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SINGAPORE - The government will stop tightening the tap on foreign workers only if three goals are met. They are: foreign presence in the labour pool is capped at around a third; productivity grows 2-3 per cent a year; and when Singaporeans' wages improve.

SINGAPORE, March 15 — Singapore sees local employment grow by 58,700, or 2.9 percent in 2012, much higher than the gains of 37,900, or 1.9 percent in 2011, mainly due to the tighter foreign manpower controls conducted by the authorities, the city- state’s Ministry of Manpower said on Friday.

SINGAPORE: The Manpower Ministry has announced two new enhancements to the foreign manpower framework for the services sector, in order to help businesses in this sector enhance productivity amidst the recently tightened foreign manpower policies.

SINGAPORE: There are three factors which the Singapore government will be monitoring while managing the pace of tightening of foreign worker employment policies, said Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin.

SINGAPORE: There are three factors which the Singapore government will be monitoring while managing the pace of tightening of foreign worker employment policies, said Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin.

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has announced changes to the Employment Act which will ensure better protection for more workers -- including Professionals, Managers and Executives (PMEs).

SINGAPORE: The Manpower Ministry has announced two new enhancements to the foreign manpower framework for the services sector, in order to help businesses in this sector enhance productivity amidst the recently tightened foreign manpower policies.

Service firms will be able to pay less in levies for work permit holders classified as skilled workers according to new criteria set out by the Manpower Ministry. Acting Minister for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin announced this in Parliament on Thursday.