Arrogance of foreigners now referred to as 'locals'

A local entrepreneur named Rudy Irawan Kadjairi took to Facebook on Monday (14 September) to highlight that Singaporeans, who have over the years discriminated minorities in the labour market, are now voicing their displeasure towards foreign talents in the country....

As such, Mr Rudy asserted that there will always be Singaporeans who are not affected by the “indiscriminate insertion of foreign manpower”, and these individuals will keep “drowning the voices of those aggrieved.

“At the end of the day, the ones lamenting are still, for now, the minority, in numbers. Stop it with the xenophobia. If you want to be upset, don’t be upset at the foreigners who are here to earn a living. They are our guests. If you want to be upset, get upset with the policies.

“Work at changing the policies for the better. But don’t be as discriminatory as the way discrimination has put many of us in harm’s way. Rationalise more strategically. Reason better. Articulate your thoughts in a manner that will convince, not rile,” Mr Rudy expressed.

“We’ve been through this “scenario” before. As an experienced individual in this matter, all I can say is, “suck it up, dudes”.  Work harder. As I have had to all my life.”

 

The above is from an article posted in the TOC about how a 'local' arrogantly dismissing the grievances of Singaporeans now affected by the discrimination against them from foreigners in Singapore. Unbelieveable for a foreigner to talk like this to daft Singaporeans thinking that this sorry state of affair, where foreigners are now the darling of a silly govt that faun on them at the expense of Singaporeans would continue unabated, unchanged. When the breaking point is reached, not only xenophobia will fall through the roof, even the silly govt would be booted out and replaced by a new govt that is pro Singaporean and not pro foreigners.  And when that day comes, there would be no mentioning of this four letter word 'locals' and foreigners would be treated as foreigners no matter if they are PRs.

The temperature is rising as more Singaporeans start to feel the pain. How could daft Singapore afford to live for another 20 or 30 years without a job in this extremely expensive city on their miserly savings? Losing their jobs in the 50s and 60s is going to be hell of a problem, an existential threat to their well being. They could bear with it for a few years, but when they get older, their little savings in their CPF got depleted, when having 3 meals is going to be a struggle, hell will break lose.

The 'local' foreigners would face the brunt of the unhappiness of a people unable to put food on the table for sure, and xenophobia in its real sense, not the so called casual xenophobia of now, would surface to destabilise the society and the relationship between Singaporeans and foreigners. When things become unbearable, there would be ugly incidents on the streets and in public transports against foreigners when Singaporeans no longer can bear their presence, stealing their lunch.

Such 'local' foreigners would then not be in a position to write such acidic and cocky comments about Singaporeans as if they are the upper class in this island when Singaporeans stood up to tell them to get lost. 'Local' foreigners must not take the generosity and stupidity of daft Singaporeans for granted, as if it would last forever. When the straw breaks the camel's back, the leaders would be forced to protect themselves and their million dollar salaries and would have to tell the 'local' foreigners that this place is called Singapore and for Singaporeans and would have to do the necessary and not paying lip service like today.

Then it would be good riddance to foreigners, 'locals' or otherwise. The Covid19 crisis and rising unemployment are a preview of what's worse to come if jobs do not come by and more and more Singaporeans became unemployed.  Then no silly leaders would dare to utter the word foreign talent or 'locals' in passing and with immunity. Singaporeans voted them into govt to serve Singaporeans not to serve foreigners, PRs are foreigners. Period.

Over reliance on foreigners to write about Singapore news - marginalising of Singaporean correspondents

 

If one bothers to notice, the serious news column in local media are often filled by foreigners writing about Singapore affairs. If this is not foreign interference in our domestic politics, what is?

The corollary to this trend is the marginalisation of our own reporters and journalists. Singapore is becoming a sick country that does not bother to train its own talents and keeps on bringing in foreigners to replace them in every industry and profession. If the govt does not bother to give Singaporeans the opportunity to grow into bigger players, who else would be interested to groom or help Singaporeans to grow in their jobs and professions? 

