Poor thing! Perhaps serving NS and completing 13-yr reservist cycle then come back to talk cock might help? *ptui*
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->READING Ms Lydia Rahman's Monday letter, 'Expats score at expense of others', it is not difficult to sense her frustration, and perhaps, her anger and irritation at those foreigners in Singapore who have a better lifestyle than she and other native Singaporeans.
It is also not hard to understand how she and many other Singaporeans feel about these matters. However, despite her well-written words, her arguments lack logic. I am Irish and I have lived here for eight years, mostly by renting Housing Board flats. Saying that the Government makes life 'so much rosier for these foreigners' seems to ignore the fact that the Government doesn't offer interest-free car loans, high salaries, hardship allowances, relocation allowances or housing allowances to foreigners.
It is foreign companies that have invested here that choose to compensate their employees in this manner, not the Singapore Government. (while ignoring the fact that 60% of the economy is controlled by the ang moh loving Familee?)
A policy of economic discrimination based on the colour of our identity cards is tantamount to advocating a policy of racial discrimination.
Such a policy may prove popular among coffee shop philosophers, but it would have little effect on the foreign workers she is referring to in her letter. Most expatriate workers in Singapore like myself do not receive benefits such as those mentioned by Ms Rahman. (then come to Peesai for fxxx? Ah, he forgot to tell you that thanks to the white dick loving nature of the Papayas, he is able to make x times more than when he's in his home cuntry! And that the job can be easily filled by a Sporn)
A quick poll of my three expatriate colleagues revealed that none received any of these fabled benefits.
Among the four of us, (incidentally representing four countries in three continents), only one had ever been in receipt of a housing allowance.
Currently, none of us has any work-related benefits other than the usual medical provisions.
As an aside, my own country, Ireland, has experienced an influx of foreigners over the past few years and people there also complain about those immigrants.
The complaints, however, are that those immigrants are being offered public housing and other benefits before native-born citizens. (But do Irish need to serve NS?) In Singapore, this hasn't happened and is unlikely to at any time in the near future. Most expats here do not receive any benefits at the expense of Singaporeans. For example, we do not receive subsidised public housing nor are we allowed to buy public housing. Rent accounts for a large portion of our expenses - rent paid to our Singapore landlords incidentally. (But do FTrash need to serve NS? Do they need to pay MUCH more than Sporns in terms of taxes?)
Your passion is obvious, Ms Rahman, but perhaps you could channel it towards finding a positive solution. Discrimination of any kind does not solve problems.
John Kernan
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->READING Ms Lydia Rahman's Monday letter, 'Expats score at expense of others', it is not difficult to sense her frustration, and perhaps, her anger and irritation at those foreigners in Singapore who have a better lifestyle than she and other native Singaporeans.
It is also not hard to understand how she and many other Singaporeans feel about these matters. However, despite her well-written words, her arguments lack logic. I am Irish and I have lived here for eight years, mostly by renting Housing Board flats. Saying that the Government makes life 'so much rosier for these foreigners' seems to ignore the fact that the Government doesn't offer interest-free car loans, high salaries, hardship allowances, relocation allowances or housing allowances to foreigners.
It is foreign companies that have invested here that choose to compensate their employees in this manner, not the Singapore Government. (while ignoring the fact that 60% of the economy is controlled by the ang moh loving Familee?)
A policy of economic discrimination based on the colour of our identity cards is tantamount to advocating a policy of racial discrimination.
Such a policy may prove popular among coffee shop philosophers, but it would have little effect on the foreign workers she is referring to in her letter. Most expatriate workers in Singapore like myself do not receive benefits such as those mentioned by Ms Rahman. (then come to Peesai for fxxx? Ah, he forgot to tell you that thanks to the white dick loving nature of the Papayas, he is able to make x times more than when he's in his home cuntry! And that the job can be easily filled by a Sporn)
A quick poll of my three expatriate colleagues revealed that none received any of these fabled benefits.
Among the four of us, (incidentally representing four countries in three continents), only one had ever been in receipt of a housing allowance.
Currently, none of us has any work-related benefits other than the usual medical provisions.
As an aside, my own country, Ireland, has experienced an influx of foreigners over the past few years and people there also complain about those immigrants.
The complaints, however, are that those immigrants are being offered public housing and other benefits before native-born citizens. (But do Irish need to serve NS?) In Singapore, this hasn't happened and is unlikely to at any time in the near future. Most expats here do not receive any benefits at the expense of Singaporeans. For example, we do not receive subsidised public housing nor are we allowed to buy public housing. Rent accounts for a large portion of our expenses - rent paid to our Singapore landlords incidentally. (But do FTrash need to serve NS? Do they need to pay MUCH more than Sporns in terms of taxes?)
Your passion is obvious, Ms Rahman, but perhaps you could channel it towards finding a positive solution. Discrimination of any kind does not solve problems.
John Kernan
