Employers urge caution amid calls to cut back foreign worker pool

Singapore

AMID calls from some quarters for a reduction in the number of migrant workers in Singapore, several trade associations and commerce chambers have urged the government to take a considered and calibrated approach to migrant worker policies.

In separate statements all issued on Wednesday, they highlighted that reducing the number of foreign workers (FWs) would adversely affect Singapore's economy and jobs, increase costs as well as blunt the nation's competitiveness.