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Recruiter causes stir for saying foreign workers are 'a lot hungrier' than Singaporeans

Summary by The Independent
SINGAPORE: After a legal recruiter said on a recent podcast that companies are now choosing to hire “hungrier” workers from Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, and are letting go of Singaporean workers, this caused no small amount of comments online. The recruiter, who is also the founder of Aslant Legal, is a 42-year-old former lawyer named Shulin Lee. Ms Lee was a guest on an episode aired on April 30 of CNA’s Deep Dive Podcast titled “Why…
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The Independent broke the news in Singapore on Friday, May 8, 2026.
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