[Blasterlord2]

That's a wrong comparison. Semicon need IT, construction need IT. In fact, every damn thing need IT. So how to compare semicon with IT?

The IT market is spoilt by the open policy. Govt want to bring in extra manpower to supplement local IT manpower.

But govt never keep things in check, so end up is local supplementing IT manpower.

IT is very diverse. When you said each field needs IT, you are actually talking about many different things. It's better that you have people who are versatile than people who only want to do one kind of work. If you have more people doing IT then you'll have fewer people in other fields. It's not possible to do that with our small population, and so yes, I support foreigners to supplement our work force.