About 200 Singaporeans turn up at Hong Lim Park to protest against PAP’s pro-foreigner labor policies
June 4th, 2011 | 
Author: About 200 Singaporeans turn up at Hong Lim Park this evening to protest against the PAP regime’s pro-foreigner hiring policies with many of them wearing black in solidarity with our local PMETs who have been displaced from their jobs by cheaper foreign workers.
(Photo by Mandy Mary)
The event was organized by Transitioning.org, an NGO dedicated to helping unemployed and retrenched Singaporeans and was the first event held at Hong Lim Park in the aftermath of the 2011 General Election.
Mr Gilbert Goh, the NSP candidate for Tampines GRC started the evening by calling on the PAP regime to adopt a ‘Singaporean first hiring policy’ like other First World countries. A white banner emblazoned with the words in red “Employ Singaporeans first” was hung behind.
According to Mr Goh, the lack of such a policy led to an unfair playing field in the labor market with employers having the upper-hand as they are able to recruit foreign workers who are willing to accept lower pay with ease.
He also highlighted how the ‘S’ and “E’ passes were abused by employers and agents alike to bring in more foreigners at the expense of Singaporeans.
Many of the participants at the event were young Singaporeans in their 20s and 30s. Also spotted among the crowd is NSP candidate for Pioneer and former NCMP Steve Chia.
We spoke to one couple June and Jason who are final year graduates in engineering at NUS. Jason expressed concern at the large numbers of foreign ‘engineers’ in Singapore:
“I am very worried about the job situation now as I heard from seniors that employers will use foreigners with Masters and years of experience to depress the wages of fresh graduates. Even with a first class honors, I don’t expect to get more than $2,900 monthly upon graduation.”
Retiree Poh Nam Seng was a NSP supporter who was there to lend support to Mr Goh.
“I think it’s good to highlight such issues again and again. The GE may be over, but the PAP must remember not to take Singaporeans for granted,” he said.
As a result of the PAP regime’s unthinking and indiscriminate pro-foreigner and ultra-liberal labor and immigration policies, the median income of Singaporeans have remained stagnant at $2,500 monthly while their domestic purchasing power has decreased to below that of the Malaysians.
View the photos of the event on (unofficial) TR Facebook here
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200? Hahaha.
Many of them wearing black? Hahaha.
Can TR show more objectivity and honesty?
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“SINGAPOREAN FIRST PARTY” (formerly NSP)
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“FOREIGNERS ACTION PARTY” (formerly known as PAP)
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When comparing GDP per capital to wages, Singapore is ranked very low. While this may look good for labour productivity the goverment should wise up and put in a 2 tier system instead of earning the FT salary from employers as levy and see the scheme as a GDP enhancement program. The word HAPPINESS should be a key KPI to be achieved by the govt. No one can be happy if poor and struggling to survive.
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Gilbert Goh also shared a story about a big bank employing 188 IT personnel but only 2 of them are Singaporeans. Many of us also signed a petition to be forwarded to MOM to employ more Singaporeans and to adopt a ” Singaporean First” policy.
PS: Gilbert also promised to organize the next event 3 months from today. Hopefully, more supporters will turn up.
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what can we do
the MOM SIR and all the PAP mafia organization do not believe we are being displaced
bogus, hidden and concocted PAP statistics show that jobs are available to everyone.
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Thanks 60.1% for another golden years of unSingaporean with the PAP.
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half a battle is won
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I came, I saw and I consent…
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We have not begun to address how to develop new jobs, how to bring back jobs that were sent to other countries and, most importantly of all, how to put our citizens first.
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singaporeans need to do NS. but there is no “singaporeans first” policy. in the UK, i can’t even get a job, EVEN if i am better qualified. because i’m a foreigner. and they don’t do NS in the UK.
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Jason from NUS – the question is; ARE YOU WORTH $2900?
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And many more here in TR who cannot made it to Hong Lim Park!
There are definitely more than 200 persons protesting!
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FT/FW should be taxed more, even if it is a bit more. Companies employing FT/FW should also be taxed more. FT/FW should be asked to pay more when using public healthcare. FT/FW can buy private property but not HDB flats, not even HDB resale flats. Male FT/FW who wants to become citizens should serve NS if they are below 40 years old. Foreign students given scholarship should serve at least 8 years in Singapore, if not they need to pay back the scholarship. I married a China Chinese, but I still feel there should be a difference in treatment between FT/FW who truly want to stay long-term in Singapore and contribute long-term and those opportunistic FT/FW who are just here to dig fortune.
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Felt proud to be there as one united people. The power of such gatherings, however small must never be underestimated. Mass consciousness evolves through the energy shift promulgated by the few who dare to step forward. It has always been that way.
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Employers & Pappy are “ganging” to gether to “Kill” & “suppress” Wages of Sinkaporeans.
Wonder why Rentals, Electric,Transport wasn’t considered this time around ?
Looks like for Pappy & “gang” …$$$ “takes precedence” over Citizens.
And some “Daft” Sinkaporeans actually “supported them”
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Employers like it …b’cos “it cost less to employ F/ts” thus Profits are “Up”.
Pappy like it b’cos …they like Ppl to “Por their Lam Par “..see them as God !
Pappy also hates ” Chew Beh “..ie ” Health liabilities, Poor ..etc.
To them F/ts are Cheap, F/ts are easily ” expendable & replaceable”
Not much “Liabilities”
True Blues..you are being “sidelined”…and slowly being “Genocided”
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I was at Hong Lim Park and I thought someone has passed away and was having a wake in Hong Lim Park.
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probably 10-20% are plainclothes with buttonhole camera
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A couple named June and Jason mentioned in this article must take note of the following.
The latest QS World University ranking by Engineering disciplines ranked NUS amongst the top 10 in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering. NUS is also ranked amongst the top 12 in Computer Science.
No other Asian universities are ranked higher than NUS by the QS Survey.
EMPLOYERS ENGAGING CHEAP FOREIGN TALENTS FROM INDIA AND CHINA MUST TAKE NOTE OF THIS!
Even the best amongst the foreign engineering talents working here are educated in NUS. They are here mainly on temporary assignments to fulfil their “Bond Requirement.”
EMPLOYERS IN SINGAPORE MUST BE EDUCATED TO UNDERSTAND THAT AN UNDERGRADUATE HONOURS ENGINEERING DEGREE FROM NUS IS ACCREDITED BY ENGINEERING INSTITUTIONS IN UNITED KINGDOM AS AN EQUIVALENT TO THE UK MASTER OF ENGINEERING DEGREE!
