SINGAPORE, June 18 — Compared to previous downturns such as the 2009 Global Financial Crisis and the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) pandemic, Singapore’s youth unemployment rate was higher in 2020.
This is likely because it was challenging for young people to secure part-time or temporary employment in the retail and food-and-beverage (F&B) industries, the Ministry of Manpower (MoM) said yesterday (June 17).
In its latest labour market report for the first quarter of this year, MoM noted, however, that “youth unemployment is mostly transitional and short term” and the overall…
