| PAP Nee Soon
  • Latest
    • Events
    • Lifestyle
    • Commentary
  • Volunteer
    • GE2020
      • Manifesto 2020
      • Emerging Stronger Together
      • A Brighter Future Together
      • Better Nee Soon
      • More Exciting Plans for Nee Soon
      • Map of improvements
      • Healthcare Hub of the North
      • Caring, Sustainable Town
      • No One Left Behind
      • Home With a Heart
    • Connect
      • Shanmugam’s Story: Keeping Our Homes Safe
      • Faishal’s story: Believe in People
      • Louis’ story:  Every Kid Deserves a Childhood
      • Derrick’s story: Putting Heartlanders First
      • Carrie’s Story: A Volunteering Trip that Changed Her Life
      • PAP Nee Soon Facebook Page
    • Contact
    | PAP Nee Soon
    • Latest
    • Volunteer
    • GE2020
    • Connect
    • Contact
    • Latest
      • Events
      • Lifestyle
      • Commentary
    • Volunteer
    • GE2020
      • Manifesto 2020
      • Emerging Stronger Together
      • A Brighter Future Together
      • Better Nee Soon
      • More Exciting Plans for Nee Soon
      • Map of improvements
      • Healthcare Hub of the North
      • Caring, Sustainable Town
      • No One Left Behind
      • Home With a Heart
    • Connect
      • Shanmugam’s Story: Keeping Our Homes Safe
      • Faishal’s story: Believe in People
      • Louis’ story:  Every Kid Deserves a Childhood
      • Derrick’s story: Putting Heartlanders First
      • Carrie’s Story: A Volunteering Trip that Changed Her Life
      • PAP Nee Soon Facebook Page
    • Contact

    Latest > Commentary

    Jobs for Locals

    A/P Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
    COS Cut for MOM

    Economic Growth and Jobs for Locals
    The Singapore economy grew by 3.6% in 2017. This is better than the economic growths in 2015 and 2016.
    At the employment front, we were informed of a drop in Singapore’s total employment in 2017. This was due to a larger drop in foreign employment, although local employment grew.
    I would like to ask the Minister, has the economic growths in the past few years, benefited Singaporeans, in particular the growth in PMET jobs?

    Employment Support for Locals
    During last year’s COS Debate, Minister Lim shared that MOM was working on a few strategies to provide enough jobs for Singaporeans and better quality ones too. Many initiatives have been undertaken and enhanced, such as the enhanced Professional Conversion Programme, the “Attach and Train” scheme, and the enhanced Career Support Programme.
    I would like to ask the Minister how effective have MOM’s efforts been in helping locals, particularly mature PMETs and those who have been unemployed for long periods to take on new job opportunities? Will MOM similarly be doing more to help rank and file workers?

    Local-Foreign Complementarity
    Over the last two year’s COS Debates, I have raised the issue about Singaporean and foreign workers, in terms of the Singaporean core and the complementarity of local and foreign workers.
    I would like to ask the Minister for an update.
    Can the Minister share on MOM’s treatment of “Triple Weak” and “Triple Strong” companies.
    Finally, I would like to know if these efforts have resulted in better outcomes for Singaporeans, in particular for our PMETs?

    Answer:
    In a bid to give Singaporeans fair access to more high-quality jobs, the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF) will be expanded to cover more employers and jobs.

    READ MORE Commentary , Latest


      Deprecated: Function WP_Query was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 3.1.0! caller_get_posts is deprecated. Use ignore_sticky_posts instead. in /home/papneeso/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 5663
    • On reducing administrative workload of teachers
    • On rent control measures on coffee shop stalls in HDB estates
    • Louis Ng on Stamp Duties (Amendment) Bill
    • Louis Ng on Endangered Species (Import and Export)(Amendment Bill)
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    COPYRIGHT © PEOPLE'S ACTION PARTY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published by People's Action Party Chong Pang branch, at the direction of K Shanmugam
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    COPYRIGHT © PEOPLE'S ACTION PARTY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published by People's Action Party Chong Pang branch, at the direction of K Shanmugam
    ?>