Priming to open the floodgate for more foreign workers in Singapore

The Star Online, 18 Jul 2009
Employers in the service industry are struggling to hire locals, leading to an unhealthy dependence on foreigners.
MANY Singaporeans – like manager Joyce Ng – may be forgiven for asking: “Where is the job crisis? Is the recession for real?”
Despite the recession and a large loss of jobs, Ng, who runs The Whisky Store, was having anything but an easy time when she tried last month to hire local workers.
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