“Long-simmering emotions” over perception Singaporeans denied fair job opportunities: Pritam Singh

“There have been long-simmering emotions among a sizeable number of Singaporeans surrounding CECA, and more generally, over the perception that Singaporeans are denied fair opportunities in the job market,” Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh said in Parliament on Tuesday (Sep 14).

Speaking on a parliamentary motion on Singaporeans' anxiety over job security and the country's foreign talent policy, he cited how former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong had been “surprised and annoyed” at the rising number of permanent residents in the country. “If a former prime minister, whose job was not directly threatened or taken away by a foreigner, can say he was surprised and annoyed, how much more so for a Singaporean who has experienced such fear of or actual loss of their livelihood?” Mr Singh said.

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