SG is opening the doors for thousands of CECA talent

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S’pore must manage new arrivals with utmost caution, but also stand firm against nativism: SM Lee​

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong at a dinner hosted by the Singapore Indian Development Association and 14 other Indian community organisations on Jan 11. ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI

Anjali Raguraman
Jan 23, 2025

SINGAPORE - Singapore relies heavily on immigrants and foreign workers – who raise political sensitivities in many societies – to top up its population base and talent pool, said Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

The inflow and integration of new arrivals must therefore be managed with the “utmost sensitivity and caution, to ensure the flows are balanced and sustainable”, noted SM Lee.

“But we must also stand firmly against nativism and xenophobia, and welcome the new arrivals to become part of our extended family,” he said in a speech at a dinner hosted by the Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda) and 14 other Indian community organisations on Jan 11.


SM Lee said Singaporeans should help these new arrivals adapt progressively to the way things are done here, and to the country’s social norms and ethos. It is an ongoing process that takes time, but gradually they will integrate into the local community, he added.

“This is how earlier generations became Indian Singaporeans, and it will happen with this generation, and with new arrivals from other groups and places too,” he said.

This is how the Singaporean identity can be sustained and enriched, and the way to build a cohesive and inclusive society that is “connected to the world, strengthened and not divided by our diversity”, he said.

SM Lee was addressing around 2,000 guests, including Cabinet ministers, MPs, Indian leaders and volunteers who attended the appreciation dinner at Marina Bay Sands’ Sands Grand Ballroom.

A tribute video was screened, and organisers gifted him intricately designed elephant sculptures as a token of appreciation for his support for the Indian community during his tenure as Prime Minister from 2004 to 2024.

SM Lee said the Indian community has progressed with the nation, and made considerable contributions in many fields.

While the community may be small, it has played a full role in Singaporean society and worked with other communities to contribute in many ways, he added.

This shows the success of Singapore’s multiracial model, which has created full and equal opportunities, a harmonious society and better lives for all, including the minority communities, SM Lee said.

He acknowledged the migrants from many parts of the Indian subcontinent – including Tamils, Malayalees, Telugus, Sindhis, Punjabis, Bengalis and Sinhalese – who came to modern Singapore in its earliest days in search of a better future, and who formed part of the Singapore story.

“These different groups sank roots here, formed bonds with one another, and out of this kaleidoscope of backgrounds, there gradually emerged a distinctive and proud Singaporean Indian community,” he said.

Ms Indulekha, a volunteer with the Malayalam Language Education Society, handing SM Lee Hsien Loong a flame to light a vilaku, or traditional oil lamp, on Jan 11.ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI
SM Lee said the Singaporean Indian community is flourishing, benefiting from the efforts of self-help community organisations, such as Sinda, and the People’s Association’s Indian Activity Executive Committees Council, or Narpani Pearavai.

Cheques of $150,000 each were presented to the Singapore Indian Education Trust and Sinda during the dinner.

The community organisations can do good work because of the strong support of many selfless volunteers, he said, noting that their ranks include those who have moved to Singapore only recently.

Some have become permanent residents or citizens, while others are here temporarily, for school, family or work.

Regardless, they should be applauded for willingly stepping up to volunteer, said SM Lee, noting that this new crop comes from a wider range of backgrounds and places than earlier generations of Indian immigrants.

They add vibrancy and dynamism to Singapore’s Indian culture, and thus are contributing to the community and the country, he added.

The strength of the Indian community here has enabled it to reach out confidently to the rest of the world, SM Lee said, noting that Singapore has developed a healthy and extensive relationship with India and other countries in the subcontinent.

The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (Ceca) with India has helped to foster extensive trade, investment, and travel links between the countries, he said.

“Many Indian companies have set up in Singapore to serve the region, while many local Indian businesses have successfully forayed into the Indian market,” he added.

“India is growing, and on the move,” said SM Lee, with Singapore seeing many opportunities to expand cooperation on several fronts such as bilateral trade, skills training and fintech, alongside exploring fields like healthcare, as well as digital and green economies.

