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AN EXPERT from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has told businesses in the city state that they need to work harder to ensure they pay women and men equally for the same for level of work.

Its call came after a study found that Singapore’s gender pay gap has not improved in the last decade.…

HUMAN resources experts in Thailand have called on the country’s military government to reorient the education system so that students become more adept with digital technologies, bringing such skills to the workforce once they graduate.

They have commented after the release of findings by AlphaBeta – a Australia and Singapore-based strategic and economic advisory – which put Thailand at 10th place on overall digital ranking of Asia-Pacific countries, just ahead of Vietnam.…

SINGAPORE has been rated the best city in the world to live for professionals wanting to work in start-ups, according to a survey by furnished apartment web-rental platform Nestpick. The website’s researchers assessed 85 cities, looking at their start-up ecosystems. It assessed average salaries for entry level and experienced positions regarding project management, technology and marketing roles.…

IN east Asia’s complex ethnic mix of peoples, the need to avoid racial discrimination which may undermine social stability is understood clearly by governments and businesses. And while experts agree that progress is being made is tackling this potentially corrosive personnel problem, more certainly could be done.…

PUBLIC authorities in the south Asian island nation of Maldives are themselves developing the country’s main Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, after a dispute with India’s GMR Group ended in a costly arbitration ruling.

This dated back to 2010 when GMR Male International Airport Ltd (GMIAL), a subsidiary of India’s GMR Infrastructure Ltd, signed a concession agreement with the Maldives government and the Maldives Airport Company Ltd (MACL) to modernise and operate the airport.…

For the past year, passengers flying out of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) have had to cough up a Hong Kong dollars HKD70-180 (USD9-23) Airport Construction Fee for the privilege. Should they want to see where their money is going, they need only look northwards from the glass-sided terminal to observe the construction of the hub’s third runway, which is due to be completed in 2024.…

EMPLOYERS in Hong Kong should find it easier to recruit staff with the right skills according to the latest labour participation rates for the city, which indicates there is an increasing number of potential workers available to fill posts.

Hong Kong – with a population of seven million and a workforce estimated at just under four million, split almost equally between male and female – has had to face up to a diminishing talent pool in recent years, partly due to emigration and partly due to a fluctuating birth rate.…

WITH east and southeast Asia’s labour market tightening, companies and governments are developing innovative schemes to entice a key resource into their workforces – returning professionals, who have taken a break from their careers.

Morgan Stanley through its Return to Work 2018 programme aims to lure such “experienced” workers to restart their lives as employees at this global financial firm through a 12-week paid internship in the company’s Hong Kong offices.…

WITH the Asia-Pacific continuing to be the hub of global industrial growth and also a nexus of technological innovation, the region’s non-wovens sector has been making the most of these benefits, increasing both output and quality.

The Chinese nonwoven fabric sector, for instance, has been growing steadily, with 8-10% year-on-year growth in recent years, surpassing the average growth rate of the country’s entire textile industry.…

A GROWING trend of digitising HR – or simply put, developing human resources using machines – is sweeping Asia’s HR sector. And it has brought with it many challenges and risks that the industry need to take note of, experts warn.…