Singapore PM Lee plans to fine-tune foreign worker policies

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. - AP

SINGAPORE(Bloomberg): Singapore will recalibrate its foreign worker policies to strike a balance between accepting overseas workers and addressing the economic and social concerns of its citizens, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said.

The government is aware such anxieties over the foreign worker population have worsened because of uncertainties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and authorities are addressing them, Lee said in a televised message Sunday on the eve of the country’s 56th National Day.

Other tough issues that have come to the fore during this period that need to be dealt with include support for low-wage workers and the challenge of maintaining racial harmony, he said.