Tan chuan-jin: Tightening foreign labour laws is not “pro-singaporean”

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TAN CHUAN-JIN: TIGHTENING FOREIGN LABOUR LAWS IS NOT “PRO-SINGAPOREAN” :kma:

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27 Oct 2014 - 6:01pm








At a dialogue session in Keat Hong on Sunday, Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said that the government sometimes need to be “heard-headed” as it has a difficult job of balancing so many different societal needs.

For example, he said that many people want a tighter foreign manpower policy because they are seeing a lot of job competition but at the same time, businesses are calling for more foreigners as they face manpower crunches.

He also said that it is a fallacy to suggest that tightening foreign worker inflow is “pro-Singaporean”. Instead, he said that regardless of whether or not Singapore tightens foreign labour flow, Singaporeans will still face competition.







Minister Tan explained that if they tighten too much, businesses might outsource or move all together and this would mean fewer jobs.

He gave another example of the idea to build more cycling paths saying that doing so would mean giving up some car space, pedestrian paths and grassland.

Minister Tan’s words echo earlier sentiments shared by PM Lee during the NUS Society 60th anniversary Lecture where he also said that “we must never be hard-hearted, but we must never shy away from being hard-headed,” when making decisions.


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