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  We refer to the Forum letter,   "Find out why firms prefer to hire foreign professionals" (Feb 27) . There are valid reasons why employers still hire foreign professionals even as we continue to strengthen the Singaporean core. First, Singapore, a global financial centre, is home to 46 per cent of Asia's regional headquarters, and these companies would base their professionals, whether Singaporeans or foreigners of different nationalities, here to serve their regional and global operations. Second, foreign professionals help Singapore to seize new business opportunities or to grow new industries quickly, while we develop Singaporeans for these new job opportunities. This strategy has enabled Singapore to grow industries like electronics and pharmaceuticals. Third, even as capabilities are transferred to locals through the many schemes and programmes, there will always be a skills shortage in new growth areas. For example, the infocomm sector employs around 200,000 profe...

  We thank Mr Jeffrey Law Lee Beng for his letter ( Find out why firms prefer to hire foreign professionals , Feb 27). Amid the many challenges posed by Covid-19, Singaporeans are understandably concerned with manpower competition and employment security. The majority of businesses in Singapore are committed to recruiting fairly based on merit and growing a strong Singaporean core. Earlier this year, 29 trade associations and chambers representing a wide spectrum of Singapore's economy issued a joint statement underlining the business community's commitment to fair hiring and employment practices.  While there are a minority of companies that may not yet practise fair hiring, they are not representative of the majority of businesses that strive to adopt progressive human resource practices and support the development of Singaporeans.  카지노사이트 We must not overlook the reality that Singapore is a small country with a limited workforce. For Singapore to sustain its economic g...