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Serious Facebook shut down Abolish CECA Movement
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PAP is the only Govt in the world that is very efficient in breaking the ricebowls of its citizens.
Even the pappies go over to India for the most frivolous reasons, why be surprised?
Iswaran visiting the motherland.
Im still jn the group dont know wtf you are talking about
Even the pappies go over to India for the most frivolous reasons, why be surprised?
Iswaran visiting the motherland.
isnt this the fat fuck bastard who brought in the singapore GP with its fucking noise pollution and traffic disruption?
"Be kind, Bernie, be kind."
https://www.asiaone.com/News/The+New+Paper/Story/A1Story20081216-108098.html
Had pap followed hk to ban all flights from India, we won't have a second wave.
Hk recorded just one case yesterday despite having higher population density.
CECA is obviously a liability to everyone. Only one benefit ftom CECA are the local banks. Commoners' benefits are being sacrificed for biz interests
Hk recorded just one case yesterday despite having higher population density.
CECA is obviously a liability to everyone. Only one benefit ftom CECA are the local banks. Commoners' benefits are being sacrificed for biz interests
61 % loves it hope they get retrench n covided
Indian coming in love the government and money.Zucky and the PAP govt have been communicating.
Anyway, cancel culture has thoroughly infected Facebook/Twitter/Youtube, many content creators have gone elsewhere.
Some working very tough jobs but they can smile when at home india their family living in big property.
We should not blame them.
They coming because Singapore chosen leader love them
Why Have Singaporeans Turned Against Indian Professionals?
As the COVID-19 pandemic has plunged Singapore, Asia’s shining star, into an economic recession, historically-minded denizens of the city-state might have occasion to recall the 1982 New Year speech made by its founder Lee Kuan Yew.
In the speech, Lee, who ruled Singapore with a velvet fist from 1959 until 1990, promised that the country would have a wholly Singaporean workforce by 1991. Lee said that countries like France, the United Kingdom and West Germany were facing political, social and economic problems due to their large migrant work forces. Arguing that this was not desirable for Singapore, Lee promised that work permits for the country’s migrant workforce in the non-traditional sector would not be renewed and that by December 31, 1984, all such workers would leave.
But Lee never fulfilled this promise and Singapore has seen a steady growth in its population of foreign workers. In 1986, as economic growth picked up after a period of recession in the early 1980s, restrictions on foreign workers were relaxed. Since then, the country’s foreign workforce, which sat at just 10 percent of the work force in the early 1980s, has grown to 36 percent, or around 1.5 million people.
Now, with businesses closing down and job losses mounting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the city-state’s residents are turning their ire towards foreign workers, particularly those from India. In particular, Singaporean social media has discovered a new villain: the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA), a free trade agreement signed between the two nations in 2005.
In August, for the second time in nine months, Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) was forced to issue a statement correcting the widespread public misconception that the agreement has led to a large influx of Indian professionals in fields like finance and information technology.
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Members start another 'Abolish CECA' group on Facebook
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Singapore — A group of netizens were up in arms after a Facebook group petitioning to abolish the India – Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) was taken down on Wednesday (Apr 28) for alleged racism.
The group, “Abolish CECA Petition”, had over 6,000 members.
They want CECA abolished, claiming the agreement has led to an influx of Indians who compete with the locals for jobs and housing. They oppose “foreign talent” and want jobs for the locals.
According to an administrator of the group, Mr Prabu Ramachandran, the “#AbolishCECA movement and petition was gaining momentum with 6,000 members before it was shut down for alleged racism”.
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“The fightback starts here and now”, Mr Ramachandran, a business financial manager and member of People’s Voice Party (PVP), added.
Members of the disbanded group immediately started a new group titled ‘”Abolish CECA”. Within a day, Mr Ramachandran added, the new group garnered over 220 members.
At the time of writing, the group had 261 members.
In a post on Thursday (Apr 29) evening, Mr Ramachandran wrote: “WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED!
WE WILL NOT GO AWAY!
WE WILL NOT MAGICALLY DISAPPEAR!
CUT AWAY 1 HEAD AND 10 HEADS WILL TAKE UP ITS PLACE!
