In response to Gerald Giam’s question on tracking of Singaporean core in companies, Chan Chun Sing (CCS) replied that ‘it is not meaningful to track Singaporean core in companies’....‘Our economic schemes are meant to encourage companies to upgrade their capabilities and expand their operations in Singapore to create good jobs for Singaporeans’- Chan Chun Sing....
I will be blunt here. To me, CCS is nothing more but a book-smart idiot and a highly educated fool who is totally devoid of human ingenuity, cunningness and street-wisdom....
CCS’s answer is another hard knocking head lesson for our hardcore and often unthinking suckerporeans.
Simon Lim - in an article posted in TRE
Before we discuss on this issue, I disagree with the PAP's definition of the Singapore core, ie Singaporeans and PRs. A nation and its citizens must not simply be dumped together with foreigners in the form of PRs. PRs are not citizens but foreign citizens and must not, cannot, and should not be included as the Singaporean core. Most of them are economic migrants and fair weather migrants and would go back to their home countries when conditions are favourable there or not favourable here. They do not regard Singapore as their country or home.
Recently I posted a piece of a troublemaker wildlife hanging his full size bicycle in a moving train and no one in the train would dare to tell him off. In fact everyone in the train dared not even look at him, turned to look elsewhere. Why? Because this is not their country. Most of them are foreigners, PRs etc. Why should they bother about the incident or mess in this country that did not belong to them? It is not their business. How then should they be included in the Singaporean core, to be treated as one of us and their interest protected by the govt like Singaporeans?
Back to the question why tracking the progress of Singaporean core not meaningful or not important. I would agree that tracking the progress of PRs or so called residents is not important as they are not Singapore citizens. They are non citizens. Period. But tracking the progress of Singaporeans is definitely important.
Why is it not meaningful to track the progress of Singaporeans? What is the purpose of tracking the progress of Singaporeans? As Simon Lim put it, the PAP must not forget that it is the Singaporeans that voted for them to be the govt and they owed it to the Singaporeans to look after the interest of the Singaporeans, not the interest of foreigners like PRs. Looking after the interest of PRs could be a by the way thing, that after looking after the citizens, it is ok to take care of PRs as a collateral side interest, not the main objective of the govt. These foreigners have their own countries and govts to look after them. They don't need two govts to look after them. Why are they so special to have their own govts and Singapore govt to look after them?
It is important that the core business of the Singapore govt is to put the interest of Singaporeans as top priority over the interest of foreigners and PRs. A Singapore govt that thinks it is important for them to look after the interest of foreigners, to the same level as the interest of Singaporeans is not deserving to be the govt of Singaporeans and should not be voted to be the govt of Singaporeans.
Does this make sense? Does Singapore belong to Singaporeans or to PRs?