“Singapore has a good brand name in India, and we have enjoyed very good ties with successive Indian governments,” he said, urging the Indian business community to make the most of these advantages.

So who the naive one????

 

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Singapore, India to launch roadmap on cooperation under Comprehensive Strategic Partnership: PM Wong​

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong noted that many ideas for cooperation were a result of the India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR).

Summary

• PM Wong's India visit highlights strong Singapore-India cooperation, paving the way for a new bilateral relations roadmap.
• Semiconductor agreement reached, including a "green lane" for goods and Gujarat skills training centre.
• Singapore remains confident in India's growth, and will continue to invest.

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Sep 04, 2025

SINGAPORE - Singapore and India have made good progress in various areas of cooperation, and are set to launch a roadmap that will set out a clear direction and vision for the next phase of bilateral relations, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Sept 3, on his official visit to India.

The roadmap, which PM Wong and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to announce on Sept 4, sets out cooperation in areas such as semiconductors, maritime and digital connectivity, and the space industry.

PM Wong was speaking with the Hindustan Times during his first official visit to India as Prime Minister. A transcript of the interview was released by the Prime Minister’s Office.

He is in New Delhi until Sept 4, at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to mark 60 years of diplomatic ties between Singapore and India.

PM Wong noted that many ideas for cooperation were a result of the India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR), an ongoing dialogue mechanism started in 2022 to “inject new energy” into bilateral ties. The aim was to take the relationship forward, given that the landmark Singapore-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) was signed more than 20 years ago.

Thus, when India and Singapore agreed in 2024 to upgrade bilateral relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, “it is not just in name, it is in substance”, said PM Wong.

“And that is what the India-Singapore cooperation is based on – not just on words and rhetoric, but also on concrete action and outcomes,” he added.

“And I believe in this very turbulent world that we are in, the bilateral relationship between our two countries has become more important than ever.”

On cooperation in the semiconductor industry, PM Wong said both sides have signed an agreement and made progress in three different areas.


They include setting up a green lane for semiconductor goods, such as raw materials, equipment, and other supplies, supporting India in training technicians and workers for the industry through a joint training centre in Gujarat, and also collaborating in research and innovation.

Semiconductors, used to make microchips that power computers, mobile phones and cars, are crucial to the digital economy, and PM Wong said India was in a good position to contribute to a more diversified and resilient supply chain.

Many of the semiconductor players in Singapore, which are leading global companies, are also keen to forge links with Indian companies to grow their business, he added.

Singapore is also keen to support India’s development in this area, because a strong and rising India will contribute to stability, resilience and shared prosperity in Asia, he said.

PM Wong also said that he was optimistic about India’s growth prospects in the long run, despite the current geopolitical uncertainties, because of the country’s young population, rising middle class, dynamic technology sector, and a government that was committed to reforms.

This confidence was not new, he added, and is backed by a proven track record and actions such as growing trade between both sides since CECA was signed in 2005.


“So we will continue to invest in India. We will continue to have confidence in India’s prospects for the future,” he said.

Singapore is India’s top foreign investor, accounting for about a quarter of India’s foreign direct investment equity inflows since 2000.

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (right) speaking with Mr Rezaul Hasan Laskar, Foreign Affairs Editor, Hindustan Times, at the Taj Mahal Hotel, on Sept 3.

PHOTO: MDDI

Asked how Singapore can navigate the tensions between the big economic powers, PM Wong said one thing it can proactively do is to work with like-minded countries.

“Work with like-minded countries to foster closer links, to operate on the basis of a rules-based trading framework to bring our economies closer together and to find win-win outcomes,” he said.

This is something Singapore and India can do, given their strategic partnership built on 60 years of friendship and trust, he noted.

“In this very uncertain world, there is all the more reason for us to double down on this very critical India-Singapore relationship, and I certainly look forward to doing so with Prime Minister Modi,” said PM Wong.

