Jonathan – A wholly Singaporean workforce

‘In a 10 year plan announced
during the new year in 1982, then-prime minister Lee Kuan Yew spoke of having a
fully Singaporean workforce that was not dependent on foreigners by 1991.



His message: “A wholly Singaporean
workforce without any work permit holder at all by 1991.”



“Workers we want to retain beyond
1990 should be those who will raise our level of productivity,” the late Mr Lee