Policy changes and "online commentary" risk making Singapore a less welcoming place for expats
Bloomberg opined that although Singapore should be "a magnet for global talent" -- considering it has long been the city of choice for Western expats -- barriers to entry for expats to the city-state are mounting....
"The uncertain job prospects, online commentary and stricter conditions risk making Singapore a less welcoming destination just as the city-state needs foreign investment the most," the report said.
It added that by taking steps to promote local hiring, the Singapore government has added to the angst of expats, as the practice might come "at the expense of expats".
The above is posted in www.theindependent.sg
Foreign talents are worried that they will lose this golden goose that could give them a good life regardless of the plight of Singaporeans. They are all dying to come here to get good jobs and good life. The worrisome part is that our super talented leaders did not know the value of Singapore and sell us cheap to the foreigners. There is no where better than Singapore to the foreigners in the whole of Asia! damn it, get this point very clear. Every inch of Singapore is worth its value in gold especially to the super powers. The strategic location and the stable and friendly environment, the ease of communication in a hostile and wild region make Singapore an unexceptionally desirable destination for foreigners and their companies to locate here. Singapore commands a premium not the infamous Singapore discount.
Singapore does not need to attract cheap foreigners and cheap foreign companies to come here. Singapore is choice spot for the big powers to want their presence here. There is no where in Asia or SE Asia that is so important to the big powers and they would die die want to be here. The areas around Singapore is inhospitable, unpredictable and dangerous. Singapore is value and not to be treated as another cheap rubbish dump for the rubbish of the third world countries and third world fakes and frauds to turn it into their playground.
Our leaders must take note of the value of Singapore and put a high price for it, not to sell Singapore to the karang guni men. Be selective, there is not much land available in Singapore and they should be priced accordingly to the foreign investors. And they is no need to invite the scums and wildlife here to shit in our holy land.
China and the USA and Europe are salivating to be here. Period. Do not sell out Singapore cheap. There is no need to waste our highly priced and limited land for little companies from the third world that have little value add to our economy, and worse, employing their third world workers. How many companies in Chennai Business Park, oops, Changi Business Park deserve to be there?
Haha......
ReplyDeleteTalking abt Singapore b4 the 80s ?
The
Tiny Speck is heading for oblivion soon.
Mr RB.
ReplyDeleteThink NOT to waste too much energy and breath on said matter.
We can kpkb till the stray dogs come home, once they ALREADY made their minds that these are the correct policies in attracting investments and need their classified First Class Talents to be here as demanded by their organisations, our Protecters will simply acceded to their demands.
Open economy, globalisation and NOT inward looking is their mantra.
Showing the World that this must be the norm.
Others, like India will take you as suckers. They closed and protected their own and you open to let them screwed you.
Sin is Sold
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Sinkies Pawned.
Where and What is Sin to Sinkies ??
Period.
Evil Fly-By-Night Foreign Investments Are Bad For Our Health (Economic Well-being).
ReplyDeleteThat standard comment by Bloomberg must have been lifted from old newspapers. Even trying to convince the Singapore government also too lazy to write a new piece of fresh arguments.
What so good about attracting expats' investment?
Expats are people who have been X-ed and needed a Pat on the back. Such people are pampered brats who have a clutch mentality. Cry babies who wanted to be honoured and feel great at others expense. We can see many of them behaving like we owed them a living.
Singapore's own Temasek Holdings and GIC, our two sovereign wealth funds are investing in so many other countries, especially India, Australia, UK and USA, and got cheated again and again. Those cheated funds could have been invested within Singapore, then we don't need so much foreign investors.
We need good and sincere foreign investors as partners to our progress as a nation.
We don't need and must not be held ransom by lousy, sneaky, slimy foreign investors who are out to exploit and manipulate. Such foreign investors could be state investors in disguise to infiltrate into our economy to create havoc and exploit the local people.
At a time of need, we do not need foreign investors who take this opportunity to tarnish our image on the sly.
Such investors cannot be good for our country. They have exposed themselves by stupidly trying to cast aspersions upon Singapore.
Such evil investors must be weeded out and banned from ever entering Singapore even as tourists!
Therefore, we have to be very careful in selecting foreign investors. Most of the self-glorified so-called expats investors are lousy investors trying to evade taxes from the own governments. Singapore must always keep two eyes open wide wide.
May PRUDENCE and WISDOM prevail!
It is our national servicemen (we and our sons) who make Singapore a safe and secure place to live and work, not the Rameshes and the Putucherries.
ReplyDeleteWhite-collar foreigners who choose to work in Singapore should be made to pay at least 50% income tax rate for the privilege of working here.
Singapore leaders though smart but their eyes are blinded by greed and their brains are numbed by too much book-worms crawling inside their cranium.
ReplyDeleteSingapore citizens can be charged and sent to jail for not wanting to do NS or to fight and die for Singapore. Even after staying in foreign countries for a life time can be jailed when they returned if violated the NS Act.
ReplyDeleteCan this be applied to PRs?
PRs especially the Indians would not want their sons to change pink I/C's as their daughters.
DeleteWhen reaching National Slavery, most will chabok.
See so many spend nearly ten to twenty years out of Sinkieland and fulfilled their personal ambitions and what's not.
Maybe won't be back in Sinkiekand if they have better prospects elsewhere.
But when they find that Sinkieland is still a better place, they wayang back and our maganimous judges just sentenced them a few months months and after that just simply served or be exempted and changed pink IC s.
What's a few months jail in civil prisons?
AWOL soldiers or Sinkies in Military Detention Camps is ten times rougher and tougher than civil resort hotels.
This is what's happening now.
Only foolish Matland Chinkees just for the sake of better lives in Sinking Land came to serve and die in the wells.
Matland Chinkees are not foolish. Most I know who came here to study, stayed and are working here after graduation. They remained as long time PRs, get good income and buy mansions in Matland. S$3,500 salary here is equivalent to more than Ringgit 10,000 in Matland. What job in Matland pay Ringgit 10,000?
ReplyDeleteS$3,500 here in Sinkieland can buy pigeon hole only lah!
Ya, for those who are better qualified and have good enough salaries here, they are different. Here, only as PRs
DeleteNot foolish enough to change from blue to pink.
They are just as Free Loaders.
But for those who like that poor Melaka boy who served in the SCDF and dunked to Death, they are here to get away from the clutches of their idle and stupid entitlement Bumis and hopefully wanted to change from blue to pink.
Thus dieing at such a young age.
Yeah say no to bad rubbish!
ReplyDeleteOnly allow talents from civil and proper countries like USA, Japan, Australia, taiwan
His beggar family already absconded from Sinkies land and sniggering at the daft Sinkies.
DeleteIn front the Japs are civil and proper, bowing to you and 'ari gato'.
ReplyDeleteBut they attack from behind, like Pearl Harbour. When falsely still negotiating, they launched their attack.
In front or behind, the USA of course is even dirtier, creating false flags, subterfuge, lying, stealing, and cheating when they cannot compete.
Triggered lol
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