Singapore appealed for firms to hire more locals as a pandemic-driven fall in foreign workers, together with an easing of virus curbs, continues to drive the city-state’s worst labour shortage in over two decades.
Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said in parliament Monday that while certain sectors such as construction has seen a recovery in employees from abroad to over 90% of pre-Covid numbers as virus curbs eased, other firms facing manpower shortages should tap on available sources of local workers to build up their manpower core.
