Emerging Stronger Taskforce: Avoid narrow definition of 'Singapore core', says DPM Heng
Yuen Sin
- PUBLISHED
MAY 17, 2021, 3:26 PM SGT
SINGAPORE - The "Singapore core" should not be too narrowly defined in terms of whether someone is Singapore-born, a new citizen, or a foreigner who is helming a company, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Monday (May 17).
"That test for us must be the commitment to Singapore, the commitment to the well-being of Singapore and of Singaporeans," he said.
He was responding to a question at a virtual press conference by the Emerging Stronger Taskforce, on which term - "Singapore core", or "Singaporean core" - most accurately captures Singapore's workforce policy, and what global talent will be needed to implement the task force's recommendations