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No plans to waive foreign worker levy: Josephine Teo

Thu, Feb 27, 2020 - 5:50 AM

Sharon Seesharons@sph.com.sg@SharonSeeBT

Mrs Teo says waiving levies for foreign workers in general will not benefit the many employers who only have local employees.

Singapore

THE Singapore government does not plan to waive or reduce foreign worker levies despite calls from business leaders and MPs to do so in an economic environment that has already taken a battering from the coronavirus outbreak, the Republic's manpower minister said.

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