SINGAPORE, July 1 — Parliament is set to debate the issue of free trade agreements when it sits next week, as they have been linked to an “undercurrent of sentiment against immigrant Indians”, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung.
While there are concerns from Singaporeans that need to be addressed, he said the unhappiness is also fuelled “in no small part” by false allegations by the Progress Singapore Party about how the Singapore-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement has given Indian professionals, managers and executives “a free hand to come here to work”.
To answer these questions, Mr Ong said he and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng will deliver a ministerial statement to address these questions. Mr Ong will be speaking as a former trade negotiator.
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