Mr Giam said the industries in question were the marine, manufacturing and construction industries and that more needs to be done to address the perception that these industries are less attractive
SINGAPORE: In his speech on Budget 2023 on Feb 23, Workers’ Party Member of Parliament Gerald Giam talked about the challenges faced by workers, and underlined the need to attract Singaporeans to work in industries that are currently overly dependent on foreign employees.
“However, there needs to be more emphasis on attracting Singaporeans to work in industries that are currently over-dependent on foreign workers, such as the marine, manufacturing and construction industries,And while there are a number of programmes including career conversion and professional conversion initiatives for equipping people who have moved to these industries, there has nevertheless been “less success in urging our local workers to switch to these industries in the first place.
He addressed the common perception that Singaporeans have no interest in working in the underserved fields because of long hours, shift work, low pay, and difficult working conditions, but added that food delivery jobs show that many Singaporeans “are willing to work in physically demanding jobs.” Should benefits be added to industries that lack local workers at present, more would be attracted to apply in these fields.
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