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MSG Global Solutions Asia and Optimum Solutions Singapore (hardware and software consultants) now working with IDA to build up local talent pools in their companies... Come 1 August 2014, firms will have to advertise their job vacancies on the Workforce Development Agency’s Jobs Bank before applying for Employment Passes (EP).... 

The Migrant Workers' Centre made several critical points about fairness for migrant workers ("Greater protection and care for migrant workers needed"; last Saturday). The recruitment process is particularly arduous for workers in the construction and marine sectors, and charges from agents, middlemen and training centres often... 

Singapore's Precarious Surveillance State The Envy Of US Intelligence Agencies (5 Aug) - If you want to build a surveillance state with a minimum of backlash, you'll need a very controllable environment. Shane Harris at Foreign Policy has a detailed report on Singapore's relatively peaceful coexistence with Big Brother that...