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Ideas flow on continued help as Jobs Support Scheme nears expiry

While smoothening transition pain, proposals aim to get retrenched back to work and ensure economic recovery

Annabeth Leow

Published Mon, Jul 27, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Singapore manpower

Singapore

BETTER wage subsidies, tighter immigration rules, and even the return of a pre-Independence "Workers' Brigade": These are some ideas mooted to keep Singaporeans employed.

"The ideal solution is to ensure that those retrenched could get back on track to become self-reliant again as soon as possible," sociologist Tan Ern Ser told The Business Times.

On the other hand, economics associate professor Walter Theseira warned against fixating on headline numbers such as job placements.

"Wh…