Nine in 10 new jobs in Singapore go to citizens and permanent residents, acting Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen said in rebuttal to a university study saying foreigners took 75 per cent of new jobs, the Straits Times reported.

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Nine in 10 new jobs in Singapore go to citizens and permanent residents, acting Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen said in rebuttal to a university study saying foreigners took 75 per cent of new jobs, the Straits Times reported. Ng referred to the study by economists at Nanyang Technological University as "sensationalist, irresponsible and unprofessional", the paper reported, citing a meeting he held with reporters. The economists, Chen Kang and Tan Khee Giap, replied with a written statement...