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SINGAPORE, Feb. 15 — Singapore will not be able to produce enough nurses for its own needs for years to come, despite plans to increase the number of locally trained nurses from 1,700 a year at present to 2,700 a year, local daily Straits Times reported on Friday.

SINGAPORE - The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has proposed a points-based system to control the quality and quantity of foreign workers coming into Singapore.

SINGAPORE - Foreign workers should be allowed to change employers only in special circumstances, such as when their bosses go bankrupt, said employment agents and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) last week.

Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang on Thursday accused the PAP Government of kicking the can of economic restructuring down the road and using immigration as the easy way out.

SINGAPORE - The Workers' Party's (WP's) proposal to freeze the foreign- worker population will "throw a spanner" in the Government's plans to build 200,000 new homes, said National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday.

SINGAPORE: Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Manpower Hawazi Daipi said it is impractical to prescribe a comprehensive standard for medical fitness for foreign domestic workers (FDWs).

SINGAPORE - The body representing small and medium firms here has asked for a closer look at the issue of restricting the inflow of foreign workers in Singapore, in its response to the White Paper on population released last week.

Foreign investors have started to leave Singapore to escape restrictions on the hiring of skilled foreign workers just as the government embarks on an ambitious plan to keep the island nation’s economic miracle on track.