WE WILL KEEP RISING LIKE A PHOENIX FROM ASHES!”
“Please help share the below link to invite fellow Singaporean patriots to join this group to support the fight back to take back control of our Professional, Management, Executive & Technical (PMET) jobs for Singapore citizens”, he added.
TISG has reached out to Mr Ramachandran for further comment and clarification. /TISGFollow us on Social Media
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If singkies want high wages and better standard of living. The only way is too restrict the entry of foreign labour...foreign labour especially for pmet categories only benefits employers and the oligarchs
Posted Yesterday at 7:12pm, updated Yesterday at 9:37pm
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says employers are hoping international borders reopen so they can start importing more workers, instead of having to increase wages.(ABC News: John Gunn)
Reserve Bank governor Phil Lowe says Australia's closed international borders are having a huge impact on the labour market.
"What used to happen before the pandemic is if there was a shortage in the labour market for a particular skill, firms could go overseas and tap the global labour market," Dr Lowe said.
Dr Lowe said Australia's level of immigration wasn't necessarily the issue at the moment, it was the inability of employers to import workers from overseas to fill roles where there are labour shortages.
"And we're starting to hear reports of wages moving for some of those jobs," he said.
Within an hour of his speech, new data showed the national unemployment rate fell from 5.5 per cent to 5.1 per cent in May, after an extra 115,200 people found employment last month.
Economists said the decline in the unemployment rate was remarkable.
"What a result!" wrote EY chief economist Jo Masters.
EY's chief economist Jo Masters said yesterday's jobs numbers signalled clearly the shift from economic recovery to expansion.(Supplied)
"No doubt there are areas of the economy still recovering, but on the whole this result clearly signals a shift from recovery to expansion.
"Such strong momentum in the labour market should continue to support the economic recovery and eventually translate into a lift in wages growth and in turn standards of living."
However, Dr Lowe said, despite the emergence of pockets of wage growth in the economy, employers were still broadly trying to avoid lifting wages.
"Notwithstanding these signs of a tightening labour market, wages growth and inflation remain subdued," he said.
"It is noteworthy that even in those pockets where firms are finding it hardest to hire workers, wage increases are mostly modest."
He said many employers could still remember the resources boom in the early 2000s, when the Australian dollar was worth more than the US dollar for a substantial amount of time.
He said many businesses complained then that the cost of doing business in Australia, including labour costs, left them uncompetitive.
"This experience has left a lasting imprint on many businesses and it has reinforced the narrative about the importance of cost control," he argued.
"This has become the predominant mindset of many businesses.
Earlier this month, the minutes of the Reserve Bank board meeting included similar comments from RBA officials.
"Firms facing labour shortages [are] citing a preference for non-wage measures to attract and retain staff, such as one-off bonuses and more flexible working arrangements," the minutes observed.
"Some firms were also opting to ration output because of labour shortages, rather than pay higher wages to attract new workers."
"Firms are saying 'well we don't want to bid up the cost base now, because perhaps towards the end of the year there'll be a way to get workers to come back in with skills that we really need'," he said.
If that didn't happen, he added, and borders were still closed a year from now, we would see more upward pressure on wages and inflation.
"It's one of the uncertainties," he said.
He said that rebound in consumption that was largely due to government spending.
"Turns out that if you give people a lot of money, and allow them to spend it, most of us spend it," he said.
"What we've seen in Australia [is] the government give large amounts of money to both households and businesses, and once the health situation improved sufficiently ... we found ways to spend most of that money.
"People kept their jobs, so they're not worried about unemployment, so uncertainty declined and we've spent a lot of that money ... and that's a large part of the economic recovery."
"Those industries that have a higher concentration of foreign workers, like hospitality, have an incredibly high number of vacancies," Mr Aird wrote in a note to clients.
"A lift in wages growth is the inevitable consequence of a tight labour market as firms are forced to pay more to attract workers."
Wages may soon rise if employers can't 'tap global markets' for workers, says RBA boss
By business reporter Gareth HutchensPosted Yesterday at 7:12pm, updated Yesterday at 9:37pm
Reserve Bank governor Phil Lowe says Australia's closed international borders are having a huge impact on the labour market.