 

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Bayee want a roadmap to drive progress in their projects

 

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S’pore, India exchange five MOUs, agree on ‘ambitious’ road map to chart next phase of ties​

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Sept 4.

Summary

• Singapore and India marked 60 years of ties, agreeing on "an ambitious roadmap" to deepen their comprehensive strategic partnership (CSP).
• Five agreements were signed, covering digital assets innovation, green shipping, aviation training, skills development, and space industries cooperation.
• Both leaders emphasised the importance of their relationship amid global uncertainty, highlighting shared values and mutual interests in various sectors.

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Sep 04, 2025

NEW DELHI – Singapore and India have signed and exchanged five agreements to deepen cooperation across a range of sectors, such as skills development in advanced manufacturing, and green and digital shipping.

Both sides also hammered out “an ambitious and detailed road map” to chart the next phase of their bilateral relationship as the two countries mark 60 years of ties, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Sept 4.

Speaking to the press at Hyderabad House after their closed-door meeting, PM Wong and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi emphasised the deep and forward-looking nature of cooperation between Singapore and India, which is based on shared values.


Before making their remarks, PM Wong and Mr Modi had witnessed the exchange of a joint statement on the road map for the comprehensive strategic partnership (CSP) between the two countries, as well as five memorandums of understanding.

The five pacts covered digital asset innovation, such as better support for cross-border data flows between each country’s central bank and capital market linkages; and establishing a green and digital shipping corridor with infrastructure and technologies to allow for the use of fuels with near-zero greenhouse gas emission.

They also included cooperation in civil aviation training, research and development; skills development in emerging sectors like semiconductors, electronics, and aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul; as well as in space industries like satellite communication.

To date, more than 20 Singapore-made satellites have been launched by India. Both countries will broaden this partnership and push the boundaries of what can be achieved together, said PM Wong.

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (third from right) at a delegation meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi (across from PM Wong) at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Sept 4.


Both leaders also witnessed the virtual inauguration of Phase 2 of PSA Mumbai, a container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai operated by PSA International.

The Phase 2 extension, when completed, would make PSA Mumbai India’s largest single container terminal.


In his remarks, PM Wong said that India has in the last decade made remarkable advances under Mr Modi’s leadership, and as the fourth-largest economy in the world today, its dynamism and influence are felt far beyond its borders.

The Singapore-India relationship has grown in tandem, and has also become more important in a world marked by great uncertainty and turbulence. This is as the partnership is rooted in mutual respect and a deep reservoir of trust, he added.

“We can draw strength from our shared history, and the friendship and trust between our people,” he said. “And together, we can strengthen resilience, seize new opportunities and contribute to stability and growth in our region and beyond.”

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Sept 4.


Mr Modi said that collaboration between the two countries has not been limited to just traditional areas, but has changed with the times to cover new fields such as advanced manufacturing, green shipping, skills development, civil nuclear cooperation and urban water management.

To boost mutual trade, Singapore and India have also decided to review the bilateral Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) in a timely manner, while India is also reviewing its free trade agreement with Asean, he added.

Since CECA entered into force in 2005, annual trade has grown by about 2.5 times, from $20 billion in 2005 to $52.2 billion in 2023.


The Indian Prime Minister noted that over the past year, chief ministers from four Indian states – Odisha, Telangana, Assam and Andhra Pradesh – had visited Singapore, while Singapore’s President Tharman Shanmugaratnam had visited India.

“This is a partnership with purpose, rooted in shared values and guided by mutual interests,” said Mr Modi.

The two countries are driven by a common vision for peace, progress and prosperity, he added, expressing thanks for PM Wong’s personal commitment to the partnership.

Both men embraced after delivering their remarks.

PM Wong is on the last day of his first official visit to India as head of government from Sept 2 to 4.

His visit to New Delhi, at the invitation of Mr Modi, coincides with the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Singapore and India had agreed to elevate diplomatic ties to a CSP about a year ago, when Mr Modi visited Singapore in September 2024.

Under the CSP road map, Singapore and India committed to strengthening economic cooperation, including through a substantial review of the Asean-India Trade in Goods Agreement in 2025, the two governments said in a joint statement on Sept 4.