A case in point is the CEO of DBS bank. If the top job is to be filled by foreigners, to train foreigners instead of Singaporeans, what is left for Singaporeans to gain the experience to helm such jobs? Thank God we have Wee Cho Yaw to train Singaporeans to helm UOB. If not, UOB would also be handed to foreigners in a silver platter and making Singaporeans looking silly.

When would such silly policy of training foreigners and exposing them to top jobs be given to Singaporeans? I still remember the days of Goh Keng Swee when he would throw Singaporeans into the deep end of the pool, to learn the rope, to gain the experience that no one would give them, to grow into the jobs.  That is how we train our first generation of top civil servants, military leaders and captains of industries. Today we stupidly retrain our PMETs into lower paying jobs to become gardeners, nurses etc etc while bringing inexperienced foreigners to be put into top jobs to gain the training and experience.

It is so sad that the pages of local media is now being filled by foreigners who would write their narratives from the eyes and perspective of foreigners, and foreign interest while our own writers are writing about food, pets and poos.

How sad that Singapore has deteriorated to this level where Singaporeans are being downgraded everyday in every industry while foreigners are taking over and in charge. There will be no future top Singaporean bankers in the making.  There will be no good quality Singaporean correspondents in the making, and neither would there be many top Singaporeans in other industries if this silly policy continues.

Stupidity has no cure is a national disease in Singapore and is spreading like wild fire across every level of Singaporeans. If you don't train Singaporeans in top jobs, not stupid low level jobs, if you don't give Singaporeans the opportunity to gain the experience, soon there will be no Singaporeans left in top jobs. No country would be as silly as Singapore to train foreigners and marginalise its own citizens in this way.

It is so disgusting and painful to see this happening in Singapore.

Sneaky India changed the status quo but accused China of 'trying' to change the status quo in Ladakh

 

This map is produced by an Indian media agency, the Wire.

What happened on 29/30 Aug was claimed by India as a precision military operation by a brigade size force across the LAC to occupy 6 hill tops in the Chushul/Spangur Tso region and a great achievement to the Indian Army. The occupation of these strategic positions was a replica of what they did in 1962, preempting the Chinese side and crowing victory and Indian cleverness to seize new territories and changing the status quo. Changing the status quo was what the Indians accused China of wanting to do, and precisely what the Indians did using this as an excuse and then accusing China of aggression. The Indians won, they moved into these positions while the Chinese did not do anything. The same thing happened in 1962. But after the humiliating defeat they turned around to say China started it. Now we have it in the news, the Indians started it again.

The Indian sides are now talking big, that despite drones, satellites and new technologies, China did not detect their military incursion and could not prevent the clever Indians from occupying the 6 mountain tops to cut off any attempt by PLA to move into Chushul. They were so confident that China did not know of their sneaky attacks but the truth could be far from what the simplistic Indians were thinking. The PLA could be watching every Indian move and let them commit the first offensive move just like in 1962 and claiming victory. In any early phases of a war, the side that made the first move would have the advantage of surprise and could look victorious. 

India is using the same cheap trick the Americans are using in the South China sea, thief shouting thief. The aggressive and reckless Americans sent in their warships to provoke China and raise tension but accusing China of doing so. Here the aggressive Indians moved in to take strategic positions and accused the Chinese of trying or wanting to do so but did not.

China now has all the moral ground to hit back and retake the positions occupied by the Indians. And the Indians knew and feared that this is going to happen. They made the first offensive move against China. Now they are panicking and in a hurry for India to form a military alliance with the US to protect India against an impending Chinese offensive to push back the Indians. And like the Americans, to hide their aggression, they are accusing China of being aggressive.

The two foreign ministers have met in Russia and agreed to deescalate. Let's see if the Indians withdraw from these positions. China would not allow the Indians to change the status quo and occupy these positions inside the LAC. Failure on the part of the Indians to pull back would guarantee an attack by the PLA. China would not change the status quo and would not allow India to change the status quo.

