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SOME PROBLEMS OF MANPOWER DEVELOPMENTIN SINGAPORE

l The Second Gordon Arthur Oration delivered on26 Ju ly 1973 a t the Open ing Ceremony o f the 8 th S inga-

pore -Ma lays ia Congress o f Med ic ine , in the Aud i to r ium,Regional English Language Centre.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Ministry of

Singapore.

K. S. GOH,1 . Mr . Chua Seng K ia t has g iven me cons iderab le ass is -

tance in the co l l ec t ion o f da ta and documents . I havea lso bene f i t ed f rom d iscuss ions w i th h im and Dr . PangEng Fong.

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A s e r i e s o f Q u a r t e r l y M a n p o w e r S u r v e y s o n v a r i o u sindus t r i es by the Na t iona l P roduc t i v i t y Board , S inga-pore.

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16. Van Hoeh, F.J. “The Migra t ion o f H igh Leve l Manpowerf r o m t o D e v e l o p e d C o u n t r i e s ” o f t h e I n s t i t u t e o f S o c i a l t h e H a g u e ( 1 9 7 0 )p p . g i ves the fo l l ow ing es t imates : - Be tweena n d 3 1 , 0 9 1 s c i e n t i s t s , e n g i n e e r s a n d d o c t o r sm i a r a t e d t o t h e U S A f r o m d e v e l o o i n a c o u n t r i e s . The

d r a i n o f s i m i l a r C a n a d a b e -t w e e n w a s T h e f e a t u r e w a sno t on l y t he l a rge numbers bu t t he acce le ra t i ng paceo f t he b ra in d ra in .