Chris K:
A retired German engineer told me last month that he could not believe that a first world infrastructure is being serviced and maintained by cheap third world workers. They do not have the necessary skills or standards of diligence, he said. Can’t but keep laughing these days as these apologists are scrapping the bottom of the barrel by comparing us to third world standards in their pathetic attempts to hold up the government’s well-remunerated posteriors.
The above joke was posted by Chris K in TRE. Let me re-word the above quotes to apply to the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] World Singapore. Some super talented politicians here said this 1[SUP]st[/SUP] World city must import 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] World talents to run its 1[SUP]st[/SUP] World banking and finance and IT industries. And they have the necessary skills and standards of diligence to take over from the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] World Singaporeans.
And some also said, the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] World talents are here to help the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] World talents and to create jobs for them.
And some 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] World recruiting agencies were quoted to have said they could not find the talents needed for this 1[SUP]st[/SUP] World city from its 1[SUP]st[/SUP] World talent pool, graduated from its world class 1[SUP]st[/SUP] World universities, but could find all the talents from 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] World countries with the skill sets and experience to fill the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] World jobs in this 1[SUP]st[/SUP] World city. And none of the first world super talents would stand up to object to this silly thought. Maybe they agree and believe that it is not silly.
Now tell me which is the better joke?
Chua Chin Leng aka redbean
* The writer blogs at http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com