Is India cocky enough, with a misplaced sense of confidence that they could reverse the fate of 1962 and be victorious this time? While bragging about their successful incursion into the Chinese side of the LAC, the Indians have admitted that they have started this war. Every quarter in India is cheering about how brilliant and successful this sneaky attack was, like in the early days of the 1962 war. They have out flanked the PLA....for the moment, when the PLA is not retaliating. The PLA is still restraining itself from attacking and hoping for the Indians to pull back. But be very sure that the planning to retake these positions is going on. India would face another 1962 rout if it persists to stay put.  The China today is hundreds of times stronger than in 1962 and would not allow India to sneak in and take an inch of its land.

What's next?

PS.  We are now living witnesses to this new Sino Indian Border War 2020. India made the first incursion to occupy 6 positions inside China's LAC. Let's not allow the Indians to wriggle away should they be defeated one more time and to blame China for making the first move. The Indians are crowing that they are all prepared and ready to take on the PLA, with superior Rafale fighters and other superior military equipment and all their forces in position.

Place China and India side by side and it is so easy to notice that nothing in India that comes close or comparable to China.  The couple of things that the Indians are better than the Chinese are the use of the English language and talking. Talking and bragging are the forte of Indians. Hope they can win this war just by talking blowing their own trumpet.

Pompeo pushing Asean states to fight China

Pompeo said it was time for Southeast Asian governments to reconsider their own relationship with firms working in the sea.

"Don't just speak up, but act," he told the 10 foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during an online summit.

"Reconsider business dealings with the very state-owned companies that bully ASEAN coastal states in the South China Sea.

"Don't let the Chinese Communist party walk over us and our people."....The United States this year has escalated "freedom of navigation" operations in waters claimed by China, including bringing two aircraft carriers into the region for the first time since 2014 and lifting submarine deployments and surveillance flights....

But the Philippines already said last week it would not follow the US lead because it needed Chinese investment, even as a fresh dispute between the two nations over Scarborough Shoal - one of the region's richest fishing grounds - hangs over the talks....Indonesia's foreign minister Retno Marsudi cautioned the United States and China on Tuesday (Sep 8) not to entangle her country in their regional struggle for influence, telling the two superpowers: "We don't want to get trapped by this rivalry."

Retno said ASEAN must remain steadfastly neutral and united.

“Firstly I do not want Malaysia to be dragged and trapped in a geopolitical tussle between superpowers,” said Mr Hishammuddin.

“We must prevent any unwanted incident from happening within our territorial waters. We must also prevent any military clashes in the waters between any relevant parties,” he added.

Secondly, Mr Hishammuddin said that the South China Sea dispute cannot be used as an issue that will cause disunity between ASEAN countries.

“If we follow the narrative and succumb to the pressure of superpowers, the potential for ASEAN countries to bend and take sides with certain countries will be high. When facing big superpowers, we must be united, as one bloc, so that our strength will be synergised effectively,” he said.   CNA

 

The above are some reports from CNA on the evil scheme of the Americans to stir trouble in the region and trying very hard to agitate and provoke the Asean countries to fight China for the Americans. The Americans have been raising the tension in the South China to the point of an all out war with China. And if the Asean countries are stupid enough to be dragged into this war, the people and countries that would suffer and die will be the people of Asean, and the Americans will be laughing at the Asean's stupidity and making money out of it by selling more weapons. 

It is a stroke of luck that Asean now have a few thinking leaders that saw through the deceit and vociferously told the Americans that Asean would not be the pawns of the Americans in its war with China. This tough stand has put a stop to the few American cronies in Asean that still wanted to take the side of the Americans to provoke and start a war with China. Thank God the number of cronies is down to probably one or two in Asean.

The Philippines is lucky to have Duterte to stand up to the Americans, but for how long? Below comment is the mentality and thinking in the Philippines especially in the miliitary. The distrust is because the dispute in the island claims. But the silly Philippines military trusted the Americans, the people that invaded their country, massacred their people and colonised and ruled them while China did not step foot on Filipino soil.  Can you believe it, they trusted the murderers of Filipinos and invaders of their country!