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only 200ppl?
this show that there is no issue with FT, just that we need control, all we need to to set a quota and not allow too many as and when local are available.
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United Singaporeans, we stand.. Let us move forward with our countrymen tat are unemployed and underemployed .. Do the high pay minister understand??
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PAP is shamelessly promoting their own agenda without any good for citizens but only for themselves and their GDP.
Its very stupid for a government to move toward a first world where they lack the experience and knowledge to foster a protected nation that can benefit their citizens first before per capita income.
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Singapore is overun by Filipinos, Indians, PRCs. Time to migrate soon.
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國民共同體的雛形
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We will have no end of such problems unless we get the right job match for our ministers and top policy makers. I have great difficulty explaining to a foreign visitor why Singapore has a government that is run by:
- a Doctor in charge of Defense
- an ex-Navy man in charge of Land Transport
- an ex-Policeman in charge of Education
- an ex-Military man in charge of Youth and Sports
- an ex-Hospital Administrator in charge of the nation’s Real Estate
- an Engineer in charge of Healthcare
- another doctor in charge of flood prevention
- yet another ex-Military man soon to be in charge of Labour
I tried to explain that we have talented leaders and that our very first parliament was also made up of political rookies and many of the old guards had proven themselves in the past.
The visitor pointed out that we are well into our 12th Parliament and the government should be over and done with the trial-and-error by now. I finally succumbed to his reasoning when he added “…. and how is your good doctor going to keep his Hippocrates Oath while he discharges his duty as Defense Minister?”
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Beyond words during and after election, there is nothing yet to be seen from policies or actions of the Government.
More can be done quotas etc, limitation. The influx of FT or foreign workers has not helped locals. Whatever little jobs created, the demand on space etc, has resulted in increase in cost and lower spending power. While it looks good on the economic statistics and perhaps Ministers salaries benchmarked to GDP, who else benefits.
Explaination of policies will not help those displaced, policies to include should provide for real work opportunities and income. Occasional growth shares to reward all for growth do not give work and the very myopic text book policy to start immigration via young FTs from abroad has limited opportunities for our children, except for the very good amongst our children. The sheer fact that allocation of limited resources like university places as practises by the government through bringing in foreigners to compete equally with our locals has on obvious trade off. If the objective of the Government is to improve the lifes of it’s people, one cannot understand why. There is no long term as the economists say as in the longer term, we are all dead.
Thus it is not acceptable to say that the influx of foreigners will create growth and with that jobs. We have seen growth and increase in jobs, but only jobs on paper!
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EVERYTHING START FROM SMALL , I CONSIDER IT A GOOD START . KEEP UP THE PRESSURE SINGAPORE , WE HAVE BEEN SILENT FOR TOO LONG IS TIME WE MAKE OUR VOICE HEARD , OF THE UNHAPPINESS WITH THE PAP POLICIES . ONLY US , SINGAPOREAN CAN MAKE THE CHANGE AND NOBODY ELSE .
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PM Lee, are you listening? This is the reality on the ground! Foreigners are taking away many jobs from S’poreans, NOT providing jobs!
Please don’t simply listen only to those people who gave you ideal reports. They’ve got you fooled!
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National Community 國民共同體
THE UNTIED NATION OF SINGAPORE 國家共和聯盟－－國家主義聯合體
We have to build ourselves as A UNITED PEOPLE before the other.
上蒼造人 民有國族 多族立國 共和團結 –UNITED– –REPUBLIC–
ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE SINGAPOREANS SINGAPORE!
IF WE UNITED WE HAVE OUR COUNTRY —NATIONAL FOUNDATION—
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Thks. Any related videos uploaded to youtube ?
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It is most heartwarmimg that these people came about to help voice their discontent , its is most commendable.
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Do you believe the MNCs to have the desire to employ locals with higher cost? Never!! My brother works in one Japanese NMC which has good relationship with the MM LKY who helped to open the company’s expansion building and his company has many foreign affliates (branch offices in the region). Their salary is so low that the local engineers are relunctant to get jobs which mostly taken up by the engineers in the regional offices. They come to Singapore to work, getting much better than in their home office due to overseas attachment. The company just keeps applying EP for them. Now their office is full of engineers from their affliates.
They also try to employ engineers and managers from India with a lower pay as their motive rests on taking the coming to Singapore as a stepping stones for their move to better salary in another company or country which they get better packages.
With each person they get from oversea, it deprives the chance of local.
The government’s policy might have a ratio, but is the ratio applying to the right group of people, or simply the all in company. For the latter, their many local in finance, HR, administration, logistic.. where FTs are few. But in engineering, more than 70% are FTs. Overall, the company should might the requirement. Does government care if local engineers are the group that suffer.
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Those aged between 35 to 50s added in equal numbers among the 200+ crowd. I salute Gilbert and his volunteers for their courage, conviction, beliefs and actions. He referred to statistics that reveal that more than 300,000 Singaporean citizens earn less than S1.5k a month. Among them are not people without a decent education while others has tertiary education.
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Those aged between late 30s to 50s added in equal numbers among the turnout of 200+. I salute Gibert and his volunteers for their courage and conviction. The crowd asked him to continue to hold similar events on a regular basis. He sad maybe once every quarter while some in the crowd says at least once a month.
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First ‘black sunday’ slient protest is only 48 people. The second Hong Lim park ‘black saturday’ protest grew to 200 people.
If the ruling party continue to keep their eye and ears shut and refused to meet the citizens needs RIGHTLY and CORRECTLY. The protest will continue to evolve and to grow.
I got to say if they use mean tricks like displaying tyrannical power to suppress the protest. It will only speed up the growth of the crowd.
Only solution is to meet the needs. Dont just LISTEN but DELIVER!
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It’s time that the PAP and in particular Lim Swee Say get rid of this third world “Cheaper,Better & Faster” mentality.Nowhere in the developed world will you find politicians making such an absurd statement.Any Tom,Dick & Harry knows that if they want quality,they have to pay for it. Many of these so called FTs are just not up to the mark.
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A good start!
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE REACHES THE GOVERNMENT!
IT WAS A GOOD ATTEMPT TO GET PEOPLE TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THEIR CONCERNS AND FEARS REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGNERS.