The two sides will also deepen their cooperation in seven other areas: skills development, digitalisation, sustainability, connectivity, healthcare, people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and defence cooperation.

At PM Wong’s meeting with Mr Modi on Sept 4, the two leaders exchanged views on regional and international developments, including the need to promote economic integration, strengthen multilateralism and uphold the rules-based international order, Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Separately, PM Wong had meetings with Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval.

 

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The US is clamping down on foreign Indian skilled workers.
But not Singapore.

Trump to impose $130,000 fee for H-1B worker visas in blow to tech​

US President Donald Trump is expected to sign a proclamation as early as Sept 19 restricting entry under the H-1B visa programme unless the application fee is paid.


Summary

• President Trump planned to sign a proclamation restricting H-1B visas and imposing a $100,000 application fee.
• Tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta heavily rely on H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers.
• Critics argue H-1B visas suppress wages for American tech workers; India is its biggest recipient.

AI generated

Sep 20, 2025

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump’s administration said on Sept 19 it would ask companies to pay US$100,000 (S$130,000) a year for H-1B worker visas, prompting some big tech companies to warn visa holders to stay in the US or return quickly.

The change could deal a big blow to the technology sector, which relies heavily on skilled workers from India and China.

Since taking office in January, Mr Trump has kicked off a wide-ranging immigration crackdown, including moves to limit some forms of legal immigration.

The step to reshape the H-1B visa programme represents his administration’s most high-profile effort yet to rework temporary employment visas.

“If you’re going to train somebody, you’re going to train one of the recent graduates from one of the great universities across our land,” said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

“Train Americans. Stop bringing in people to take our jobs.”

Mr Trump’s threat to crack down on H-1B visas has become a major flashpoint with the tech industry, which contributed millions of dollars to his presidential campaign.

Microsoft, JPMorgan and Amazon responded to the announcement by advising employees holding H-1B visas to remain in the United States, according to internal e-mails reviewed by Reuters.

The companies advised employees on the H-1B visas who were outside the US to return before midnight on Sept 20, when the new fee structure is set to take effect.

“H-1B visa holders who are currently in the US should remain in the US and avoid international travel until the government issues clear travel guidance,” read an e-mail sent to JPMorgan employees by law firm Ogletree Deakins, which handles visa applications for the US investment bank.

Microsoft, JPMorgan, Ogletree Deakins and Amazon did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.

Critics of the H-1B programme, including many US tech workers, argue that it allows firms to suppress wages and sideline Americans who could do the jobs.

Supporters, including Tesla chief executive and former Trump ally Elon Musk, say it brings in highly skilled workers essential to filling talent gaps and keeping firms competitive.

Mr Musk, himself a naturalised US citizen born in South Africa, has held an H-1B visa.

Some employers have exploited the programme to hold down wages, disadvantaging US workers, according to the executive order Mr Trump signed on Sept 19.

The number of foreign science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) workers in the US more than doubled between 2000 and 2019 to nearly 2.5 million, even as overall Stem employment increased by only 44.5 per cent during that time, it said.

Deters global talent​

Adding new fees “creates disincentive to attract the world’s smartest talent to the US”, said Mr Deedy Das, partner at venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, on X. “If the US ceases to attract the best talent, it drastically reduces its ability to innovate and grow the economy.”

The move could add millions of dollars in costs for companies, which could hit smaller tech firms and start-ups particularly hard.

Reuters was not immediately able to establish how the fee would be administered. Mr Lutnick said the visa would cost US$100,000 a year for each of the three years of its duration, but the details were “still being considered”.

Under the current system, entering the lottery for the visa requires a small fee and, if approved, subsequent fees could amount to several thousand dollars.

Some analysts suggested the fee may force companies to move some high-value work overseas, hampering America’s position in the high-stakes artificial intelligence race with China.

“In the short term, Washington may collect a windfall; in the long term, the US risks taxing away its innovation edge, trading dynamism for short-sighted protectionism,” said eMarketer analyst Jeremy Goldman.

