Tag: local-foreign workforce balance
PSP’s Leong Mun Wai, Ministers spar over local and foreign talent
Singapore—On Thursday (Feb 25), the second day of the Budget Debate, the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Leong Mun Wai called...
Lim Tean backs blogger/activist’s query: How many Singaporeans hold these jobs?
Singapore -- Peoples Voice party leader Lim Tean has supported blogger and activist Leong Sze Hian's call for transparency to provide a breakdown of...
Josephine Teo: 75 percent white-collar jobs in growth sector filled by locals
Singapore—In relation to local-foreign workforce balance being one of the most pressing concerns important to Singaporeans today, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said in Parliament...
Chan Chun Sing: Singapore’s workforce needs right balance of local and foreign manpower
Singapore— Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said in Parliament on Tuesday (Feb 4) that the country’s workforce needs the ‘right mix’...
Singapore’s top priority this year is job protection for PMETs: Analyst
Singapore — While the trade-reliant nature of Singapore’s economy has made economic cooperation and free trade its foremost priority on the whole, one analyst...
Pritam Singh: WP will continue to ask questions on local-foreign workforce data
Singapore—In Parliament on Monday (Jan 6), Workers’ Party (WP) MP and opposition leader Pritam Singh asked for the number of jobs for each sector...
Chan Chun Sing tells Pritam Singh not to pit Singaporeans against permanent residents and...
Singapore—On Monday (Jan 6), an argument broke out between Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing and Workers’ Party’s (WP) Pritam Singh concerning a...