The New Paper Competitive workforce key as competition increases: Edwin Tong While Mr Edwin Tong understands Singaporeans' concerns about the influx of immigrants, he points out that reverse immigration is way more worrying. TNP PHOTO: TIMOTHY DAVID 0 Engagements With its open economy and a safe multiracial society, Singapore is attractive to foreign nationals looking to settle down in a new country or to build a career. But this has stirred up anti-immigration attitudes and anti-foreign worker sentiments, which the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated. In an interview with The New Paper, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong said: "This is a visceral problem for many and also a political one that we have to solve."