Finance Minister Lawrence Wong has said that should Singapore take a "politically craven" approach, and impose stringent conditions on companies looking to operate here, the country will lose out on good investments and Singaporeans will be deprived of good jobs and career opportunities.
Delivering his remarks in Parliament on Tuesday (Sept 14), Mr Wong also hit back at the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) for the way it has framed its criticism of the Government's foreign talent policy. Read the story: https://str.sg/3Sx4
Meanwhile, in a heated exchange that lasted for more than half an hour, Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam pressed PSP's Leong Mun Wai on his party's stance on Singapore's free trade agreements, especially the Singapore-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement. Read more: https://str.sg/3Sxd
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