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Foreign PMETs not displacing local ones

Despite bigger foreign workforce, jobless rate of S'porean PMETs still low: Tan Chuan-Jin

Nisha Ramchandani

Nisha Ramchandani

Published Fri, Apr 10, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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    Singapore

    FOREIGN professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) are not displacing local PMETs in Singapore's job market, clarified Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin in a blogpost.

    This was in response to mainstream media reports a few days ago highlighting the growth of Singapore's foreign workforce over the last four years, which raised concerns over foreign competition for PMET jobs vis-a-vis locals.

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