WORKERS’ Party MP Chen Show Mao said in Parliament that the Government should focus on getting more citizens and residents into the workforce rather than import foreign labour – prompting a string of questions from PAP MPs and two ministers.
Speaking on the White Paper on Population, Chen said that the WP believes that the resident workforce can grow at 1% per annum if more elderly, homemakers and foreign spouses of citizens are encouraged to enter the labour market.
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