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September 28th, 2010 |
Author: Your Correspondent
Contact Singapore will be launching a mass recruitment drive in Kuala Lumpur from 8 to 10 October 2010 to hire Malaysian engineers:
[Source: Contact Singapore]
It is strange that MNCs and GLCs have to collaborate with Contact Singapore to recruit Malaysian engineers when both NUS and NTU produce thousands of engineering graduates each year.
Another company Xilinx has just concluded a recruitment drive in Penang for microelectronic engineers.
Contact Singapore is a government agency run jointly by the Economic Development Board and Manpower Ministry and funded by taxpayers to recruit “global talents” in liaison with the private sector.
It is not surprising that many Singaporeans are unaware of its existence as its target audience is foreigners and it is seldom mentioned in the Singapore media.
Despite its relative low profile in Singapore, Contact Singapore has embarked on an ambitious marketing campaign overseas to lure “global talents” to work in Singapore.
There is even a list of “success stories” on its website depicting foreigners who obtained jobs in Singapore and eventually become Singapore PR with its help which includes a Filipino drummer, a PRC business manager and a Malaysian engineer (read more here)
PAP leaders have often laid the blame on Singapore workers for being too “fussy” which leaves employers with little choice but to hire foreign workers.
However, most of the jobs on offered by Contact Singapore are PMET positions which Singaporeans are keen to take up if given the opportunity.
Singaporeans should get the priority in such jobs and not foreigners who are not necessarily more qualified than us.
Other countries protect their local workforce by legislating that employers must advertise job vacancies to locals first for a period of time before they can hire foreign workers.
In Singapore, the government is actively helping employers hire foreign workers at the expense of Singaporeans somemore using public funds.
Unfortunately, with no opposition in Parliament to raise the issue and with the political rights of Singaporeans curtailed by a series of repressive laws, Singaporeans have no choice but to watch the fiasco unfold before their eyes which will be considered as “treason” in many countries.
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Contact Singapore will be launching a mass recruitment drive in Kuala Lumpur from 8 to 10 October 2010 to hire Malaysian engineers:
[Source: Contact Singapore]
It is strange that MNCs and GLCs have to collaborate with Contact Singapore to recruit Malaysian engineers when both NUS and NTU produce thousands of engineering graduates each year.
Another company Xilinx has just concluded a recruitment drive in Penang for microelectronic engineers.
Contact Singapore is a government agency run jointly by the Economic Development Board and Manpower Ministry and funded by taxpayers to recruit “global talents” in liaison with the private sector.
It is not surprising that many Singaporeans are unaware of its existence as its target audience is foreigners and it is seldom mentioned in the Singapore media.
Despite its relative low profile in Singapore, Contact Singapore has embarked on an ambitious marketing campaign overseas to lure “global talents” to work in Singapore.
There is even a list of “success stories” on its website depicting foreigners who obtained jobs in Singapore and eventually become Singapore PR with its help which includes a Filipino drummer, a PRC business manager and a Malaysian engineer (read more here)
PAP leaders have often laid the blame on Singapore workers for being too “fussy” which leaves employers with little choice but to hire foreign workers.
However, most of the jobs on offered by Contact Singapore are PMET positions which Singaporeans are keen to take up if given the opportunity.
Singaporeans should get the priority in such jobs and not foreigners who are not necessarily more qualified than us.
Other countries protect their local workforce by legislating that employers must advertise job vacancies to locals first for a period of time before they can hire foreign workers.
In Singapore, the government is actively helping employers hire foreign workers at the expense of Singaporeans somemore using public funds.
Unfortunately, with no opposition in Parliament to raise the issue and with the political rights of Singaporeans curtailed by a series of repressive laws, Singaporeans have no choice but to watch the fiasco unfold before their eyes which will be considered as “treason” in many countries.
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