Traditionally, cost cutting via lower labour costs meant relocating the factory to a more rural/remote area in the country. This option for Singapore is not possible. Next is to move the factory to another country- not only will the employees of the factory lose their jobs but supporting industries will lose business to. So, the solution is to bring in lower waged workers. Singapore does not have a huge hinterland with available labour (like in Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines) so they policy-makers are only doing what is available to them. If anyone has a solution to this labour issue, please raise it to whoever can bring this up for consideration at parliament level. Because if you have a solution to this problem, many people will feel a lot more secure.
Having aid this, I wish to propose that a portion of full time NS men be transferred from military duties to do hospital nursing work. This solves two areas - shortage of hospital staff, and a start to a possible career for young men in the medical field.
Cheers!
Having aid this, I wish to propose that a portion of full time NS men be transferred from military duties to do hospital nursing work. This solves two areas - shortage of hospital staff, and a start to a possible career for young men in the medical field.
Cheers!
Cost cutting measures should be applied to keep local sinkies employed and remove foreigners/SPRs to send them home to their own slum land. If local sinkies are made jobless and jobs are given instead to foreigners/SPRs, the cost cutting measures are nothing but a sham to let foreign work force dominate the economy and depress the wages.