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Make sure they are right kind of foreigners to provide economic value-add, not fox spirits who steal our boyfriends, husbands, con old men of CPF and break up our families and destroy society
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/premium/top-stories/mti-why-we-cant-do-without-foreigners-20120926
SINGAPORE] An ageing and shrinking workforce in the face of slower economic growth has put Singapore's dependence on foreign workers into sharper focus.
In a paper titled On Population and Economy, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) says Singapore must keep its doors open to immigrants and foreign workers in a "calibrated" manner, along with the push to raise productivity and get more Singaporeans to work, to meet the challenges of its ageing population - and to continue to provide Singaporeans good jobs and pay in a mature economy.
As if to underscore the point MTI made in its paper which was released yesterday, the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) responded with a press statement warning that many small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs), starved of workers, are thinking of relocating or folding, "which will result in job losses".
"There are more job vacancies than there are locals who wish to take up jobs," SBF said. "SMEs are facing a double whammy of local manpower shortage and constricted access to foreign manpower."
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/premium/top-stories/mti-why-we-cant-do-without-foreigners-20120926
SINGAPORE] An ageing and shrinking workforce in the face of slower economic growth has put Singapore's dependence on foreign workers into sharper focus.
In a paper titled On Population and Economy, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) says Singapore must keep its doors open to immigrants and foreign workers in a "calibrated" manner, along with the push to raise productivity and get more Singaporeans to work, to meet the challenges of its ageing population - and to continue to provide Singaporeans good jobs and pay in a mature economy.
As if to underscore the point MTI made in its paper which was released yesterday, the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) responded with a press statement warning that many small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs), starved of workers, are thinking of relocating or folding, "which will result in job losses".
"There are more job vacancies than there are locals who wish to take up jobs," SBF said. "SMEs are facing a double whammy of local manpower shortage and constricted access to foreign manpower."
