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[h=2]The NPTD Strikes Again[/h]
November 13th, 2012 |
Author: Contributions
It seems that the PAP Government is now cowering behind
agencies with such “professional” sounding names as the National Population and
Talent Division (NPTD) – a misnomer if you ask us since there is really no
Talent in this Division other than those who tailor their reports to suit the
agenda of their political masters – to issue unpalatable policy
pronouncements.
In an Occasional Paper released yesterday, this Division announced to much
fanfare (provided by another of PAP’s lapdog – the Straits Times), its so-called
projection on the foreign manpower needs of Singapore: 150,000 by 2030.
Perhaps fearing a backlash, it qualified that this is merely a
projection.
But we know how the PAP works. Remember in 2007, when Mah Bow Tan was the
Minister for National Development, he wrote in PAP’s website of the Government’s
intention to raise the population to 6.5 million? An outcry ensued and Mah’s
secretary subsequently issued an urgent clarification that the figure was only a
“projection” and not a real target?
See: http://yoursdp.org/news/2012-10-11-5376
Singapore’s population was 4.59 million in 2007. Five years later, this
figure has risen to 5.31 million with foreigners making up 40% of that.
So what is the moral of the story here?
When the PAP and its cronies call something a “projection”, be suspicious,
very suspicious. It is political spin machine at work to repackage an unsavoury
policy intention.
Finally, the NPTD’s “projection” does not include the foreign PMETs who are
coming into Singapore in huge droves. By the end of 2012, Singapore is expected
to conclude negotiations with India on mutual recognition of professional
qualifications – an item that is top of the Indian Government’s agenda – to
facilitate entry of more Indian “professionals” into Singapore to work.
So folks, brace yourself for a second influx. Remember Lee Kuan Yew’s hard
truth in Sept 2012: “We are short of workers today. We have 5.2 million people
of whom 1.5 million are foreign workers… We need more. Although they are coming
in at a slower pace, they are coming in.”
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1228135/1/.html
.
The Alternative View
[Source]: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Alternative-View/358759327518739
agencies with such “professional” sounding names as the National Population and
Talent Division (NPTD) – a misnomer if you ask us since there is really no
Talent in this Division other than those who tailor their reports to suit the
agenda of their political masters – to issue unpalatable policy
pronouncements.
In an Occasional Paper released yesterday, this Division announced to much
fanfare (provided by another of PAP’s lapdog – the Straits Times), its so-called
projection on the foreign manpower needs of Singapore: 150,000 by 2030.
Perhaps fearing a backlash, it qualified that this is merely a
projection.
But we know how the PAP works. Remember in 2007, when Mah Bow Tan was the
Minister for National Development, he wrote in PAP’s website of the Government’s
intention to raise the population to 6.5 million? An outcry ensued and Mah’s
secretary subsequently issued an urgent clarification that the figure was only a
“projection” and not a real target?
See: http://yoursdp.org/news/2012-10-11-5376
Singapore’s population was 4.59 million in 2007. Five years later, this
figure has risen to 5.31 million with foreigners making up 40% of that.
So what is the moral of the story here?
When the PAP and its cronies call something a “projection”, be suspicious,
very suspicious. It is political spin machine at work to repackage an unsavoury
policy intention.
Finally, the NPTD’s “projection” does not include the foreign PMETs who are
coming into Singapore in huge droves. By the end of 2012, Singapore is expected
to conclude negotiations with India on mutual recognition of professional
qualifications – an item that is top of the Indian Government’s agenda – to
facilitate entry of more Indian “professionals” into Singapore to work.
So folks, brace yourself for a second influx. Remember Lee Kuan Yew’s hard
truth in Sept 2012: “We are short of workers today. We have 5.2 million people
of whom 1.5 million are foreign workers… We need more. Although they are coming
in at a slower pace, they are coming in.”
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1228135/1/.html
.
The Alternative View
[Source]: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Alternative-View/358759327518739
