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Xinhua, 3 May 2009
China urges citizens to avoid illegal employment in
Singapore
BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua)—The Ministry of
Commerce warned Chinese citizens Sunday to avoid seeking employment
in Singapore via illegal channels.
In a statement posted on its website, the ministry said there
had been cases of violations of the rights and interests of Chinese
workers who worked as “free laborers” in Singapore on contracts
they signed with employers or labor agents there. It didn’t give
specific examples.
Such a process of seeking employment is illegal in Singapore,
the ministry said.
The ministry urged citizens to go through standard procedures
with firms that are authorized to employ foreign nationals in
Singapore.
Singapore is facing increasing pressure from unemployment, with
a jobless rate rising to a five-year high of 4.8 percent in the
first quarter.
The manufacturing sector has been hardest-hit by collapsing
exports, with a loss of 19,900 jobs in the first quarter.
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