Three policy issues largely dominated this week's Parliament debate.
First, foreign manpower. MPs had several proposals: Further raising the minimum pay for sectors like infocomm technology and professional services, imposing manpower quotas, naming recalcitrant firms, and removing preferential tax rates or not awarding them public sector contracts, among others.
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