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But Malaysia does feel the shortage of workers, not just

for skilled occupations. Just last May, the Malaysian Cabinet
lifted the ban on hiring foreign workers in the manufacturing,
construction, furniture making and plantation sectors (The Daily

Samakal, 2016: http://www.samakal.net/2016/05/12/5635).
This is in response from businesses facing skills shortages.

Singapore. The city-state has 3.44 million employed

workers, of which 2.103 million are locals and some 1.404
million foreigners (Department of Statistics Singapore, 2015;

2016). By occupational group, covering all workers by nationality,
Singapore has 290.7 thousand professionals and 483.4 thousand
associate professionals as of 2014 (Department of Statistics

Singapore, 2015). Of the total 5,469,724 population in Singapore,
about 1,598,985 of them are “non-residents,” referring to those

who work, study or live in Singapore but who were not given
permanent residence” (Department of Statistics Singapore,
2015). Meanwhile, some 189,600 have the employment pass,

referring to the skilled workers in Singapore (see Table __).

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