Guard against relapse into foreign worker reliance

Singapore

THE government will still keep a close watch to ensure companies don't slip back to over-rely on foreign workers again - even as it has no plans to further squeeze their inflow, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday.

"As I said last week, I do not expect any further major measures to tighten foreign worker numbers," he said in kicking off this year's Productivity Month at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre.