: