With the spectre of an economic crisis looming, political parties made their case for how they would keep Singaporeans in jobs and tackle unemployment on day two of the hustings.
"In a crisis, it is even more critical for us to reinforce these fundamentals, in order to attract more investments and jobs to Singapore," PM Lee added. Progress Singapore Party candidate Francis Yuen said Singaporeans have to"get priority in jobs", by freeing up jobs held by foreign professionals, managers, executives and technicians .
Citing the Jobs Support Scheme, Dr Balakrishnan said:"During the circuit breaker, in effect the Government was paying three quarters of the median wage of Singaporeans."
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