Key points:
- The unemployment rate fell sharply in May, from 5.5 to 5.1 per cent
- If international borders stay closed, wage pressures could build
- But employers are resisting lifting wages
"What used to happen before the pandemic is if there was a shortage in the labour market for a particular skill, firms could go overseas and tap the global labour market," Dr Lowe said.
Dr Lowe said Australia's level of immigration wasn't necessarily the issue at the moment, it was the inability of employers to import workers from overseas to fill roles where there are labour shortages.
"And we're starting to hear reports of wages moving for some of those jobs," he said.
Employers don't want to lift wages
Speaking in Toowoomba in Queensland on Thursday, Dr Lowe said the labour market was clearly tightening.Within an hour of his speech, new data showed the national unemployment rate fell from 5.5 per cent to 5.1 per cent in May, after an extra 115,200 people found employment last month.
Economists said the decline in the unemployment rate was remarkable.
"What a result!" wrote EY chief economist Jo Masters.
EY's chief economist Jo Masters said yesterday's jobs numbers signalled clearly the shift from economic recovery to expansion.(Supplied)
"No doubt there are areas of the economy still recovering, but on the whole this result clearly signals a shift from recovery to expansion.
"Such strong momentum in the labour market should continue to support the economic recovery and eventually translate into a lift in wages growth and in turn standards of living."
However, Dr Lowe said, despite the emergence of pockets of wage growth in the economy, employers were still broadly trying to avoid lifting wages.
"Notwithstanding these signs of a tightening labour market, wages growth and inflation remain subdued," he said.
"It is noteworthy that even in those pockets where firms are finding it hardest to hire workers, wage increases are mostly modest."
Businesses remember the mining boom days
Dr Lowe said there was a "broader dynamic" at play in Australia's economy.He said many employers could still remember the resources boom in the early 2000s, when the Australian dollar was worth more than the US dollar for a substantial amount of time.
He said many businesses complained then that the cost of doing business in Australia, including labour costs, left them uncompetitive.
"This experience has left a lasting imprint on many businesses and it has reinforced the narrative about the importance of cost control," he argued.
"This has become the predominant mindset of many businesses.
Earlier this month, the minutes of the Reserve Bank board meeting included similar comments from RBA officials.
"Firms facing labour shortages [are] citing a preference for non-wage measures to attract and retain staff, such as one-off bonuses and more flexible working arrangements," the minutes observed.
"Some firms were also opting to ration output because of labour shortages, rather than pay higher wages to attract new workers."
Hold out until borders reopen
On Thursday, Dr Lowe said many firms were even trying to hold out until borders reopened."Firms are saying 'well we don't want to bid up the cost base now, because perhaps towards the end of the year there'll be a way to get workers to come back in with skills that we really need'," he said.
If that didn't happen, he added, and borders were still closed a year from now, we would see more upward pressure on wages and inflation.
"It's one of the uncertainties," he said.
Give money to people, and they spend it
Speaking about the economic recovery more broadly, Dr Lowe said the "main driver" of Australia's remarkable recovery had been the rebound in consumption.He said that rebound in consumption that was largely due to government spending.
"Turns out that if you give people a lot of money, and allow them to spend it, most of us spend it," he said.
"What we've seen in Australia [is] the government give large amounts of money to both households and businesses, and once the health situation improved sufficiently ... we found ways to spend most of that money.
"People kept their jobs, so they're not worried about unemployment, so uncertainty declined and we've spent a lot of that money ... and that's a large part of the economic recovery."
Why are job vacancies surging while the unemployment rate falls?
According to Commonwealth Bank economist Gareth Aird, the fact that hundreds of thousands of short-term foreign workers have also left Australia helps to explain why job vacancies are at record levels."Those industries that have a higher concentration of foreign workers, like hospitality, have an incredibly high number of vacancies," Mr Aird wrote in a note to clients.
"A lift in wages growth is the inevitable consequence of a tight labour market as firms are forced to pay more to attract workers."
Lky did not look in the mirror to see if he is a bumi or one of the migrants.
