JAKARTA (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Human Resources Minister Aida Fauziyah, in a meeting with her Singaporean counterpart Tan See Leng on Monday, February 5, said that Indonesian nurses are meeting the needs of Singapore’s health sector workers. He expressed his hope that this would be the case.
In a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday, the minister said there will be 60 medical assistants in Singapore in 2023. In 2024, the Minister is preparing to send registered nurses who have passed the Singapore Nursing Board (SNB) examination to be held in Singapore. Jakarta.
“We hope that this opportunity remains open so that we can meet the demand for Singapore’s healthcare sector workforce as our elderly population grows,” Mr Fauziyah said at a meeting in Singapore. Stated.
The Minister said that while currently one in five Singaporeans is over 65 years old, it is estimated that by 2030, one in four Singaporeans will be over 65 years old, and that Singapore’s health sector is growing rapidly. He pointed out that the need is increasing. Given this situation, additional migrant workers are needed to optimally run Singapore’s economy.
Meanwhile, he said Indonesia is currently experiencing a demographic dividend, i.e. a period in which the number of working-age people in the age range of 15 to 64 is greater than the number of non-working-age people of that age. said. Target group is 65 years of age or older.
He also reiterated Indonesia’s readiness to send workers to other sectors in Singapore, such as food and beverages, hospitality and retail.
Meanwhile, Minister Leng said that the Singapore government has given Indonesian nurses the opportunity to work in Singapore.
“Nurses from Indonesia are excellent and very kind. There are also many Indonesian patients in some hospitals in Singapore,” he said.
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