SINGAPORE - A global index that ranked Singapore as the world's most competitive economy also highlighted the difficulties bosses face when trying to hire foreign labour.
The Republic scored only 47.6 and a ranking of 93 out of 141 economies on the ease of employing staff from overseas.
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