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The case of Singapore is worth citing here. At least
40 per cent of the work force of Singapore are migrants . The
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country has high dependence on the services of low - skill
migrants. However, most of these migrants are subjected to
strict visa requirements and reportorial monitoring. On the
other hand, Singapore has been relatively lenient policy, if
not an open one, when it comes to the entry of high-skill
workers, who come to Singapore as tourists and yet apply for
jobs upon arrival.
As early as the 1980s, Singapore realized that it needs
to recruit the best and the brightest outside Singapore in order
to sustain its program of continuous upward development.
As documented by Iwasaki , Singapore launched in
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the early 2000s a program to recruit leading scientists from
around the world to take up positions in research institutions
or serve as university professors. The whole idea is to enhance
Singapore’s capacity for innovation and transform Singapore
as the region’s center for research and development.
11 Iwasaki, K., 2015. “Singapore’s Strategy for Attracting Highly-Skilled Foreign
Human Resources”, in Pacific Business and Industries, XV, 56, Tokyo: Japan
Research Institute.
12 Iwasaki, K., 2015. “Singapore’s Strategy for Attracting Highly-Skilled Foreign
Human Resources”, in Pacific Business and Industries, XV, 56, Tokyo: Japan
Research Institute.
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