FROM WHAT I COULD SURMISE,THE CONCERN OF THE PEOPLE IS THAT THE FOREIGNERS ARE TAKING UP NOT THE EXCESS JOBS IN THE ECONOMY BUT ARE INSTEAD BEING EMPLOYED CHEAPLY BY THE UNSCRUPULOUS EMPLOYERS TO BRING DOWN COST,THEREBY DEPRESSING SALARIES,BY BEING CHEAPER COMPETITORS TO LOCAL WORKERS.
THE SPEAKERS ,ALL WERE AMATEURS,PUT UP A GOOD SHOW AND WITH MORE PRACTISE WILL,I PRAY, DO EVEN BETTER IN THE FUTURE!
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This is absolutely unfair to Singaporeans! PM Lee, do you know that if you keep doing this, many Singapore will not be able to get a considerable amount of pay.This will render Singaporeans financial difficulty. Stop all your nonsense please! This is my first warning to you!
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Now is 200 ppl in the protest. Next time will be 2000. By then singapore will make world record history in the world that 2000 ppl will go down to istana there to do street protest. Believe me, when such things happen, we singaporeans is going to make international headlines news in our local country, including headline news all over the world. It will happen. Its a matter of time…..
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Not just only PMETS jobless, in fact, white, blue collars people are also facing jobless now.. Many singaporeans are jobless. This is no kidding. PAP will have to pay a dearly price for doing that to their own citizens !!!
Payback time will come very soon to PAP !
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Wow, good on yer….Sinkies unite before they sink us into oblivion. We refuse to be intimidated by the PAP. They are there for themselves. Make more money, increase GDP and increase 8 month bonus to 12 mth bonus. Collect CPF (LIm SIA SUAY feels “rich” when he sees his CPF, he’ll feel richer when he collects his pension soon.), mobster salary, pension, MP allowance, free lunch, free dinners, (while the rest of us must pay per ticket for every RC dinner), free medical care at hospitals, THEY dont give a damn about US.
Black is BEST, let’s make it BLACK for our SUNDAY BEST. BLACK for NATIONAL DAY, BLACK for DEMOCRACY DAY. BLACK for MAY DAY, organise a protest every week by civil society. Let’s see how they are going to listen. Or do they only listen when the ISD drops in stealthily, are they so used to subverting us that when we shout out loud in the open, they shut their ears? Why else do we not have a free press? If they honestly want to hear, they will allow demonstrations, free press, independent media. How can PAP hear anything if they disallow freedom of speech?????
Wish they could stop their wayang. Unfortunately most readers of SHIT TIMES, NUDE Paper, Toady Paper, can only think the way PAP have trained them to think, within the little box they inked for 50 years.
All that is left us is……BLACK SHIRTS!!
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Singapore’s for Singaporeans …
Why should it be that our jobs & opportunities handed over to FTs on a silver platter while we suffer the fate of starving?
The 200 Singaporeans who turned up, I salute you all!
当新加坡人不再是沉默。。。
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good luck to all those involved in this protest
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All these PMETs probably did their NS.
Very sad for this country.
What are we defending–puthucherry and his gang.
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If they do not dramatically respond to our united request for change, there will be an implosion because the more than 40% and the more than 30% who are too scared to vote them out, but who are nonetheless no less vehement, will not be able to withstand another 5 years of repressive and irresponsive rule.
PAP garmen increased minimun CPF sum as well as medisave sum and there was hardly any whimper. It means they are increasingly making it difficult for small business to operate, everytime someone wants to renew their business license they are forced to put money into the medisave otherwise they cannot renew. As one of those who cant keep putting money into the Central Pilfering Fund, my license ended. Now my bank has threatened to close the business account as well.
All because the increase in minimum sum means that i have to pay thousands per year into medisave to reach minimum sum which is ever increasing per year, (like a shifting target). this prohibitive sum eats into business costs.
The list of those marginalised goes on and on. The PAP does not mind how they have disenfranchised every singaporean group because they are only interested to raise the amount of foreign reserves to ensure it earns enough to pay for their top of the world salaries, bonuses (even when they lost money), perks and contracts. Think how much the YOG lost? LOST? No, we lost, they gained. All their cronies, contractors, and tenderers, advertisers, service providers are laughing all the way to the bank. WE LOST. All that money shifted to THEM. That’s why they dont lose their job when they make big losses, because the profit is transferred to them.
The original PONZI comes from the HOUSE Of LEE.
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Only violence will solve this issue.
Since the government is taking a NO-HANDS approach, we Singaporeans will have to to this the hard way.
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Folks, we should continue to press PAP to get rid of its pro-FT stance even after election. We don’t want to hear PAP say they will listen. We want to see PAP act on it!
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shame on you sillyporeans – made so much noise and only 200 turned up!!!??????!!!!
probably half the number made up of curious homos from a nearby chinatown gay sauna.
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Yes, indeed. PAP talk is very, very cheap. They have the skill of pretending to care down to a fine art after 50 years of diligent practice.
There must be NO letup in the pressure to force our self-serving servant-masters to not only halt but actually REVERSE their callous policy of vicious competition for all except when it comes to their own precious jobs and pensions.
Actions speak louder than words. Are you listening, you opposition ‘fixer’?
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Yes we press, but the REAL problem is there are 60.1% of goons in Spore that need convincing. It’s very difficult to get through to their thick brains.
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Few days ago as I was travelling on the Bus No.32 at 6.00pm, I could see two PRC guys in SBS uniforms sitting infront of the bus with some documents. They are on the bus route familiarisation course. The Bus driver is a PRC, too. I’m wondering why SBS or TransitLink hire so many PRC drivers, when they kick out all the Singaporean drivers aged 40 plus….This is very sad. When you ask the PRC Bus Drivers, on certain location or buildings, they don’t even know whrer they are, they only know the straight road.
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Keep the flame burning towards 2016!
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My fear is that the natives may run out of patience, may not wait till GE 2016 but take to the streets, riot against the PAP and clash with foreigners. If this happens many lives will be lost and many more will be injured seriously. We cannot be complacent. I hope the matter do not escalate to a point where the natives feel that they have nothing more to lose, become bitter and angry. Hungry stomachs know no fear.
Let us pray that the foreigners will leave Singapore immediately.
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Wars are last resorts to bring about fairness and justice. So do violence. Hope true-blue Singaporeans don’t run out of options.
Pray. May God show mercy and save Singapore and its natives.
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I do not condone violence, but I sense that it’s beginning to take root in people’s minds…… Singaporeans are no human punching bags for Foreigner’s Action Party’s policies.
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Sad to say even if the got stop importing so called “FT” now its already too late. There are already so many of them here.
