Below are some key points raised by Joseph Nathan in his facebook. The full article is reproduced in TOC titled, 'What exactly Singaporeans are angry about CECA?' These points have been raised by many concerned Singaporeans but have been pooh poohed by the imbeciles as non issues.
Singaporeans must not allowed the imbeciles to sweep these under the carpet and must keep shouting foul if Singapore is to be saved from the gullible and naive imbeciles, and if our children are to enjoy a better life.
Joseph Nathan wrote:
.... But when it comes to CECA, signed between India and Singapore in 2005, Singaporeans remained enraged by the stupidity and gullibility of those involved in drafting and negotiating this agreement that is so detrimental to our Singapore Workforce.With a provision for “Intra Corporate Transfer”, what this means it that the Indians can utilize their FDIs to create lucrative job and business opportunities for themselves right in our own backyard, almost effortlessly....
If those involved in the CECA agreement can be so stupid and naïve to give the Indians numerous loopholes to game our economic success, Singaporeans like myself do not blame the Indians and their politicians for taking advantage of us but are angry at them for trading away a substantial part of our economic success and employment opportunities so foolishly.
This is the core issue that many Singaporeans are angry about and it has got nothing to do with race or nationality....
When some government officials start labelling Singaporeans as racist or xenophobic for raising their displeasure over CECA, they inadvertently created an unwarranted tension between Singaporeans and Indian professionals working in Singapore when CECA was never an issue of race or nationality....
By incorporating more entities, either directly or indirectly, the same entrepreneur could marshal hundredths or even thousandths of Indians from India into Singapore under CECA and our weak regulatory framework on foreign workers.
Multiply this by a thousand and scale it across the other nationalities, you will now understand why our young graduates, PMETs, and entrepreneurs are losing out on employment and business opportunities to foreigners right in our own backyard....
CECA and our weak regulatory framework on foreign manpower are manifestations of a more troubling issue – we have become too tolerant of the incompetency of the 4G PAP politicians for far too long.
This is the root cause to many of the problems and hardships faced by our Singaporean Workforce.
As a result, it is looking like Singaporeans are doomed to be fit only to be drivers, couriers, cleaners, handymen, security guards, safe-distance ambassadors, temperature-takers, or hawkers to serve the needs of foreigners right on our shore which we called home.
Still trying to wonder why there is an increase in Malays in rental public housing or which ethnic group will be next?
To make matter worse, these politicians are not only naïve and gullible but have also become very arrogant and haughty when called to account for their actions....
What we urgently need is for our government to acknowledge where they had gone wrong on CECA and our employment policy for foreign workforce, plugged the loopholes and introduce new legislations with greater urgency to safeguard our Singaporean Workforce against unfair discrimination, exploitation, and abuse....
Singaporeans must start thinking seriously about our future as a nation and those of our children if we still believe that Singapore deserves better.
Thanks Lips on the deleted article. I got mixed up. Thot I have written another piece.
ReplyDeletePolitical leaders would never admit they were wrong. To admit wrong is a sign of weakness, which is a lesson well taught by non other than LKY.
ReplyDeleteWhat they will do, at most, is quietly and discreetly correct the mistake and blame it on changing circumstances.
How many leaders admit their mistakes? Ask Mahathir for example about the NEP.
you are infinitely correct.
ReplyDeleteLawrence Wong is trying to mentally get Singaporeans ready to face the music by touting the figure of 2,000 infections a day in October if the situation persist. This is conditioning the ground to be ready when the shit hits the fan.
ReplyDeleteA few days ago be was quoted to be saying further tightening is not on the cards and yet yesterday that narrative has changed when he mentioned the possibility of further tightening.
Today when I visited the hawker centre, the scenario was one of heightened control already being in force. They knew they have made the wrong turn and we better be prepared for it.
It doesn't make sense. Why would someone create an FDI in Singapore to pay Indians more? It is much cheaper to hire them to work in India.
ReplyDeleteIndeed it does not make sense unless the motive is to fill Singapore with Indians and eventually turn this into a de facto Indian state.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately our foolish leaders that we have elected did not see anything wrong with this. It is like a frog being boiled to death without knowing what is happening and the danger of losing its life, in this case losing the country to India.
Our imbeciles cannot see the big picture and what India is up to. They are just buying up the real estates, build their little settlements bit by bit and eventually they will gobble up a big chunk of our island as their own without saying a word about it. This is a small island and it does not take much to buy up everything for a big country like India if it intends to do so.
ReplyDeleteAnd they are also taking over the jobs of our people, hiring more of their people by bringing the whole villages to replace our daft Singaporeans. They will become the landlords, the top management of corporations, GLCs and even ministries and will hire their own and turning Singaporeans into destitute and third class citizens in Singapore, in their own country.
And the imbeciles make it happen and helping the Indians to make it happen.
