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How did 5,000 salary claims a year become 1,400 over five years? – TWC2
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and drabs. At different times — and sometimes even in the
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How did 5,000
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percentages that are mentioned (without disclosing the base
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numbers). Terminology is left unde ned and one suspects that
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the meaning of even the same word can vary from one report to
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Read this paragraph 52 from Second Minister for Manpower
Tan See Leng’s speech at the Committee of Supply debate on 3
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