Concerns of the Singapore worker: Singapore’s growing local-foreigner divide

For some, Changi Business Park has been referred to as"Chennai Business Park" due to the number of Indian expatriates working there.

In recent weeks, social media posts have targeted some firms - including those at the business park - over hiring practices, which they claim appear to favour some nationalities ahead of Singaporeans.Enjoy unlimited access to ST's best work Subscribe Now

What a paradoxon the term „non-resident population“ is! A particularly quirky Singaporean antinomy. Of course, EP and S Pass holders are residents here, albeit foreign ones. When they travel they must declare Singapore as their „country of residence“ on immigration forms. Period.

It is not local against foreigners per se. There seems to be a fairly large concentration from one particular country and majority of those are viewed as not foreign talents here.

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