Mr. Lim Swee Say, NTUC Deputy Secretary-General, projected that the rate of unemployment would rise to 4 per cent before the end of the year, and reach 7 percent next year.

全国职总副秘书长林瑞生的预测， 失业率有可能在今年底之前攀升到4%，明年则可能是7%；

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"The labor movement recognizes the need to restore our cost competitiveness, " explains legislator Lim Swee Say, deputy secretary general of the National Trades Union Congress.

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''We will not accept and have zero tolerance towards any words used or actions taken by our staff that are racially offensive, '' Lim Swee Say, NTUC's secretary general, who is also a cabinet minister, said in a statement.

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