With its liberal immigration, thousands have flocked here from Malaysia, Philippines, India and other countries in the past decade.
Many ended up running companies or becoming human resource managers or recruitment agents.
In previous downturns, some bosses were known to have used the excuse of job shedding to bring in more relatives or friends.
“It’s about time the government looks into foreign-owned companies dead set on hiring their own kind,” a Singaporean professional said.
“Many of the Indian IT shops here do so.”
For sometime now, this is also practised by Filipino and Malaysian executives who recruit their own nationals, bypassing qualified locals. Full story
