400,000 Indian FTs in SG liao !!! Experiencing the BEST of Both Worlds Woh!

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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - 400,000 Indian FTs in SG liao !!!</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"></TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>kojakbt_89_ <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>7:54 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right>(1 of 2) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"></TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>51803.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD id=msgtxt_1 class=msgtxt>400,000 expats in Singapore living the best of both worlds

May 29th, 2011 |

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A Singapore-based magazine, Pardesi Pulse ([URL="http://www.pardesipulse.com/"]http://www.pardesipulse.com[/URL]) has published an article on the Indian expatriate community in Singapore. Pardesi’s main focus is on the Indian Diaspora. It is distributed free on charge in various locations in Singapore. The article is published in the April/May 2011 issue and written by Aprajita Anil. The title is “Expat Indians living the best of both worlds”.​

The main points are follows:

• There are about 400 000 expat Indians and the figure is rising.
• Some had been here more than 10 years while others had been here for a fairly shorter period of time.
• One unconfirmed figure states 2500 expat Indians have taken up Singapore citizenship for the “past one year”.
• Dr Ashutosh Prakash of Tan Tock Seng Hospital has been living in Singapore for 3 years. He says it is quite easy for the expat Indians to adjust as Indians had been an integral part of Singapore society.
• He uses the example of the major Indian festival Diwali is a national holiday. In addition, there is the wide availability of Indian culture ranging from food to films.
• He also mentions that if he needs to go back home, it is just a 5 hour flight. He feels he is experiencing the best of both worlds.
• Mr Ajay Sundar, manager of a multinational firm, is 7 years old in Singapore. He feels the perception of how locals react to foreigners is critical.
• Ms Divya Bhardwaj, a home-maker. According to her 4.5 years’ local experience, older local Indians are friendlier towards their expat counterparts.
• Neethiya Sadagopal, communications manager of a multinational corporation (MNC) speaks from a local’s perspective. Some expat Indians think of themselves as the original “desi” (subcontinent Indians) while local Indians have lost their “originality”.
• While the expats try to show off a superior attitude, locals become cold and unfriendly towards the expats.
• The expat Indians interviewed for this article seem to be holding regular PMET (professional, managerial, executive and technician) positions. There is no example of anyone holding a highly-specialized position.
• There is no mention of positions which are said to be experiencing a so-called shortage of suitable locals as claimed by the ruling PAP (People’s Action Party) regime.
• There is also no suggestion of whether the expat Indian influx is due to the India-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.

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Grey Hippo

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[FONT=Comic Sans MS,Sans-Serif]I am working on a project. Many local IT programmers have attitude problems, good ones with business minds are very limited or little. Only interested in money but not the work and several quotes are beyond budget consideration let alone reasonable profits. Here comes the FT, I lay my cards open and we agree on the 70/30 split, they get 70 and I get 30. Project is 70% done.[/FONT]
[FONT=Comic Sans MS,Sans-Serif]Went to the customer's place to setup the system, met with FTs with fierce IT titles - CRAPS !!!! Even though with fanciful titles, they can't even install simple database. I guess these cheap FTs replaced the former local IT specialists. It ended up, we did the job for them as we need to accomplish milestones to collect payment. If they delay the schedule, it means that they delay my payment. I instructed our guys to do the installation while I distract these FTrashes with rubbish chores. After that, we passed on the information how to do it as we only need them for the administrator logins.[/FONT]
[FONT=Comic Sans MS,Sans-Serif]Today, these half baked FTs are here to stay and take jobs away from qualified local staff. From these fucked up systems by PAP policies, there is no efficiency to speak of. It is going to be a big problem in future for Singapore at large. For me, as an individual or business entity, would be a different story, I may emerge as a ultimate winner. [/FONT]
[FONT=Comic Sans MS,Sans-Serif]FT is good ? FT is bad ? It really depends on which side of the fence you are standing.[/FONT]
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