In what is likely to be good news for Britons looking for finance jobs in Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong said the state "cannot do without" some individuals entering its labour market from overseas.
Making his National Day Message this week, he added: "Let us welcome them with an open heart, help them to fit in and encourage those who will become citizens to strike roots here. If we do this well, by the next generation, their children will be native Singaporeans." Full story