The govt has to review work passes or PRs and regulate restrictions to stop employers hiring cheap labour over locals.
The only way to solve FT problem is if the PAP were voted out or not given majority to form the 2/3 in Parliament.
Its a shame 60% of electorate didnt see that.
The older generation, new citizens, and riches vote always vote the PAP. But once LKY is gone..it may be a different story. So next election may be the make or break for opp party and PAP.
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Out of the 60%, about 30% to 40% will switch by the next election if they continue at the current rate.
The moral ground is important and alienation will happen again, if benchmark for ministers is on private sector,
Whatever the discounts. The goodwill gained through more than 4o years of trust will be weighed.
The voting by the next election, if Government don’t handle it right and address the issuse including the censuring of it’s MPs will be one very clearly divided into classes. The very grounds which enabled PAP to rise to power will work against it. It will be one of trying alternatives since there is no difference.
However, the current temperature is very hot. Comments from MPs, while speaking frankly what they think and in their hearts just infuriate the public. The disconnect is very real and one wonders if it can gel.
It is very real as there are no solutions beyond talks that jobs are being looked at, when the first thing the Cabinent did was to study their own remuneration when to most the benchmark should be public sector and officials pay in other countries. As leaders, shoul not this come last while jobs for all the Lower levels proceed. Matter of priority or substance of leadership?
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Besides the PRC Bus drivers, please visit 7-11…most of the sales staff are either PR from India or Philippines. One of my friend been applying for the same post, but always rejected. Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, do you want me to tell you know which 7-11 outlet are hiring the so called FT PR? I don’t know if you really hear us, or turn to a deaf ear?
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If all legitimate avenues of protest are closed off and made illegal by law, citizens of Singapore will be forced to take the last resort left open to them. Think it will never happen? Look at Syria and Egypt and think again. When pushed to the brink of survival, even the most timid mouse turns violent because it has become a matter of survival, of life or death.
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Give PRs a minimum year to take up citizenship or their status taken back.
Disallow PRs to purchase HDB flats.
Job priority should be given to Singaporeans, do not allow the employers to use this to their advantage to pit against Singaporeans to achieve their agenda.
In crunch time, PRs or FTs can just pack and go leaving us, Singaporeans, to face the diffculties as in year 1997.
I am very disturbed, demoralised, confused, miserable and with agoniies as to why must we put up with many negative cultures the FTs bring into Singapore along with them.
Kids have to ballot for schools against foreigners.
We have to squeeze in public transport with FTs
We have to put up with the exhorbitant HDB prices because of PRs.
Why ??? Have we no Pride and Dignity as Singaporeas in our sovereign homeland ? Are we just ICE at the bottom of the food chain and accept whatever the pappies or employers give us and still be grateful ?
2016 is the Year of Reckoning…..hope we can be united and borrow the “East Wind” AND WIN THE BATTLE !!!
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Guess what I saw ?
I saw certain advertisement hiring in sales position in Singapore in a optics shop.
$1,400 per month
5,1/2 days
10:30a – 9:15p
Is this kind suitable for living even with commission ?
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omg, nothing seem to work. Ministers pay up for review, hospital beds not enought, education too stressful, mrt overcloweded, motorists not happy, newly wed cannot a house fast enought,health care is too expensive. cpf money see no touch.OMg . Thisot clever is SINGAPORE.They are clever after all. But still drawing million dollars in salary. WE ARE ＩＳＵＣＫＥＲ ｒｅａｌｌｙ．
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Worst is the foreign PMET behaves yaya papaya like they are superior in our counrties , like they are better race because they are employed, we singaporeans have to serve them, give way to them on mrts, roads, give them our national day tickets, Air show free entry, places in our schools and bullying our elderly with equal right to foreigners to use our hospital for their families without contributing a cent.
the foreigners bark at our elderly workers, junior workers. Any Brit would tell the foreigner to Fxxx off if they were treated badly by a foreigner, but in singapore its exactly opposite. we get bark at, laugh at for our stupid pro foreigner policies which idolise them
are we back to colonial times?
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On our way there, I asked my kids, what the answer should be if ever a boss asked : WHY ARE YOU IN BLACK ?
My eight-year old answered : BECAUSE WE HATE PAP !
Her answer is fast and sharp, but sad.
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u must be one of the homo from the nearby chinatown gaysauna
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“I am very worried about the job situation now as I heard from seniors that employers will use foreigners with Masters and years of experience to depress the wages of fresh graduates. Even with a first class honors, I don’t expect to get more than $2,900 monthly upon graduation.”
22 year old Kids nowadays expect to get above $3k upon graduation? OMG we really have a problem.
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foreign trash breed = singaporean bleed
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SERIOUSLY ITS TOO LATE.THE PERCENTAGE OF FOREIGNERS HAD OUTRUN THE TRUE LOCALS..I am so sad that i had serve about 10 good years of NATIONAL SERVICE and constantly been CHARGE for defaulting in my IPPT.FOLKS let me ask you,do u have the time or mood to go for IPPT when u got retrenched?Without jobs and desperately hunting for jobs?And the best part is when i try to defer my ICT with reason that i was jobless and looking for jobs.Guess what…I was rejected.AND FUCK YOU PAP…I was paid less than $200 for my whole fucking 12 days ICT.TO THE FUCKING PAP…YOU ALL ARE NOT FIT TO BE THE GOVERNMENT.
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Only $2,900 monthly upon graduation! and still complain. Where else in the world are fresh grads guaranteed such salary? Uniquely SIngaporean… and must have the salary with no competition, no hardship… SIngapore is really doomed with such mentality.
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Depending on whose happiness you are talking about!
The govt is happy because they grow GDP to peg it to their bonus! They dont give two hoots over happiness of locals or foreigners for that matter. The foreigners are exploited for their agenda while the citizens are overlooked completely just so that they can obtain their objective of HIGH PAY AND HIGH BONUS.
Since when people think PAP serves the people. They are self serving period. Well they can prove me wrong by stopping the influx and regulating employment acts concerning FT and FW.
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Maybe a monthly event will have better impact. It’s a gentle reminder to the govt and when people meet more regularly they can become more proactive in writing to authorities to get things changed.
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what brothers and sisters in china? You have them in China?
Its obvious your are a WUM.
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@LKY is God
Why don’t you just go and snuggle up to LKY..we do not need useless idiotic people like you..get out of our island and into LKY asshole..in that case u can be with your god’s forever..he is a traitor…all doomed for hell ! LHL should resigned..he made a mess of singapore since he became PM..what 1st world..4th world likely !