'The Philippines, particularly its military, has a deep mistrust of China over what it sees as intrusions into its territory, bullying of its fishermen and denial of access to its energy resources. Vietnam and Malaysia have made similar complaints this year.'

PS. 'LKY always used ‘white trash’ as a weapon or goad.' Graeme Dobell, Australian Strategic Policy Institute.  SCMP

Companies that did not want to hire Singaporeans are not welcomed in Singapore

 

WSG subsequently contacted the company in question for clarification and the post was amended at 2.25pm on Sep. 9, three weeks after it had been first put up on the MyCareersFuture portal on August 26.

The Tripartite Alliance for Fair & Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) is also expected to follow up with the employer to review its employment practices....

In emphasising that it took a serious view of the matter, WSG stated that all Singapore-based jobs and related posts must be aligned with the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices (TGFEP).

It elaborated that under TGFEP, it is "discriminatory" to exclude Singaporeans or indicate preference for non-Singaporeans during the hiring process, which includes job advertisements.

Such breaches will also be referred by TAFEP to the Ministry of Manpower for the "appropriate" action to be taken against the employer. 

 Above is from www.mothership.sg  Does Singapore need such companies that prefer to hire westerners/Europeans and not Singaporeans? What can WSG/TAFEP do about it? What is MOM going to do about it? A company that does not want to hire Singaporeans, even if they remove the add would not make any difference with their intent.

MOM or the Singapore govt must make it clear that such companies are not welcomed in Singapore and take decisive actions to ask them to operate elsewhere. Singapore is for Singaporeans and companies that are not working for Singaporeans have no reason to be here.

Get them out of Singapore.

Below is posted in an article in TOC.

Companies caught for pre-selecting foreign job applicants and didn’t conduct any local job interviews

Together with the announcement of harsher penalties for discriminatory hiring practices in January this year, MOM named a few companies caught for flouting FCF.

One company, Ti2 Logistics Pte Ltd, was caught for making a false declaration to MOM. It submitted an EP application for a foreign job applicant for the position of business development manager. It had also advertised for the position of accounts manager on the Jobs Bank.

For the former role, it made a false declaration that it had interviewed two Singaporeans and considered candidates fairly when it had not done so. For second role, the firm also treated the job advertising requirement under the FCF as a paper exercise, posting a job description unrelated to the actual job.

In reality, it had already pre-selected an EP applicant for the business development position and had no intention to interview any Singaporean candidates. MOM charged the company with one count of making a false declaration to the Controller of Work Passes in its EP application. It has also been debarred from hiring new EP holders or renewing existing work passes for two years.

Like Ti2 Logistics, two other companies also did not interview any locals even though they had put up advertisements on Jobs Bank. Before putting up the job advertisement, Meyer Burger (Singapore) Pte Ltd had already interviewed a foreigner overseas and deemed him suitable for a process engineer post in Singapore. It then advertised the position on Jobs Bank for the purpose of applying an EP for him.

Meyer Burger did not carry out any interviews since it had already made up its mind to hire the foreign worker. The job advertisement was posted solely to make an EP application. MOM debarred the company from hiring new EP holders or renewing existing work passes for two years.

Tarantula Global Holdings Pte Ltd similarly submitted an EP application for the position of senior IT support engineer. Like Meyer Burger and Ti2 Logistics, the company had pre-selected the EP applicant, who was a former employee of an affiliated overseas company. It put up a job advertisement, but likewise did not interview any candidates other than the chosen one. The company was debarred by MOM from hiring new EP holders or renewing existing work passes for 12 months.

Another company, Nihon Premium Clinic Pte Ltd, submitted an EP application for the position of regional customer development manager. It omitted listing critical key criteria in its job advertisement like the ability to speak fluent Japanese and Mandarin, when they were actually required for the job.

As a result, none of the job applications submitted was suitable for consideration as the local job applicants did not know that fluency in Japanese and Mandarin was required. Instead, an EP applicant recommended by one of the company’s shareholders was deemed suitable after an interview.