One focus would be to ensure that local workers can learn valuable expertise from highly-skilled foreign employees.
, Manpower Minister Tan See Leng cautioned that the nation needs to strengthen its local workforce and be better prepared for global headwinds.
“We need to continue to strengthen the entire local workforce, and help to secure safer, progressive, more inclusive workplaces to ensure that all Singaporeans have fair and equitable work.” Dr Tan, who is also Second Minister for Trade and Industry, said that forward-looking policies enabled the good results last year.Moving forward, one focus would be to ensure that local workers can learn valuable expertise from their highly-skilled foreign colleagues.launched last December allows firms that have expansion plans to temporarily bring in more foreign hires above the quota for their industry.
Dr Tan added that as Singapore is a small nation with population constraints, local employees need to “work with the best and collectively leverage each other's strengths … to stay in the top league”.With constant upgrades in relevant skills and shifting trends in the job market, such as the rapid digitisation of many industries, Singaporeans need to stay up to date and adapt to change, said Dr Tan.
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