Selectivity is key in welcoming foreigners
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ST Forum - May 22, 2012
I AGREE with Mr Howard Lin ('Right foreign professionals always welcome'; May 12) that Singaporeans are willing to accept foreigners whose expertise is vital to our economic growth, but not those who accept jobs at lower wages.
Such foreigners are willing to work for much lower pay, and their living expenses are also low because they rent rooms.
While companies are eager to hire such workers, does the quality of their work match Singaporeans'?
Singaporeans are not unwilling to upgrade their skills. But they do not want to take on an office job for a factory worker's pay, which is what employers pay foreigners.
Thahira Begum (Ms)
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lower wage = lower spending power = not helping economy
besides, most of them remits their money back to their homeland and keeps the money there. Thus our bank dun benefit from them, ie: cannot use money for investment etc...
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there is a limit to everything; even you are driving a Ferrari.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
there is a limit to everything; even you are driving a Ferrari.
for ferrari, u'll likely reach a red light or an accident before reaching the limit...True story
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
for ferrari, u'll likely reach a red light or an accident before reaching the limit...True story
In a small country you dun need fast speed. The fast speed of foreigners plunging to Sg will kill Sg and the foreigners as well.
Akan datang.
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small country, speed is ok...
however, our productivity with less population like b4 and more population like now, is the same...
and of coz, if u wan to talk abt productivity, density will not help if we are overload... why, go work also late becoz trains too packed, need longer time queueing up for food and other services... how to increase productivity?
Quality is the answer, not quantity...
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In Singapura we don't only need foreign talents in terms of high level technical /professional expertise. We also need the ones who will do hard labour and manual tasks, simply because Singaporeans won't do such jobs. Singaporeans have been brought up to believe and expect that life owes them a higher quality of living . Be a servants? No way! Be a dustbin collector no way! it 'snot just low pay but they destest such jobs. There needs to be a re-orientation in terms of educational expectations vs job match and requirements vs pay and reward system.
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Originally posted by Bikeforceful:
In Singapura we don’t only need foreign talents in terms of high level technical /professional expertise. We also need the ones who will do hard labour and manual tasks, simply because Singaporeans won’t do such jobs. Singaporeans have been brought up to believe and expect that life owes them a higher quality of living . Be a servants? No way! Be a dustbin collector no way! it ‘snot just low pay but they destest such jobs. There needs to be a re-orientation in terms of educational expectations vs job match and requirements vs pay and reward system.
agreed to an extend...youngs are brought up with "see if you dun study hard, u'll end up like the cleaner over there~"... Wat's wrong with being a cleaner? It's still an honest job that u dun kill or rob...
imagine if no one wans to be hawker... will we even have hawker centre or food court next time? All will be taken over by FTs...
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The main problem is too much foreigners. I don't think the problem is with poor or rich foreigners.
Rich fuckers come here, drive big car, stay in sentosa cove and insult Singaporeans, I also don't want.
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Damn crowded now.
Numbers keep increasing every day.
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Selective? hahahahah. Does this word exist when the Pui M Lee let in foreigners.
If I did not remember wrongly, I read that they even let in pros and invite them to be PRs. Any foreigners can be PRs.
However much and hard they try to brainwash us that they get in foreigners without affecting us we all are not stupid and dumb to believe them. Too many times in shouting "Wolf Wolf" , we don't believe any more.
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We need to grow gdp at all cost.
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Originally posted by charlize:
We need to grow gdp at all cost.
incl sacking the whole cabinet full of greedy fools.
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Originally posted by winsomeea:
Selective? hahahahah. Does this word exist when the Pui M Lee let in foreigners.
If I did not remember wrongly, I read that they even let in pros and invite them to be PRs. Any foreigners can be PRs.
However much and hard they try to brainwash us that they get in foreigners without affecting us we all are not stupid and dumb to believe them. Too many times in shouting "Wolf Wolf" , we don't believe any more.
Different view on this, I think the majority singaporean do believe in them as shown in the last G.E -
Originally posted by Lazybumy:
Different view on this, I think the majority singaporean do believe in them as shown in the last G.Ehow you know?
there are other intepretations too.
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We need to be cheaper better faster.
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Originally posted by charlize:
We need to be cheaper better faster.
Cost of living is increasing. Wages should increase to keep up with higher cost of living.
So say some minister.My fortune teller tells me that if I never meet my lucky star, my quality of life will not improve.
Another minister also say must increase productivity.
My grandma also tell me if I eat more, must do more. -
Originally posted by Dalforce 1941:
The main problem is too much foreigners. I don't think the problem is with poor or rich foreigners.
Rich fuckers come here, drive big car, stay in sentosa cove and insult Singaporeans, I also don't want.
There is a clear disconnect between the people's feelings of how much more development and at what speed are necessary for Singapore, as compared with what the government thinks are necessary for the so call"survival of Singapura." This of course results in the volume and quality of immigrants we are pressured to integrate with! I can't honestly believe that the immigration authorities have been extremely discerning as to the quality of immigrants coming in, from my own observation! -
Originally posted by Nelstar:
Cost of living is increasing. Wages should increase to keep up with higher cost of living.
So say some minister.My fortune teller tells me that if I never meet my lucky star, my quality of life will not improve.
Another minister also say must increase productivity.
My grandma also tell me if I eat more, must do more.
Cheaper, Faster = no betterbetter, Faster = no cheaper
better, cheaper = no faster
Hard Truth...
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its not like the people at the top dont know it. they're just not doing it.
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
Cheaper, Faster = no betterbetter, Faster = no cheaper
better, cheaper = no faster
Hard Truth...
We are a global city.
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Originally posted by Nelstar:
We are a global city.
global city? which city is not on the globe?
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Originally posted by Nelstar:
We are a global city.
no global price, wan global standard...oh, they ARE singaporean indeed
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
no global price, wan global standard...oh, they ARE singaporean indeed
more like global price no standard...
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
more like global price no standard...
We must maintain low wages to remain competitive.
We must increase wages to combat higher cost of living.
Damn loop. Stressed.