An official audit by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on illegal foreign worker hiring practices in 2018 checked 650 more firms than in previous similar exercises and required 20,000 fewer man-hours to complete.
The secret to the huge lift in productivity: The pervasive use of data science techniques to boost enforcement efforts and weed out errant employers.
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