PM: You’ll be sorry too if I send all FTs home

[Confuseous]

Speaking at the NTU’s annual ministerial forum yesterday (28 Jan), PM Lee told 1,200 undergraduates that more foreign professionals are needed in Singapore over the years because the economy has grown and there aren’t enough Singaporeans to fill the jobs available.

He was responding to a student who asked when Singapore could slow down the influx of expatriates here.

Mr Lee said, “Why are there so many (foreign professionals)? Because my economy has grown. I’ve created all these jobs. I don’t have Singaporeans for all of them.”

“Can I do with fewer? Maybe. Can I replace some with Singaporeans as they get trained? I hope so. If I send all of them home, will I be sorry? Yes, and I’m sure you will be too because you will not go to that job,” he said.

Reiterating what his government has been saying all along, he said that this foreign talent policy creates new jobs for Singaporeans instead of taking them away from locals.

He cited the example of a bank CEO who may not be a citizen but runs a bank that creates thousands of jobs. “You put the wrong CEO there, the bank goes bust, thousands lose their jobs,” he added.

However, according to a survey conducted by recruitment firm eFinancialCareers in October last year, large number of companies in the finance industry are actually discriminating against Singaporean hires. According to the survey, a majority or 52% of the respondents said their companies had favoured foreigners for some job openings (‘Survey confirms rampant job discrimination against SGs‘).

In fact, the situation was so bad that 2 Cabinet Ministers had to have a “friendly talk” with senior members of the financial industry on this matter. Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin told Parliament in March last year that...http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/01/29/pm-youll-be-sorry-too-if-i-send-all-fts-home/

 

[chonburifc]

Camcerous treacherous mother fucker lee hsien ass loong will be even more sorry when this chee bye kia lose his job in 2016.

Oh god!!!! Please let this fuck face lee hsien ass loomg go leh . What a fucking diagrace to be a singaporean. I mean this chee bye face is your pm arh? Sinkees better all go and die.

 

[chootchiew]

I wonder what was the reaction of those 1,200 undergrads and what % of the 1,200 are foreigners.

 

[winners]

Pinky is trying to hint that the floodgates will continue to open for the FTs and he is adamant about it. The 1 and only way to counteract him is to vote the PAPies out come 2016.

 

[laksaboy]

Nobody is telling you to ship all FTs home, dipshit.

But you, Pinky, are solely accountable for all the overcrowding, infrastructural stress, social upheavals and massive inflation. It happened under your watch.

In other countries a vote of no-confidence would have been issued against you in Parliament. But in Singapore, you're safe in the Parleement.

 

[JHolmesJr]

Bizarre statement....I have never heard anyone say send them ALL home. That's extreme and harmful to the economy.

Just don't litter the place with them left right and centre.

 

[palden]

Any pinoy ask about his husband?

 

[SamSeng]

Hahaha, mind games again huh.

 

[winnipegjets]

Mr Lee said, “Why are there so many (foreign professionals)? Because my economy has grown. I’ve created all these jobs. I don’t have Singaporeans for all of them.”

That is a lie. One, the economy is not growing at its maximum capacity. Two, he didn't create the jobs. Three, Ah Tiongs, Ah Nehs and Pinoys are replacing sinkees in PMET jobs. So, there are sinkees for the jobs but the employers are choosing the cheap replacement.

He cited the example of a bank CEO who may not be a citizen but runs a bank that creates thousands of jobs. “You put the wrong CEO there, the bank goes bust, thousands lose their jobs,” he added.

He insults sinkees...it is incredulous to claim that amongst sinkees, there is NOT one capable of running a bank! So, DBS has to hire an Ah Neh for the job. What does he do? He brings in more Ah Nehs!

 

[DollarsNoSense]

Three, Ah Tiongs, Ah Nehs and Pinoys are replacing sinkees in PMET jobs.

yes, these ah tiongs, ah nehs and pinots are amongst the 1200 undergrads who have been given full scholarship

 

[GoldenPeriod]

can't stand this fag.

