SINGAPORE - A Facebook post on Singapore's employment figures by blogger and government critic Leong Sze Hian was corrected on Monday (Feb 7) by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), which said Mr Leong had made inaccurate claims.
Mr Leong's post, which was published on Dec 26, 2021, had cited what he described as "11 job statistics", including his claims on the number of unemployed citizens as well as professional, managerial, executive and technical (PMET) jobs held by foreigners here.
In his post, he asked if it was the "beginning of the end for Singaporean jobs" and claimed, among other things, that 58 per cent of those holding PMET jobs were non-Singaporeans.
Debunking this, MOM said foreigners "do not form the majority of those holding PMET jobs in Singapore", contrary to Mr Leong's claims.
In an article published on the Government's fact-checking website Factually, the ministry said that foreigners holding employment passes and S Passes accounted for 22 per cent of all PMET jobs in Singapore in 2020.
From 2010 to 2020, the number of local PMETs also increased by about 300,000, while the number of employment pass and S Pass holders increased by 110,000, added MOM.
"This means that not only are there more locals in PMET jobs, the increase in local PMETs significantly outnumbered the increase in foreign PMETs by around 3:1," said MOM.
More at https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...curate-claims-in-post-on-job-figures-says-mom