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It’s good to see 200….and soon will be 2000 then 20,000……at least people now know it’s ok to have silent protest as signal to tell govt our displease. They will no longer be able to threaten us the world is watching!
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Bankrupt it. When the pro PAP journalists are out of job, they will join us in Black.
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the only solution: vote for change. the pigs’ operating system is still dos, now already windows.
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All PRCs are idiotic, ungrateful, greedy and shameless people. PRC women study and work as “CHICKENS” in Geylang and karoke. PRC mothers bring their children here to study also work as “CHICKENS”.
PRC women marry Singapore men to get PR and citizenship and suck on our Native Men’s BLOOD MONEY and divorce them when their pockets are empty. Then they work as “CHICKENS” again to hook for more RICH men.
China has the world’s biggest “CHICKEN FARM” producing so many CHICKENS and importing into Singapore.
WARNING
Native Men, don’t eat chickens from China, you will be sucked dry by the deadly “CHINA CHICKEN FLU” !!
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Have you no sympathy for jobless fellow citizens…you dim wit!
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The way I see it – it is a GOOD start.
We are not talking about political protest.
This is a civil protest about issue close to the heart of citizens. Citizens losing out their jobs to FT and FW should not happen in a country where people pay thru their nose for a Govt to rule wisely but got stupid rules.
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I switched from being a PAP supporter to opposition supporter now. Really upset with all the happenings to our own citizens and seem no ending at all. Just hope another election to vote them out.
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FOR OUR COUNTRY AND FOR NATIVE FAMILIES WE UNITED AND TO BE ONE PEOPLE ONE SINGAPOREANS SINGAPORE. WE HAVE NO CHOICE.
UNITED TOGETHER AND THE SINGAPOREANS SINGAPORE WILL BE REALIZED
UNITED AS A NATION WITH ALL SOCIAL STRATUM FOR THEIR BIRTHRIGHT
STANDING TOGETHER ON THE SAME SITUATION, WE ARE UNITED SINGAPOREANS TO MEET OUR REAL COUNTRY.
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200? Hahaha.
Many of them wearing black? Hahaha.
Can TR show more objectivity and honesty?
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Soon it’ll be you so please don’t count your eggs yet and this, i’m very sure.
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It is not so much the number but the intention to draw attention to a serious problem. Slow and steady can win the race and right into GE2016.
Has the message been taken in? These are not NOISES but genuine concerns for both current and future generations of Singaporeans.
Singaporeans’ interest must first be protected either socially, politically or economically.
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NO I didn’t think you were.
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can make this a weekly/monthly event?
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Actually this rally is to help the ruling party! This is indeed a wake up call to the party that their current tripartie arrangement is wrong!
There should not be a minister in-charge of the labour unions. Unions are for Unionists! If the minister likes to be a unionist, he should resign from the government. He should not have the cake and eat it!
If the government is afraid unionists will lead strikes, riots, and block the streets and city scapes and burn buildings and buses and destroy properties, it can set up laws outlawing strikes and allow protests in Hong lim green, what do you think?.
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This is a small step to a big change. I do hope that members from other opposition parties also plan such event on similar social issue or petition signing in the coming week.
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when you have nothing and no money and no future, there is nothing more to lose. the only thing to do is resort to violence and to riot against the PAP and take out the foreigners. make it like the Indonesian riots in 1998, only difference is here the foreigners (especially india indians) are targeted.
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I am a Singaporean, born and bred and served my NS with pride. I would like to hire more Singaporeans for my company but alas I find foreigners’ attitude to be much better. They don’t interview me and ask me silly questions like how far is the office from the nearest MRT station, how many months of bonus do we pay at the end of the year, how days of sick and annual leave they will get. All this before we discuss about his or her skill set and whether it fits the job.
Also, Singaporeans do not call when ahead to say they are not turning up for interviews or the first day of work, after having accepted the job. I am not saying foreigners don’t do that; they do, it is just rare. For Singaporeans, it is very common. Too common for my liking. Where is the common courtesy? It is like occupying the seat reserve for the old and the handicap on the train when you are not supposed to. Please, let’s be more “tze tong”. Have some pride and do the right thing.
In the old days, when we first started flying on SIA, we would take the cutlery for souvenirs. Now that travelling on SIA is passe, we do not even want to take the cutlery anymore. Let’s try to be more courteous. If you cannot turn up for a scheduled interview or change your mind about the job, call. It is the right thing to do.
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It is a very unhappy situation that singaporeans are being penalised for being singaporeans.
We have a pap ’state’ that does not care why singaporeans cannot take a lower pay ( having a flat,family,kids, old parents to support in singapore) whereas foreigners only need to rent a flat and share with 10 countrymen.
We really do not want these kind of leaders anymore.
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i wholly agree!!!! enough of talk and false hoping and waiting endlessly.
Adolf Hitler : The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence.
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To the foreigners PRCs and India Indians….you are not welcome here. FUCK BACK TO YOUR OWN COUNTRY!!!
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the CLENCHED FIST of singaporeans should reach the face of PAP and the foreigners!!!
voices don’t seems to work anymore.
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Dear singaporeans,
After GE2011, it just too late to “complaint” to PAP.
Next GE2016, you WILL see stronger pork barrel politics, gerrymandering, fear mongering.
This GE2011 being the largest voters since independence, our Electoral Board will have FULL statistics on where are pro PAP voters residing. Gerrymandering will be at it’s widest imagination!
PAP will get back it’s votes by hook or by crooks !
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Hi, WAKE, You are right. It was a rehearsal of a wake of PAP party!
Good start!
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Most Singaporeans only take care of their own courtyard rather than lending a helping hand to the jobless country men and women. Until we see all Singaporeans totally being replaced including civil servants would there be more unity to protest for public policies against the interest of Singaporeans. May God bring justice and unity to all Singaporeans who are betrayed and suffering under the selfish party that only takes care of it’s own pocket without shame.
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The situation has yet to reach that state.
Violence is not the answer.
If anyone resorts to violence you will destroy the country which,I believe,we all love.
For anyone who has dreams of violence just remember the Communist Party of Malaya.Did it succeed?Was it doing the right thing?
If violence was the answer Singapore would not be what it is!
By saying this kind of irrational things we will be actually tarnishing the image of legitimate dissent.Please refrain from this kind of remarks before it gets out of hand and is used by the PAP to suppress legitimate expression of alternative views.
