Ng Chee Meng - Just do it

'NTUC will consider ‘ring fencing’ certain jobs like HR to help local Professionals, Managers and Executives (PMEs) – Ng Chee Meng....

Ng Chee Meng’s announcement will probably pacify Singaporean PMEs for a while and make those simple-minded ones happy, however, I do not hope that ring fencing talk is a mere symbolic rhetoric, a flash in the pan thing.

Ring fencing certain jobs such as Human Resource is but a start only and much serious hard work need to be done behind the scene.

They include a holistic relook and review of employment cost structures between local PMEs vs foreign ones, relooking whether our polytechnics and our tertiary institutions are offering relevant courses and are producing Singaporean graduates relevant to what our industries and economy need, whether our Government Linked Companies (GLCs) are leading examples of nurturing our own local talents to take on bigger and heavier responsibilities or guilty of liberally employing foreign PMEs at our local PMEs’ expense and if MOM’s granting of employment passes is too liberal etc. I am sorry to say that I consider advertising in the job bank requirement to be a book-smart joke and a big one.'

 

The plight of Singaporean PMETs is being raised again in Simon Lim's article in the TRE following Ng Chee Meng's red herring of ring fencing certain jobs, in particular HR jobs. I have written about this many times and have almost given up talking about it just like the CPF. 

Now, why would I call this a red herring? Haven't enough been said, haven't enough damage been done, haven't enough Singaporeans suffered from the reckless and indiscriminate importing and hiring of foreigners to replace our very own people and leading to grave injustice and suffering of our young? If Ng Chee Meng is still considering this issue, then what is it if it is not a red herring? Is this something important enough and must be done?

Haven't the govt think it has done enough harm to the Singaporeans and it is time to do away with the bad policy and to save the Singaporeans from further harm and financial difficulties? Obviously the govt does not think so and that is why they still think it is not time to do something and Ng Chee Meng is still considering what to do.

For goodness sake, the govt has destroyed a whole generation of Singaporeans by this silly open leg policy. What is the govt waiting for? What is Ng Chee Meng waiting for before to protect the livelihood and well being of Singaporeans? Have they not heard enough painful stories of the pathetic Singaporeans and their families and children while the funny and fake foreign talents are laughing all the way to the banks?

I just have one thing to say, just do it.  What are you waiting for?  Ng Chee Meng is fortuitously placed in a strategic position to do something for Singaporeans and to earn his spur as a politician, as a political force to be reckon with instead of another one that came and went.  What Ng Chee Meng can do, and do it fast, can make a huge change to the lives of many Singaporeans beyond his imagination.

And he is still considering? Ng Chee Meng is given a chance to do something that is good for Singaporeans. He could be that someone that could make a difference to the lives of many Singaporeans that are begging for help and mercy. Don't dilly dally and miss this chance to do something meaningful and impactful. Show the Singaporeans that you have the conviction to fight for the good of Singaporeans, to stand up for the good of Singaporeans.  This is something that is lacking, awfully, among the political leaders today. This is a tough and selfless call, a cause waiting for a tough and strong leader to push this through. He would have won the hearts and minds of the workforce, the Singaporeans, if he could carry this through. Making tough calls is easy. But making tough calls that would benefit Singaporeans is another matter.

Is Ng Chee Meng up to it?