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SINGAPORE - The number of foreign workers coming into Singapore is projected to slow substantially from now on, but the Government made it clear in its Population White Paper on Jan 29 that it will keep the door open for three groups of migrant workers.

SINGAPORE: The Singapore government has said it will begin to crackdown on domestic workers coming into the country looking for work in the Southeast Asian country, a new memo from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said.

SINGAPORE: Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said the government will not be changing its decision on the tightening of foreign manpower policies for the foreseeable future.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the government's move to tighten rules on foreign labor inflows could damp economic growth this year, the Business Times reported Friday.

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority has warned individuals not to enter a marriage of convenience to bypass immigration laws.

STRICTER hiring policies are starting to put the brakes on the inflow of foreign workers, new figures showed yesterday. The numbers have gone up, but not by as much as before.

SINGAPORE - The government will stop tightening the tap on foreign workers only if three goals are met. They are: foreign presence in the labour pool is capped at around a third; productivity grows 2-3 per cent a year; and when Singaporeans' wages improve.

SINGAPORE, March 15 — Singapore sees local employment grow by 58,700, or 2.9 percent in 2012, much higher than the gains of 37,900, or 1.9 percent in 2011, mainly due to the tighter foreign manpower controls conducted by the authorities, the city- state’s Ministry of Manpower said on Friday.