Under the guise of annonymity it is easy to be irresponsible.The real test of bravery is when you openly declare your identity along with your views.
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The situation has yet to reach that state.
Violence is not the answer.
If anyone resorts to violence you will destroy the country which,I believe,we all love.
For anyone who has dreams of violence just remember the Communist Party of Malaya.Did it succeed?Was it doing the right thing?
If violence was the answer Singapore would not be what it is!
By saying this kind of irrational things we will be actually tarnishing the image of legitimate dissent.Please refrain from this kind of remarks before it gets out of hand and is used by the PAP to suppress legitimate expression of alternative views.
Wars do not solve problems.
If wars could solve problems Israel would be at peace today.Is it?
War could not solve the problem in Afghanistan or Libya or Korea for that matter.
Having a shallow understanding of the world can lead to a lot of wrong decisions being taken.
Just remember,all wars are ended through peace treaties.Peace treaties are negotiated through diplomacy.If diplomacy can be used to negotiate a settlement in the first place there never would be the need for the violence and suffering of war.
All philosophers have stated unequivocally diplomacy is superior to war.We should learn from this.
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Before election, many have brought up this issue. After election, still don’t see any action taking place. Sigh.
They said we have very low unemployment rate, but do they know many unemployed grads turn to private tutor, insurance agent, property agent , taxi driver , stock/currency trader, health care product marketer, and house-husband .. is there a job security?
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The only solution is for PAP is to GOVERN rather to be in business. Sell all their GICs plus all in Temasek and set up Government accordingly and GOVERN. Politics and Business just do not mix. U understand LHL!
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in history, all governemnt that make and control both Politics and Business are ALL DICTATORS and TYRANT
SADDAM, QADDAFI, HITLER, MARCOS
you can see their links
money they control and money they move around
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Better still. Force your foreign workers to work 14 hours a day, 6 days a week -> that’s 84 hours a week, almost twice of the legal limit of 44 hours a week and you won’t find them complaining to MOM.
And try this, you can get away with it, I assure you. Stop employing cleaning ah mah for your office and get your foreign workers to do it. Tell them that it’s part of your office rules that they have to clean toilets too (see, save you another $1000 per month). You can put them on duty roster. They won’t quit and they won’t complain to MOM also… LOL!
Bro, use your brain and do some deeper thinking lah why they can be so nice and so obliging to you… oh, if you want to try the above, try on new foreign workers – that is, those fresh out from their home countries esp those on social visit passes looking for jobs in Singapore.
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Which first world foreign countries is the tiny group of 40 (out of 5 millions) referring to??
Britan or France? Or Australia or Switzerland?? Go there and see how many foreigners stay there. They even work as taxi drivers!
We are the true first world! Singaporeans are better protected than Swiss or Brits from foreign competetitors.
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In Paris and London, in Sydney and New York there are many more foreigners taking away jobs from locals than in Singapore.
And, by the way, what does TR say about oppo leaders like Mao and Kenneth who worked as FTs in China and Britain for many years???
Did Mao and Kenneth not take away jobs from locals in China and Britain?????
Mao and Kenneth are FTs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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IRONY!
All other countries export their women, youths and citizens to Singapore’s shores for jobs, services and scholarships.Singapore is so busy providing opportunities for foreigners— the jobless, the downtrodden and disenfranchised that it is blind to our citizens’ plight,pain and discrimination.
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the situation in sillypore nt so dire yet. really.
do you see sillyporeans beating up pinoy for stealing their jobs and chinkies for stealing their husbands and boyfriends…?
no, right?
i assure you. foreign talents are very much appreciated by most sillypreans in general. these pinoys and chinkies and indies are made to feel very much welcome by all.
that much change maybe when some FTs are specially targeted to be bashed, raped, torture, killed.
unlike in australia, where indian students are targeted, some killed quite regularly and still no action by the police.
resulting in very big drop in students coming from india now
but i think sillyporeans are scared shitless and still have everything to lose. they don’t dare to do any of that.
they probably can’t even fight at all even after doing NS.
sillyporean men generally luv screwing chinese mei meis in geylang. their skin so smooth and fair, their willingness to deepthroat and swallow is really beyond what sillyporean girls can tahan.
china boys walk the streets in chinatown are really a godsend for the lao ah pek sitting at the macdonalds at the corner of temple street. sillyporean men really want this situation to continue….!
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@Putain,
Yes Putain, I agree with you.
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Chen Show Mao is a FT in China.
Kenneth Jeyaretnam is a FT in Britain.
James Gomez is a FT in Australia.
For how stupid do oppo leaders take their voters???
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Dear TR Readers,
Thanks to those 200 fearless Singaporeans who showed up at the Employ Singaporeans First event at Hong Lim Part yesterday.
Thanks also to the TR editors for helping us to spread the word about Black Saturday event.
I am very proud of you and more so when I realised that more than half of you are employed and were there to show your support to our jobless fellow Singaporeans. Kudos to you!
I have compiled the 100 signatures that signed on the petition to Emply Singaporeans First and will personally hand it over to DPM Tharman at his office.
I felt that the event have achieved a few aims:-
1. Singaporeans came out in unity to support an event that matters to many other fellow jobless Singaporeans. I feel that this patriotism and selfless behaviour needs to be encouraged and applauded.
2. Singaporeans wanted more of such events and hopefully we can plan a monthly event but we need the numbers to show up so that we can continue fruitfully and with confidence. I am happy with the turn out of 200 for a first time event though and hope to see about 300 to show up for our second event.
3. Singaporeans want to be better engaged and they yearn for platforms to discuss and debate policies that affect their lifestyle and livelihood. We will look for people to start the think tank sessions and put up relevant solution-based papers to submit to the relevant ministries. If the application to join such think tank sessions grow too big, we may even plan for a larger indoor event such as a forum-based kind of session. Details will be out on such sessions soon.
4. After the recent GE, I realised that citizens are now more politically aware of national issues and ready to spend some time talking about it in a relevant safe platform. We will continue to plan for such sessions in the near future to better engage the people as there is really little that is going on right now on a consistent basis.
Personally, its a milestone for me as transitioning.org is run on a shoestring budget with a few volunteers heliming the services.
Obviously we have ran ahead of our agenda and cherish all who can volunteer their services with us to do so.
Please write to [email protected] stating in what capacity you can volunteer with us. We need counsellors, coaches, logistical specialists, writers, employers who want to employ Singaporeans and event organisers to join our small team of volunteers.
