[h=2]Distressed PMEs – Return their dignity![/h]
January 8th, 2015 |
Author: Contributions
Singapore is, however, not perfect. There are areas in
which we can and should do better. I am disturbed by the inequality in
Singapore. We have one of the highest Gini coefficients in the world. I am
unhappy that many of our children are growing up in poverty. About a third of
our students go to school with no pocket money to buy lunch.
Many PMEs have been sacked, told they were no longer useful and no
organizations would want to hire them again. They are left to their own device.
Many just resigned to their fate and retired into oblivion. Some swallowed their
pride and dignity and took on whatever manual jobs or low level jobs that they
could find. Some became taxi drivers and security guards. And these were men
that were professionals, managers and executives that run big corporations and
MNCs. These were our local talents that Tommy Koh mentioned in his article
today in the ST, the men and women that built modern Singapore. They have been
reduced to become unemployable. They have been reduced to have beens. Once we
have many local talents, intelligent and hardworking people according to Tommy.
Today we have turned into a non-country with no talents, no intelligent people
and need half bake foreigners pretending to be talents to shit on us. Is that
what Tommy was saying?
At least half a million decently paying jobs were given to foreigners, many
don’t even have the equivalent qualifications or experience and expertise, many
were fakes. And nobody cares. And they insult and bully us daily. The govt is
very happy with the situation. We have full employment. The unemployable PMEs
are obsolete; it is their fault for not upgrading to new skills like becoming
waiters and salespersons.
We need to return some pride and dignity to these PMEs. They have many more
good years to go. Many are healthy and mentally sound to continue working in the
same jobs or something similar. Why degrade them and push them into the rubbish
dumps and replaced them with fakes and half-baked foreigners?
The PMEs and many are part of the Silver Brigade need an existence. They have
been defeated by insensitive and callous people and policies. Return them their
pride and dignity. Don’t be silly and ungrateful. The govt must form an agency
to look at this group of PMEs and put them back into the job market. Many of the
good jobs given to foreigners for all the wrong reasons can be given to these
PMEs. The govt owes these citizens a responsibility to lead a decent and
respectable life. The wayang cannot continue past the next GE. It will be
exposed.
Yes, return them their dignity and a place in the main stream of life. The
govt owes it to them, not to the foreigners, not to silly foreigners, not to
fake foreigners, not to rogue foreigners. Vote them out if they think they don’t
have to look after citizens but foreigners. It is so sad that foreigners are
walking around like peacocks while citizens are like helpless lost sheep walking
around jobless, like zombies. I have never seen so many ex-PMEs looking so lost,
undignified, dejected, when they have many more good years to live and to
support themselves.
Who should be held responsible? Don’t you dare pass the buck to the ex-PMEs.
These were the staunchest supporters of the PAP in their heydays.
Many PMEs are in the state of ‘keow kar yeo lan par’. You can do
that for a few months or a couple of years. When you have to do that for 20
years, it is not funny anymore.
Chua Chin Leng aka
redbean
* The writer blogs at mysingaporenews.blogspot.com.
Singapore is, however, not perfect. There are areas in
which we can and should do better. I am disturbed by the inequality in
Singapore. We have one of the highest Gini coefficients in the world. I am
unhappy that many of our children are growing up in poverty. About a third of
our students go to school with no pocket money to buy lunch.
Many PMEs have been sacked, told they were no longer useful and no
organizations would want to hire them again. They are left to their own device.
Many just resigned to their fate and retired into oblivion. Some swallowed their
pride and dignity and took on whatever manual jobs or low level jobs that they
could find. Some became taxi drivers and security guards. And these were men
that were professionals, managers and executives that run big corporations and
MNCs. These were our local talents that Tommy Koh mentioned in his article
today in the ST, the men and women that built modern Singapore. They have been
reduced to become unemployable. They have been reduced to have beens. Once we
have many local talents, intelligent and hardworking people according to Tommy.
Today we have turned into a non-country with no talents, no intelligent people
and need half bake foreigners pretending to be talents to shit on us. Is that
what Tommy was saying?
At least half a million decently paying jobs were given to foreigners, many
don’t even have the equivalent qualifications or experience and expertise, many
were fakes. And nobody cares. And they insult and bully us daily. The govt is
very happy with the situation. We have full employment. The unemployable PMEs
are obsolete; it is their fault for not upgrading to new skills like becoming
waiters and salespersons.
We need to return some pride and dignity to these PMEs. They have many more
good years to go. Many are healthy and mentally sound to continue working in the
same jobs or something similar. Why degrade them and push them into the rubbish
dumps and replaced them with fakes and half-baked foreigners?
The PMEs and many are part of the Silver Brigade need an existence. They have
been defeated by insensitive and callous people and policies. Return them their
pride and dignity. Don’t be silly and ungrateful. The govt must form an agency
to look at this group of PMEs and put them back into the job market. Many of the
good jobs given to foreigners for all the wrong reasons can be given to these
PMEs. The govt owes these citizens a responsibility to lead a decent and
respectable life. The wayang cannot continue past the next GE. It will be
exposed.
Yes, return them their dignity and a place in the main stream of life. The
govt owes it to them, not to the foreigners, not to silly foreigners, not to
fake foreigners, not to rogue foreigners. Vote them out if they think they don’t
have to look after citizens but foreigners. It is so sad that foreigners are
walking around like peacocks while citizens are like helpless lost sheep walking
around jobless, like zombies. I have never seen so many ex-PMEs looking so lost,
undignified, dejected, when they have many more good years to live and to
support themselves.
Who should be held responsible? Don’t you dare pass the buck to the ex-PMEs.
These were the staunchest supporters of the PAP in their heydays.
Many PMEs are in the state of ‘keow kar yeo lan par’. You can do
that for a few months or a couple of years. When you have to do that for 20
years, it is not funny anymore.
Chua Chin Leng aka
redbean
* The writer blogs at mysingaporenews.blogspot.com.
