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Singapore’s total foreign workforce size shrank to 635,700 as at December 2021. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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SINGAPORE - After 18 months under what he felt were stifling restrictions in Singapore, German hospitality professional Andre Alexy decided to leave the Republic in July last year for a plum position in Dubai.

The role, as food and beverage (F&B) operations manager at Atlantis The Royal, and the chance to be part of an opening team, was too good to pass up.

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