 

[johnny333]

The Lee family must be cursed. Although pm LHL is supposed to be highly educated, he seems to be a very ignorant person with a low EQ. The daughter, LWL , who looks like a man must really be lonely. Only LHY seems to be enjoying himself with his extra curricular activities:o

 

[Leongsam]

Pinky is trying to hint that the floodgates will continue to open for the FTs and he is adamant about it. The 1 and only way to counteract him is to vote the PAPies out come 2016.

Even if the PAP is voted out in 2016, whoever takes over will soon realise that foreigners in large numbers are essential in order for the economy to thrive and the policy will continue unabated.

No government will implement policies that kill the economy. It would be political suicide.

 

[winnipegjets]

Even if the PAP is voted out in 2016, whoever takes over will soon realise that foreigners in large numbers are essential in order for the economy to thrive and the policy will continue unabated.

No government will implement policies that kill the economy. It would be political suicide.

The economy will not come to a standstill when foreigners are kicked out in the millions. In fact, life will improve substantially for sinkees when the foreigners are out. It is a zero sum game - the PAP tells you it is not so but enough people have experienced it to know the PAP has been lying - and the mass deportation of foreigners will return jobs to sinkees. Those business that choose not to pay the going rate will exit the country and that is a good thing as their presence has merely stalled the transformation of our economy.

 

[winnipegjets]

yes, these ah tiongs, ah nehs and pinots are amongst the 1200 undergrads who have been given full scholarship

Scholarships to the tune of $250 million a year. This does NOT include the amount given to the AStar scholarship holders. The AStar scholarship holders easily use up another $250 million as they are sponsored to study in top universities, provided allowances and trip home from undergraduate to post-doc.

 

[Leongsam]

has merely stalled the transformation of our economy.

The transformation of the economy to what? How do you envisage a small Island of 3 million is going to survive at the current living standards? What will be driving the economy?

 

[zhihau]

What will be driving the economy?

oh fucks! we're all gonna be screwed!

 

[red amoeba]

The transformation of the economy to what? How do you envisage a small Island of 3 million is going to survive at the current living standards? What will be driving the economy?

I see that PAP ideology has fed u well....Luxembourg is doing extremely well, small n no natural resources like us. They have tonnes of FTs ?

PAP conveniently lay the reason of local lacking talents y ? It's bcos their fucking education system is choking us ! Till today students r taught to obey n repeat not create n think n question.

 

[Spock]

He cited the example of a bank CEO who may not be a citizen but runs a bank that creates thousands of jobs. “You put the wrong CEO there, the bank goes bust, thousands lose their jobs,” he added.

The problem is that most of these jobs are not being filled by SGreans but by foreigners anyway. For the SGreans who managed to land a job in these environments, they will find themselves akin to working in a foreign land. These environments are hostile to SGreans and SGreans are unwilling to work there as well. It then becomes a vicious cycle that businesses claim that they can't find SGreans to fill these jobs and the government start blaming SGreans for being choosy.

In short, the government has failed to ensure that SG remains a country for SGreans. Perhaps it is true that they have created more jobs than there are SGreans to fill them but the crux of the issue is that they have failed to consider the social implications by allowing companies to bring in hordes of foreigners to fill them. Imagine you come off worse in a political struggle in your workplace because you are outnumbered due to nationality in your own country. Uniquely SG.

 

[Leongsam]

I see that PAP ideology has fed u well....Luxembourg is doing extremely well, small n no natural resources like us. They have tonnes of FTs ?

PAP conveniently lay the reason of local lacking talents y ? It's bcos their fucking education system is choking us ! Till today students r taught to obey n repeat not create n think n question.

There is simply no comparison. Luxembourg is in Europe. Singapore is in a Muslim Sea. Luxembourg has a population of 500,000 in 2900 sqkm. Singapore, minus all the foreigners has 3.5 million in 690sqkm.

And the biggest difference of all is that Singaporeans are not Luxembourgers who belong to the Germanic group.

Countries that function well rely on a combination of national psyche and a good system of governance. One without the other does not work.