Is the Singapore Economic model workable ?

Singapore model depends very much on low wage foreign workers taking on jobs in construction, domestic household helpers, cleaners, retail workers and even nurses. It also to a certain extent, taking on foreign workers in the IT and banking sector.

There are many jobs taken up by such foreigners, but Singaporeans are also not good enough to take on higher level jobs. I think people need to realise that no matter how smart or advance the country is,  the population distribution is fixed. It's very hard to move people from the lower level to even the middle level, so lower level jobs lost to foreigners will mean they will be out of jobs due to mismatch of skills when they try to move to a higher level.

The lower level jobs will always be there, so meaning that these jobs will one day be forever be done by foreigners. The country will need such workers but it bring about other issues.


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