# NDR 2026: Singapore to broadly maintain current ethnic balance while welcoming newcomers

https://mins.news/en/video/29820

- CNA, 2026-08-23 13:24 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afWeAz_f-xc

> Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said Singapore would broadly preserve its current ethnic balance even as it welcomes newcomers, assuring that its multiracial and multireligious character would remain. He also addressed business calls to ease foreign-worker policies.

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