Fatimah Akhtar’s speech at Hong Lim Protest

Below is a short quote of Fatimah’s speech at Hong Lim last Saturday. ‘Fatimah is a trained architect with an intrepid interest in globalisation. To date she has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Middle East, Europe and Japan with active working experience in Greater China, Australia and Africa. She has immediate family members that have lived and worked in more than 12 countries partaking in almost all the boom and bust stories of emerging and developed economies. Where ever she is, she has no doubt that Singapore is not only home but CORE identity. As such Fatimah has the first-hand experience as a foreigner in other people’s country. Since coming home, she has the ultimate experience in being a foreigner in her own country like the rest of Singaporeans.’
 
“Middle East experience really opened my eyes. Gulf Arabs have been dealing with foreigners outnumbering them since 1970s. They have gotten used to rampant fake certificates and untrue CVs. The don’t even bother to weed them out. However, the market developed to the point where it is unlikely that a worker from third world countries will be allowed to hold key positions. The typical advert will read “Candidate would need to graduate from a reputable university”. “Reputable” refers to western countries, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong and perhaps Malaysia. The salary of a true blue Singaporean working for Emiratis is easily 2 or 3 times that of an Indian or Pinoy as the Emirati believes that we can get the job done and not them.  “Hiring practice governed by law have to prioritise Emiratis, followed by regional Arabs”
 
Back in Singapore, because of racial and nationality enclaves foreigners are able to pay themselves well. They boasts how much better paid they are then we are and keep us out in the picture. By the way, out there we are paid as much as ang mos if not better. You see, it is rare for the Ang Mo to have a skill that we do not have. Hiring practice governed by law have to prioritise Emiratis, followed by regional Arabs. Then reputable nationalities fill key positions, others occupy rank and file positions. Nationalities from countries that perceived not to be reputable have very little chances of even occupying middle management roles….”
 
The full text of Fatimah’s speech is posted at TRE under the heading ‘3rd PWP protest speech by Fatimah Akhtar’. It is worth reading to see how Sinkies have been shortchanged and programmed to think and behave like fools in their own countries. It shows how smart the Arabs in Dubai were in the way they dealt with their foreign workers and putting them in the right place. It also shows daft we are to be bullied, discriminated and blackmailed by third world rubbish talents. It is really a sick joke, that first world talents are fearful of third world thrash and hold them in awe.