Acting Minister of Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin has confirmed that more (30% of fresh and renewal) Singapore Employment Pass (EP) and S Pass applications were rejected in the first 7 months of this year alone, compared to the whole of 2011 (26%).
He was responding to Nee Soon GRC’s Member of Parliament, Dr. Lee Bee Wah’s, question of whether the successive calibration of the Singapore work visa framework was hurting small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Minister Tan affirmed that the measures were not designed to hurt SMEs and that all Singapore companies hiring foreign workers will be affected.
Read more about work visa’s effects on SMEs at Rikvin.com.
