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Singapore to stick to foreign-labour policies post riot
Government still won't move to a leaner approach.
According to a report by Bloomberg, Singapore will continue to tighten the influx of overseas laborers after a riot involving about 400 foreign workers, said Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin.
“We are continuing to tighten our manpower policies because we do want to move to a leaner approach,” Tan said.
Asked whether poor living conditions led to the riot and if the government would step up measures to ensure foreign workers’ well-being and safety after the incident, he said “it’s premature to conclude that actually it’s because of all these other deep-seated reasons and therefore the riot happened.”
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