peppertail gives alot of details but skips the points raised.
He (i assume is a he) never mentions if he is an Employer or an employee.
He never mentions if he has contributed to create any opportunities, but said he paid taxes and paid for housing and married a sg woman and had kids.
Well, almost all foreigners pay taxes, whether directly or indirectly.. and if they wan to buy housing, they can look around and if they have the cash, nobody really stops them from buying.. unless HDB where certain rules apply.
You are correct.. the government is a major factor in the problems and issues we Singaporeans face.
But alot of foreigners (i duno about you.. but if your story is true, then you are not one of them) come in here with bogus or fake credentials.. with certificates and diplomas from universities not even ranked in the world.. and yet they are being hired by companies.
It's easy for you to say you can have a say cos your family is here. True, you can have a say.. but I asked if you are stil a German citizen. Are you? You don't get my point?
Well, let me explain more clearly: you are not a citizen, our country is now in a situation where the government is telling us that we need more foreigners, whether it is you, or those with bogus and fake credentials.. and you have to admit, if you are holding a job and not an employee, which you didn't specify, you are possibly taking that job away from a Singaporean.
And since you are not a citizen, you can pack and leave as and when you want, or you and your family decide. Who is there to stop you? Most Singaporeans, if not all, don't hold dual "passes" do play as they choose.
I really don't know why you posted a reply to my words and said I don't make any sense, when I was just commenting that the possibility of the Singaporean employers who were surveyed, probably had some, if not all of their 50% bad hires to be foreigners. You can't deny that it is a possibility.
So, what is your beef? You don't agree with me on what point?
I never posted that it was a FACT that 50% of the bad hires ARE foreigners, did I?
And, still you show no manners or etiquette at all. Did you greet my fren, when he greeted you?
So polite gesures get ignored by Germans?
This is my take, if you want to have a say in Singapore's affairs, politically or socially, give up your German citizenship, show me that you are putting all your chips down here in Singapore.. then I have nothing to say.
Until then, just stay out cos I don't get what your issue is.
I ask again, are you an employer or an employee?