I am pleased to be invited as one of the speakers for an upcoming seminar on the 24th March 2008 at URA Centre (2pm - 5pm) with a target audience of 60 to 80 MINDEF officers that will be transiting in 1 to 2 years’ time.

This event is held in conjunction with the training arm of ST Electronics and Vector Scorecard. I will be touching on the following areas:-
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SINGAPORE: The Singapore economy has been creating more and more jobs but there are not enough Singaporeans to fill them.

So companies are turning more and more to foreigners. Hence the proportion of new jobs going to Singaporeans has been falling over the years.

A Manpower Ministry study noted that in the three years between 2004 and 2006, although increasingly more jobs were created each year, those going to Singapore citizens fell from 45 percent to 40 then 37 percent in 2006.

Latest MOM numbers showed 360,700 jobs were created between 2004 and 2006. Foreigners took the largest share, clinching 156,500 jobs, with 141,700 going to Singaporeans and 62,500 to permanent residents.
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