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S Pass tightening: job take-up by locals to differ between industries

Mid-skilled will likely benefit in manufacturing, but bump to their employability and wages may not be similar in other sectors
By Annabeth Leow
The Business Times
S Pass tightening: job take-up by locals to differ between industries
The latest Budget reduces the maximum share of S Pass holders that manufacturers can employ from 20 per cent now, to 15 per cent by 2023.
18 Feb 2021 - 05:50

Singapore

MID-SKILLED locals will likely benefit from Singapore's lower reliance on foreign workers in manufacturing, watchers have agreed - even in the face of the perennial complaint that such jobs are not attractive to locals.

But the bump to their employability and wages may

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