India accounts for most H-1B visas​

India was the largest beneficiary of H-1B visas in 2024, accounting for 71 per cent of approved beneficiaries, while China was a distant second at 11.7 per cent, according to government data.

Amazon and its cloud computing unit AWS had more than 12,000 H-1B visas approved in the first half of 2025, while Microsoft and Meta Platforms had over 5,000 H-1B visa approvals each, according to US Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Mr Lutnick said on Sept 19 that “all the big companies are on board” with US$100,000 a year for H-1B visas.

“We’ve spoken to them,” he said.

Shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp, an information technology services company that relies extensively on H-1B visa holders, fell more than 5 per cent on Sept 19. US-listed shares of Indian tech firms Infosys and Wipro closed between 2 per cent and 5 per cent lower.

Mr Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy director of the American Immigration Council, questioned the legality of the new fees. “Congress has only authorised the government to set fees to recover the cost of adjudicating an application,” he said on Bluesky.

The H-1B programme offers 65,000 visas annually to employers bringing in temporary foreign workers in specialised fields, with another 20,000 visas for workers with advanced degrees.

Nearly all the visa fees have to be paid by the employers. The H-1B visas are approved for three to six years.

Mr Trump also signed an executive order on Sept 19 to create a “gold card” for individuals who can afford to pay US$1 million for US permanent residency. REUTERS

 

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US President Trump protecting jobs for Americans.
What about the Singapore President, Prime Minister, and the ruling party PAP?

Trump targets H-1B visa in gamble to protect American jobs​

Whether his solution is the right fix for the US economy remains to be seen, but changes are needed to end gaming of the foreign workers programme.

The plan by US President Donald Trump answers critics in and out of Maga who complain that companies are addicted to hiring cheaper foreign workers.

PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
Patricia Lopez

Sep 21, 2025

US President Donald Trump is taking yet another gamble on immigration, betting that he can force companies to compete for skilled American engineers and tech workers rather than hire foreign workers through the popular H-1B visa programme. Employers won’t like it – but reform of the programme is long overdue.

The overhaul, signed by the President last week, escalates the price of entry to US$100,000 (S$128,000) per worker, to be paid by the company. And the costs don’t stop there. Mr Trump also wants a revision of prevailing wage rules to ensure that visa holders get paid the same as Americans – a change that should further discourage companies from importing foreign labour.

The plan – which may face legal challenges – preserves H-1B visas as a last resort in fields where talent is scarce, but tilts the playing field towards American workers, answering critics in and out of Maga (Make America Great Again) who complain that companies are addicted to hiring cheaper foreign workers.

Tech companies, which have relied on H-1Bs for years, could be the biggest losers under the new rules. Some tech titans are already complaining that “if the US ceases to attract the best talent, it drastically reduces its ability to innovate and grow the economy”, as Mr Deedy Das, a partner at Menlo Ventures, put it on X. (An earlier White House discussion of reforming H-1Bs faltered after criticism from, among others, tech billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Notably, they’ve now departed from the administration.)

Nevertheless, Mr Trump is correct, as he said in his proclamation, that H-1Bs had been “deliberately exploited” and that “systemic abuses” have created large-scale replacement of skilled American labour with lower-paid workers.

American Stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) graduates, led to believe their degrees would result in plentiful opportunities and well-paid jobs, are instead scrounging for work. The unemployment rates for physics, computer science and chemistry majors are far worse than those of college graduates overall – and nearly double those of “what are you going to do with that degree?” graduates of art history and performing arts programmes.

Enough H-1B abuses have been documented to demonstrate the need for change. The system is supposed to help companies find specialised talent. But investigations by Bloomberg News have detailed how technology, finance and telecoms companies game the system to hire IT workers at lower pay and with lower attrition rates (workers on visas find it much harder to change jobs).

Loopholes abound. Middlemen flood the programme with applications and scoop up as many visas as possible, then contract out those workers to a handful of large companies. In 2023, there were 446,000 applications in a programme limited to 85,000 private-sector slots.