You don’t need to be scholarly or very capable to join us but we do need Singaporeans who want to help other fellow Singaporeans to sign up with us.
Thanks again and see you for the next transitioning.org event!
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Political Observer(Quote):
“Out of the 60%, about 30% to 40% will switch by the next election if they continue at the current rate.
The moral ground is important and alienation will happen again, if benchmark for ministers is on private sector,
Whatever the discounts. The goodwill gained through more than 4o years of trust will be weighed.
The voting by the next election, if Government don’t handle it right and address the issuse including the censuring of it’s MPs will be one very clearly divided into classes. The very grounds which enabled PAP to rise to power will work against it. It will be one of trying alternatives since there is no difference.
However, the current temperature is very hot. Comments from MPs, while speaking frankly what they think and in their hearts just infuriate the public. The disconnect is very real and one wonders if it can gel.”
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An astute observation!
Any party in power for so long would face the same problem.Look at UMNO in Malaysia,Indian National Congress in India,Chinese Communist Party in China as parallel examples.Originally they were all led by idealistic and patriotic people who wanted to do some good for the people and country.
With the passage of time the need to be patriotic or altruistic got watered down and ego and greed took over.
Most of the leaders started off by by trying to recreate a ruling elite in their countries which had mostly been destroyed in them by the colonising powers ,or had become subservient to them in order to save their positions or wealth.
This old elites who had co operated with the colonialists,through their long experience at sycophancy,infilterated the Nationalist Movements and took over from the idealists as they slowly died of or introduced the living once to wealth and corruption.
In Singapore,we did not have a pre-existing elite to speak of.So it had to be created.Unfortunately it slowly evovled such that serving the people and being patriotic,were not the main criteria looked for in the candidates.
Blind subservince to the leadership as well as yesmanship became the criteria for inclusion,as well as a moneyed background.So what we have is an elite that has no connetion to the poor and cannot understand their needs and problems because they always judge the feasibility of any suggested solution only in terms of money.
Because of their education,and the continued stress by the PAP over the years,they have become a ONE MANTRA group that feels that the only solution to poverty and the needs of the needy is hard work,training and retraining,compleiy forgetting that the upward movement has left a lot of people behind and the changes in society has left these people helpless.
As if that was not enough we had Goofy come along with his koyok sale of the SWISS STANDARD.By his goofy ideas about ASSET ENHANCEMENT he pushed up the prices of HDB so high that they have become more pricier than SWISS PROPERTIES!
What little money that was in the CPF was sucked into the GOVERNMENT COFFERS never to be seen again.If any thing was left for retirement it was held back as the minimum sum.So we have a situation where a lot of people are living hand to mouth and a Government seen to be obscenely rich!
Now the question before us is-where do we go from here?
There are two scenarios:
1. The PAP will still stick to its guns and be of the opinion that it knows best.It will handle the problems the way it thinks can be solved best and give the usual brush off to outsider views.
If that happens the people will not be pacified and will be left with no choice but to try and boot it out in the next elections.
2. The PAP examines the results of the last elections with an open mind and hears the voice of the people.It has a mindset change and lowers the prices of new HDB houses ,maybe,with a built in clause that the buyer must hold it for a minimum period and can only sell it if he wants to buy private property.
It also examines the needs of the older citizens,who have contributrd to the economy all their working lives,and uses a part of the income from the Reserves,which after all is the money accumulated during their working lives.
It also addresses the problem of the foreigners who are employed here by unscrupulous employers as a cheaper alternative to local workers.
It also realises the importance of the opposition as a legitimate arm of politics and views its input as a valuable rather than something to be destroyed in anyway possible.
It also needs to look at the infrastructure of the country with an open mind and find some innovative solutions and stop the ministres from giving reasons which only enrage the citizens.
And most importantly,it has to learn to share political power with good grace and move away from the idea that only it has the right to rule,or aspire to rule.
If this happens it will bode well for Singapore,and the people might still consider handing the reins of power to the PAP.
It is a tall order.Let’s see if they can rise up to it!
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glad you woken in time, it not too late, come 2016 let recliam back our singapore for the sake of our children.
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I know it difficult to be unemotional when the issues involved are so emotional.
It might be a good idea if the editors could pick up 1 issue per day for the people to discuss and analyse.The input might put some sense where it is most needed !!!
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If you don’t have a Black Shirt just bring your Negro friend and it will be considered the same as wearing a Black Shirt. Don’t bring any India Indians!!
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You failed your job as mother, no matter what, you dont teach your son hated, this is the last thing on earth you should teach your son. Please dont tell me he learn it by himself, you should correct him even that is the case.
FT is a problem, is a problem we need to deal with. But i dont believe in calling my 60% fellow Singaporean stupid, idiots. They are like us, Singaporean. If you keep doing that, you are just dividing our countries and end up like Thailand.
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I too salute Mr Gilbert – He said even if one man turned up he would still speak – Bravo. When we first reached the park there were only a handful people but little later was surprised that so many turned up. One guy shouted Pass Away Peacefully . He sounded so frustrated and many there were actually employed and there came to support Singapore Singaporeans. If those jobless can afford to pay bus fare, they would have joined in.
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Govt is pushing their own citizens to the wall. When a person luck is being finally push to the wall to an extend, they will retaliate back. Just like a ball if you hit on the wall, it will bounce back too.
So i urge the PAP not to just only listen, but DELIVER !!!!
Do the right thing, or you PAP idiots ministers and MPS will face KARMA very SOON…..
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you pay the india indians and they will come and swell your ranks.
they don’t even need to wear any shirts.
but please hor, ask them to bathe first.
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If TR and its supporters continue to promote anger and hatred towards the FTs, the government and the ohter Singaporeans who support the government; Singapore is doomed to fail sooner and later! Talk big about a One United People!
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It is a little too late for any revival to sustain your employment prospect. The real action should be taken just one month ago to replace the PAP regime with a new government. But instead, the 60 percentile choose to have their job replaced.
You deserve to be jobless to suffer all the consequences because of your own stupidity.
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Please not just play listening ear to the complaints of the other 40%, please take action for time lost sake.
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How can you say they are FTs when they have all served NS?
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Dear Sad
Do not be upset that we attended the gathering to speak up on behalf of displaced PMETs, whom are our fellow countryfolks.
Why you have not joined us ? At least I get to teach my kids humanity and compassion for fellow Singaporeans.
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Does the MNCs owe us a living? No
Does the MNCs contribute tax? Yes
Can our local engineers perform R&D, Setup and run our own MNCs instead of relying on other MNCs to give us job?
