After the revelation by Tan Chuan Jin and Tafep in Parliament, I seriously thought the problem of employers, local and foreign, discriminating and victimizing Singaporeans in employment opportunity is a serious one. So I posted a few articles about this sad state of affair happening to Singaporean PMEs, being victimized and ousted from their jobs and be replaced by foreigners.
Since then I have been watching the news closely everywhere for more evidence of such discrimination and victimization of Singaporeans for good jobs in their own country. Fortunately or unfortunately, there was hardly anything mentioned, not a clue or evidence that such a bad thing is happening. They say no news is good news.
I believe the main stream journalists and the freelance investigative journalists in social media are busy trying to fish out such acts of discrimination against Singaporeans and if there are such cases, they would definitely blow them up in the main media and social media. Obviously there are none or none has been discovered. So, for the few cases brought up by MOM, they must be exceptions.
All is fine. No worry, all is fine. If not fine, Singapore being so small, and we have very responsible and patriotic reporters and journalists in both the main and social media, they would have uncovered them. Thank God things are ok. Singaporeans, especially the PMEs who have lost their jobs and unemployable must be a natural thing, a meritocratic thing. They only have themselves to blame and to reflect on why they were unemployable. We have a fair system, a level playing field. No foul play. Everyone is so innocent, I mean the employers and organisations employing foreign PMEs. There is no discrimination and victimization.
Go to Shenton way or changi business park and u draw your own conclusion lor
ReplyDeleteThey are here because they are more meritocratic than Sinkies and also they are here a bit later than the early immigrants: )
ReplyDeletePhilip Yeo said in a recent press report that over the last 5 years, 500,000 FTs were imported in the ervice sector.These huge numbers are highly visible. You see them in the trains fighting for space with the locals and you are served by them in the food and retail outlets.Did our economy created 500,000 jobs over the last 5 years? I doubt so.So some jobs have been taken away from sinkie and given to FTs.
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ReplyDeleteMr RB, earlier immigrants came here to build up the country.
Later immigrants came here to suck up the country.
This is the differnce. If the PAPies still think that is is the same, then sad to say, they have to join the latter immigrants when the Opposition take over the Govt and they also have to be deported.
Cheers
Not only the PAP thinks so, many Sinkies also think so. And you are right, the early immigrants came to a place that was undeveloped. Today the roads are paved with gold and plenty of money to scoop for the new migrants. The old migrants came to a sea of sharks. Now they flew in and walked on red carpet and must take care of them to help them take away our good jobs.
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ReplyDeleteThe source of the fault lies with the older generation of people who voted conyou into power. Else, sheepland will still be part of malaya and everyone can own freehold landed houses, drive private cars, no need border checks etc just like those folks in penang island. Most likely, we will also have our own olympic star such as lee chong wei. The new generation must learn not to be tricked by the party formed by conyou.
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ReplyDeleteYou are welcome to try Malaysia.
Singapore was kicked out by Umno as there were too many local Chinese for comfort.
Hence, they are very happy that Ketuanan Melayu has worked so that the population of Chinese has been reduced in ratio from 45% to the present 20% or less.
Regards
I think things were just blown out of proportion. All is well.
ReplyDelete'You are welcome to try Malaysia.
ReplyDeleteIn Malaysia, locals are first or second class, foreigners are third class. Not easy to get citizenship in malaysia.
In Singapore, foreigners are first class, new citizens are second class, citizens are third class. Citizenships are like toilet papers.
Of course there'll always be isolated pockets of racial discrimination. That won't be going away anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteHowever in the bigger, general picture, businesses tend to hire people they believe who can perform and deliver the best bang for the buck.
Many Singaporeans tend to believe that their government "owes them" a living. Fact of the matter is no one owes anyone anything -- you make what you will out of your life, and are 100% responsible for what happens to you -- even bad luck or anything else beyond your control. Everyone has stuff happen to them which is unintended or unplanned and purely random, or the result of decisions by their government. You are still responsible for ==> YOU <==, at the very least, what goes on in ==> YOUR MIND <==
Discrimination? So what? You still need to get on with it and pull your finger out of your ass.
I believed it is everywhere in Singapore, included the government funded organisation, especially the education institute, because in education, there're lot of foreigner as lecturer or professional but have no corporate experience at all in managing it. It is also something that it's hard to identify because discrimination can be easily 'covered'. Example: Someone I know employed by the government funded organisation and he/she is being classified as under perform and given bad grade, went into deep understanding, he/she is not under perform, in fact he/she out perform by doing stuff that is not under he/her scope too. Yet the 'Ang Mo' graded 2 years for being under perform. Later these 'Ang Mo' bring few his country man and friend, guess what, he/she can't even do anything and everyone know on the ground, yet the 'Ang Mo' boss ask the local to go and kept the friends, best of all, whatever the 'Ang Mo' can't deliver, both put the fault on that local staff to a point that he/she left the organisation. Sad right, but it is a real life situation and I believed nothing can be done to justify the discrimination. Only the ground staff know. hehe ! life is full of discrimination, but it sadden me very much that even local can't even protect the local!
ReplyDeleteBeing said that I would said there're 'AngMo' who is very good and most of them are those with international exposure. The most difficult part on discrimination is on the education sector and research/development where it is fund by government, it made me more sadden.