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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">While unemployment remained low at 2.1 per cent in the first quarter, this seasonally adjusted rate was up from 1.8 per cent in the previous quarter.&nbsp;</span></div>
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	It was coupled with the slowest employment growth since mid-2011, with some 24,900 jobs added, according to preliminary figures released yesterday by the Manpower Ministry.&nbsp;</div>
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Jobless rate still on the rise

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