Can we as local engineers or local talents created business entity such as Sony, Apple, General Electric, Airbus, Swiss Bank so that we become the master and they become the worker?
Why we keep complaining the shit MNCs own us this owe us that and we do not have the guts, drive, courage like Japanese & German( who being defeated during world war II )to reborn from ashes to become dominating world economy power?
Why after all our local engineers after going through the university program still fails to realize that they should be the one that should take the lead to create wealth and jobs for our less fortunate Singaporeans. Instead having this illusion that we are “engineer” or “PMET” and so we deserve this and that.
I like Singaporean first…. but tell me where, how, when, why, what, who to do it Singaporean first concept without being hang by the neck of the MNC or foreigner or FT.
Can we be realistic to start from the most needed…. Let forms a construction work force with your volunteer ( of course paid salary of your choice ) for our belove Singaporean of homeless, single mother and young couple….. build our own house…… This will immediately drive all the foreigner FT, WP, EP and PMET back home.
I am sure with this commitment that we shows to our government, we are not play play…. Any foreigner do, we can do better
Anyone care to volunteer?
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In this case, how can you say for those PR that has served NS are FT?
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Humanity and Compassion does not encompass the word “hate”.
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HATE is a part of emotional expression for the suppressed, there is nothing wrong to say publicly WE HATE PAP AND FOREIGN TRASHES for taking away Natives RICE BOWLS and CPF BLOOD MONIES !
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This is the problem n this caused the youth to think to migrate to other countries.
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The problem in getting foreign professional only resulted many local to b tulan with the govt.
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Hmm…First of all if you are so useful in your country , I wonder why you are not USE by your mother land instate you betray you birth country and come to singapore? since you are a traitor of your country, you are as while, a shame to your own people and do you think your country man will respect you? And your moniker says “LKY IS GOD”. If that fellow is god, what abt chairman Mao? Since there is only one God, are you trying to tell us your Ex Chairman is below that old man? I suggest you better think before you write next time. And don’t go back to China coz they will put you in the firing squat. (Respect is earn…not given)(People give face you but you throw yourself away)
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Of course MNCs pay taxes. They not only get preferential tax rates, they are also now taking advantage of the cheaper FTs that the PAP encourage.
PAP is into all sorts of businesses, into supermarkets, into insurance, into financial investments, into security business etc. etc.
PAP competes with local small businesses. A few provision stores in Bedok South closed shop. I asked a few of them. And the answer is the same. The Government competes with us in supermarkets – how do we compete with the Government.
When times are bad, PAP tells Singaporeans that we should not depend on the Government. We should not expect the Government to hold our hands. We should think out of the box. How are we to do that, when the Government is into every sort of businesses. How do we compete with the Government.
My son spent 2 and half years in NS. Wasted time. (By the way, my Swiss friends told me they do only 6 months NS in their country) Besides physical training, most of the time in NS was doing nothing. No papers or magazines to read (not allowed) , nothing to stimulate him intellectually in. He even escaped death from a gun shot by the skin of his hair because those giving instructions during field training were not much older than he was. He was also paid pittance for the time spent in NS.
When he went to Uni, it was a trying time to get back into studies. He graduated in Finance and Economics.
When he went out to work for a couple of Banks, he reported to foreigners. The first Bank he worked in, his supervisor was a foreigner, 2 years younger than he was and getting double what he was paid. The guy did not have to do NS in his country. The 2nd boss that he worked with was a young Hong Kong lady. He was so fed up to see so many foreigners holding all the better positions, he decided to migrate. He said if I feel I am a 2nd class citizen in my own country, I would rather migrate. He did, and he is now very happy.
His roots are in Singapore. It had not been easy for him to leave his country but he had no alternative but to do so.
Everywhere in the world and even working with foreigners in Singapore, I always hear low opinions made of Singaporeans. Our children have been brought up in such regimented ways in schools and in National Service, it is hard for them to think out of the box, it is hard for them to be creative. And all this is the fault of the PAP Government. With such fat pay they receive, Singaporeans can’t even walk the world holding their heads high.
We have become a laughing stock to our Asian neighbours as well as the Western World. So LKY, LHL, GCT – did you do a good joy. No. For so many years you were in Government and we Singaporeans are not regarded highly. YOU FAILED!
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You fucking stupid sinkies voted in the cause of your problem with a 60% “mandate”.
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Dear Kojak
They are not FTs in Singapore. They are FT in the countries I have listed. This is quite clear from my posting: They are “FT in ….”
Here in Singapore some oppo extremists hit FTs hard for alledgly taking away jobs from locals. But their own oppo leaders are FTs who take awayy jobs from locals – overseas.
Got it??
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There are two kinds of people that turn “HATE” into:
1st Kind – Turning “HATE” into energy, spirit and drive that from this moment onwards, will strive to be self sustaining first and thereby giving humanity and compassion to other less fortunate. But first, have to move out from the comfort zone and removing the idea of relying on others to give.
If you want to take back what you feel been taken away. do something. Even if you vote out or vote in whichever government, they not going to guarantee you a job / career / future that you wanted.
If you start giving other the job / career / future… You are the master
2nd Kind ) Keep on shouting ” I hate this and I hate there” still waiting somebody to provide one what one are hoping for. When one do not get it, the drive of “HATE” goes deeper and eventually destroy no only one self sufficient but a destructive force to people around him / her.
Does it sound familiar when one teenage kid shouted back to one parents and say “I hate you this and that…”
THINK HARD…. IF YOU HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY TO HATE….AND IT IS REALLY TIRING TO HATE…. WHY NOT CHANNEL THIS ENERGY FOR CONSTRUCTIVE THINGS…. EITHER CHANGE A CAREER LINE…… BE A VOLUNTEER IN OPPOSITION…… OR…..TAKE A GOOD LOOK IN THE JOB MARKET…….
YOU CAN PULL A FRANCHISE WITH A FEW FRIENDS OR ANYTHING AND BECOME YOUR OWN BOSS AND HIRING SINGAPOREANS…. THEN YOU CAN SERVE THE FELLOW SINGAPOREANS……. BUT FIRST, EXIT YOUR COMFORT ZONE…… ANY COMFORT ZONE THAT YOU FIND WILL COME TO A DEAD END SOMEDAY.
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If this was meant to be a joke, it NOT FUNNY AT ALL!
If there was any wake at Hong Lim Park, it was probably yours!
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easy to get PR.Be PRC FT clean toilets or serve in coffee shops.
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