In a system that relies on a lottery to fill those slots, more than 70 per cent of H-1B visas go to a single country: India. That may be due less to having the “world’s smartest talent” than to the ferociously efficient network of outsourcing and staffing firms that specialise in placing Indian talent at artificially low wages.

According to the White House, by 2000 – 10 years after the programme was created – H-1Bs accounted for 1.2 million foreign workers. That figure more than doubled to 2.4 million by 2019, outpacing the rise in Stem jobs. More than 26 per cent of all computer and maths occupations were filled by H-1Bs. Universities also rely on the programme, and in 2021, one study estimated that more than a fifth of college faculty members were foreign-born.

Whether Mr Trump’s solution is the right fix remains to be seen. The US$100,000 fees, along with new prevailing wage rules, may be prohibitive enough to tank the whole programme.

In another era, such details would have been worked out in Congress, with testimony from experts, economists and executives and competing proposals from lawmakers. We are not in that era. Wisely, the Trump administration has given this overhaul a year-long window, at which point it will be re-evaluated.

In any case, dramatic changes appear inevitable. Republican Senator Jim Banks of Indiana is proposing his own version which, unlike Mr Trump’s proclamation, would have the force of law should it pass. The issue is not one that falls along neat, partisan lines. Democrats, too, have a stake in ensuring that American college grads and workers have first pick of such jobs, which can start at six figures.

Yes, Mr Trump’s policy carries risk. The H-1B overhaul dramatically escalates costs at a time when companies are already struggling to find the skilled labour they need. If companies can’t find competitive labour sources, expansion plans may slow, resulting in fewer jobs overall. Frustrated companies could move such jobs overseas.

And Mr Trump’s “damn the torpedoes” approach to policy often comes with glitches and contradictions that might have been avoided with a more careful, collaborative model. Court challenges are almost certain to follow. But there is little question that he has planted a stake in the ground, daring others to do better.

There are no easy answers on immigration. The US has a legitimate need for foreign workers, but there also is a balance that must be struck. Companies’ desire for skilled workers at lower wages can become a race to the bottom. Americans deserve the kind of level playing field that sometimes only government can provide. Bloomberg

 

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When will we train our grads coming from our top universities ?

 

[True Believer]

When will we train our grads coming from our top universities ?

Many S'poreans believe that the govt's policies concerning employment and immigration favour foreigners. Is it surprising that mental health is such a big issue now since anxiety about competition for jobs, pressure on public infrastructure and the social impact of a large foreign population are so obvious? However, the govt insists that foreigners complement, but do not replace the local workforce, which is a lie since foreigners are occupying positions in finance, HR, IT, marketing, quality management, procurement etc. that locals may easily fill at my company.

 

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Thousands of people demonstrated across Australia last month, participating in protests that organisers said were a call for an end to mass migration. Protesters blamed migrants for a range of issues including Australia's housing crisis, rising cost of living and job insecurity, among others. These are the same problems plaguing S'pore which is already far too overcrowded and expensive. To date, the peaceful protests at Hong Lim Park have fallen on deaf ears as more CECAs are being invited in to remove more local PMEs from our livelihood.

 

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PAP ministers are no different as they claim credit, but never accept blame.

 

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Many S'poreans believe that the govt's policies concerning employment and immigration favour foreigners. Is it surprising that mental health is such a big issue now since anxiety about competition for jobs, pressure on public infrastructure and the social impact of a large foreign population are so obvious? However, the govt insists that foreigners complement, but do not replace the local workforce, which is a lie since foreigners are occupying positions in finance, HR, IT, marketing, quality management, procurement etc. that locals may easily fill at my company.

How sad for our own citizens. Forcing our smart offsprings to get out of Sg. Soon brain drain.

On the other hand,

https://theindependent.sg/singapore...ix-months-plan-to-recruit-more-abroad-report/

 

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Better Hindu Cecas, Pinoy Catholics, m&d Cina or Viet Buddhists than a single Mudslime Arab terrorist