Singapore needs foreign manpower to complement its resident workforce and support such sectors as construction, health and social services, Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said Tuesday.
Foreign manpower is also needed to anchor and build up new sectors in Singapore such as the biomedical and aerospace industries, he said.
"If you train Singaporeans to fill up the sector before you launch the sector, you may lose the opportunity, and you take too long," he said.
"If you tell Rolls Royce, wait until we train all the workers and technicians, I think we would have missed the investments," he said. Full story
