Friday, 28 August 2020

Chan Chun Sing on raising the salary criteria for EP and S Pass holders: We want quality



The new rules to limit foreign worker visas won’t affect Singapore’s status as a business hub, Mr Chan said Friday in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Haslinda Amin.

In another interview with CNA on Saturday, Mr Chan said: “The way to interpret the recent changes is this, we are making a move towards quality, rather than quantity … and this is what we have done progressively over the years.

“Whenever the economic conditions require it, we will progressively adjust the qualifying salaries for the foreign employees coming into Singapore because 𝐒𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐒𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐑𝐒𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐒𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐑𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 π’π’π§π πšπ©π¨π«πžπšπ§π¬ 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐑𝐒π₯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐑𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐒𝐦𝐞, 𝐒𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐑𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚π₯π₯𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐒𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚π₯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐑𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐑𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫π₯𝐝.”

He added: in doing this, we raise the headroom for Singaporeans to compete while at the same time, it doesn’t affect the really top tier of talent that we want to attract from the world.


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