The Indians coming from India will be a regular flow for many years to come. CECA will be an open door for the FTs from India. Singaporeans will be displaced by these new citizens and will be only employable as low paid servants for these rich newcomers. PHV drivers will have to drive them around, cleaners will keep Singapore clean for them to enjoy and hawkers will work hard to keep these new citizen fed. The next E will again see the 4G PAP win a majority of 70% because of the new citizen votes. The strawberry children of true blue Singaporeans will never be able to comete with the next new citizen children. The only answer to all these discrepancies? VTO!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIn the US, when a black family moves into a respectable white community estate, one by one the whites will move out and the property prices will fall immediately. Eventually more blacks would move in as the prices get cheaper and cheaper with the whites rushing to sell out and get out.
ReplyDeleteThe Only Remedy To The Perenial CECA Issues
ReplyDeleteFrom all available facts and information, it is clear that CECA is detrimental to individuals and groups of Singaporeans in the short and medium terms (within 10 to 20 years) and a strategic blunder to Singapore as a nation in the long-term (20-30 years). This is one of the biggest blunders that requires urgent and immediate remedy without any more delays.
If Singapore's highly-paid Ministers cannot see that, then they have failed in their individual and collective responsibilities. Therefore, they are not fit to be paid such high salaries.
Whether they know it but deliberately deny it, or they really are unable to see it, either way, they must be considered counter-productive, dangerous and a threat to the development and progress of Singapore as a nation and to the future generations of Singaporeans. Nothing can be worse than this.
As such, in our national interests, those money-minded pseudo leaders must be replaced with really patriotic Singaporeans as soon as possible. Academic excellence does not automatically make good leaders. On the contrary, only one out of a million had made it to the top leadership.
Singaporeans must wake up, rise up, without delay, to weed out all the undesirable elements in our country in the next General Elections. This is the only solution left. There is no other way out.
Doing nothing, remaining as status quo, is not a solution, not a remedy, not an option anymore. Removing the undesirables from power can only be for the better of Singapore and Singaporeans. In fact, it could be too little too late already!
LIPS.
In Singapore they only need to buy up 30 per cent each condo and the condos would be as good as theirs. It does not cost much to do that.
ReplyDeleteIn every company or organisation, they need to be head of a dept, better the CEO, and soon they would own the company or organisation, running the organisation like it belongs to them.
LIPS @ 3.00
ReplyDeleteYou said, "Singaporeans must wake up, rise up, without delay, to weed out all the undesirable elements in our country in the next General Elections. This is the only solution left. There is no other way out."
I disagree with your statement. The word "weed" implies that you get rid of selective undesirable person out of a collective. The whole 4G idiots must be removed. In this case I would not use the word 'weed", I would use the word "VTO".
@LIPS - Yes, academic excellence doesn't make a good leader. But, being a member of the ruling party helps to make you a "leader".
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DeleteAcademic excellence, through exams, can be achieved by having a good memory and the ability to regurgitate acquired knowledge in the form of answers to 10-year series questions set by the predictable exams. You don't even need a very high IQ. Let alone having a good EQ. To be a good leader, you need both a high IQ and a high EQ.
Academic excellence, in Singapore's context, is to be able to score four Asses in the A level examination and acquire a prestigious scholarship, and your whole life is set in motion in a fadt-tract incubated path towards top leadership in the admin service, the military, the police or the political arenas.
Academic excellence is not equal to good leadership. A person in pursuit of academic excellence is someone who focuses on self-achievement for self sake. Not for others. Throughout all his maturing years, his motivation is centred on success for himself and push are others down below him.
Such a person is a very selfish person. How then can such a selfish person be a good leader?
Party connections can make the academics become loyal "leeders", meaning obedient followers. But they can never be good leaders in the true sense.
To us farmers, "weed out" means to pull up all the weeds including their roots, in order to make the land free of deep-rooted obstructions and pests, for planting of new crops.
ReplyDeleteThe US CDC has very specific guidance about what vaccinated people should do if they are exposed to someone with COVID-19, or if they test positive themselves. What about Singapore's Health Authority? What guidance have they given to the vaccinated in Singapore? Nil.
ReplyDeleteThe US CDC said:
"1. If a vaccinated person is exposed to the virus -- meaning a close contact has tested positive -- they don't need to quarantine, but they should get a COVID test three to five days after that exposure. And they should wear a mask in public indoor spaces, like the grocery store, while awaiting test results.
2. But if a vaccinated person receives a positive test result or has symptoms after exposure, they should isolate for 10 days. A repeat test is not needed at the end of the 10-day isolation period, though the person should be fever-free for at least 24 hours before ending quarantine.
3. Vaccination status does not change isolation recommendations for those who test positive because they can still be contagious, though the CDC reports that the contagious period may be shorter than in those who are unvaccinated and viral load lessens after five days.
4. Since those who are vaccinated and infected with COVID-19 are still able to transmit the virus, their close contacts should also be contacted and tested. A close contact is a person who has spent more than 15 minutes with a COVID-19 positive person while unmasked and less than 6 feet apart."
What has the Singapore Multi-Ministry Task Force said to those who have been fully vaccinated?
" Go forth and enjoy yourself in restaurants (and spend money) and multiply (grow our GDP and increase the infections)" or words to that effect?