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Serious [ Singapore Employment News ] Singaporean Beware of Racist INDIAN Caste Culture : Practice MERITOCRACY To Indians ? Indians Practice RACISM TO YOU !
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Soon, the indians will have their revenge and control america as it was before europeans came.
Novartis/CEO
Vasant Narasimhan
Feb 1, 2018–
Vasant "Vas" Narasimhan is an Indian-American doctor who currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Novartis. Wikipedia
Born: 1976 (age 42 years)
Spouse: Srishi Gupta (m. 2003)
Parents: Kalathur Narasimhan, Gita Narasimhan
Education: University of Chicago, Harvard Medical School
Institution: Novartis
Novartis/CEO
Vasant Narasimhan
Feb 1, 2018–
Vasant "Vas" Narasimhan is an Indian-American doctor who currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Novartis. Wikipedia
Born: 1976 (age 42 years)
Spouse: Srishi Gupta (m. 2003)
Parents: Kalathur Narasimhan, Gita Narasimhan
Education: University of Chicago, Harvard Medical School
Institution: Novartis
PAP themselves discriminate blatantly, then shout meritocracy.No one reported Amazon to MOM for racial discrimination???
Lol.. Again, PAP'S PRIDE.
70% loves deep deep...
Native Americans are not Indians. Some mercenary AngMoh who was born Italian but sold his services to the Spanish crown sailed across the Atlantic Ocean looking for a route to China, then the wealthiest country on Earth. There already was a route to China from Europe but this involved sailing through waters controlled by the Muslims and Portuguese. Fortunately, this Columbus clown did not fall off the edge of the ocean and landed in what later came to be called the "New World" by AngMohs fleeing other AngMohs because they believe in the same God and chose to worship him in a different way from the then prevailing norms.
This Columbus desperado was quite stupid and thought he had ended up in India. So he called the Native Americans "Red Indians" to distinguish them from the "Brown or Black Indians" or what I call the Indian Indians.
No one reported Amazon to MOM for racial discrimination???
Lol.. Again, PAP'S PRIDE.
70% loves deep deep...
That you have to check if there are any 'connections' with the PAP...the toe bone is connected to the leg bone...the hip bone is connected to the....it is like checking the underground roots networks of the fungi, on the surface, it is MERITOCRACY....beneath it...another world.
Discrimination is in pap dna.
This will be another huge revelation for him. He's either plain daft or ignorant; from Chinese spies to island building to history to geography and to a whole lot of other stuff. And now, to not even knowing this very, very basic fact. Just good at shooting off his mouth.
https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/20...eady-got-friends-working-in-the-tech-company/
FT approved to come to S’pore to work: I’ve already got friends working in the tech company
Published on 2018-07-30 by Correspondent
It was earlier reported that an Indian national had posted on the Singapore Expat Forum revealing that he was first rejected by the Manpower Ministry when he applied for an Employment Pass (EP) with a salary of S$5,500. However, when his company later applied for him on S-Pass at S$6,000, his application became successful.
The foreign talent from India wrote, "I am from India and moving to Singapore for job as a Software Engineer. I am being offered SGD5500 monthly in my offer letter. According to my employer, they had applied for E-Pass but since it was not given, I am being issued IPA (In-Principle Approval) for S-pass."
"The issue is that on IPA my salary is mentioned SGD6000 instead of SGD5500. I enquired with my employer. She told me that they have requested correction from the ministry which might take around 2-3 weeks. Meantime, IPA is still valid and I can use it to come to Singapore as it is already approved," he added.
In the end, the company said it would inform MOM about the "mistake" made while declaring his salary in the S-Pass application so that MOM would issue a new IPA letter to the Indian national stating the correct salary of SGD5,500, which tally with the one in the offer letter. IPA letter is needed by the immigration when a foreigner first steps into Singapore at the port of entry, intending to work in Singapore.
"They (the company) have agreed for waiting for IPA approval with correct salary and come after it has been revised. I know that s pass IPA approval usually taked 2-3 weeks," he said.
FT: I have friends in the same company
Then, the foreigner revealed, "I have some of my friends there in the same company. Also, its a reputed tech company. So, I know that I can trust them. What I was worried about was the variation of salary in offer letter and IPA at Immigration Check. If ICA would have requested the offer letter and found the variation, then it would have cause problem at Airport. Right ???"
"Apart from that cancellation of IPA in case of correction is also a concern. Although they (the company) assured me that its highly unlikely case as amount being offered currently for S pass is far more than the minimum threshold. But I think waiting for Revised (IPA) letter seems like a safe route," he added.
Hence, it appears that even though this Indian national has never worked in Singapore before, he already has friends, presumably also from India, working here. In particular, according to him, his friends are currently working in the same company that he would soon be working in.
In any case, it's not known why the company didn't want to hire Singaporeans locally but prefers to hire foreigners from thousands of miles away instead.
“Hiring-their-own-kind”
In 2013 during a Parliamentary debate, then Manpower Minister Tan Chuan Jin revealed that there had been cases where companies were “hiring-their-own-kind”, discriminating against Singaporean job applicants.
"Let me be quite blunt... If this hiring is indeed because they care only about choosing familiar candidates and not about hiring the 'best man for the job', then such practices have no place in Singapore’s workplaces," Mr Tan said.
"Discrimination will not and cannot be tolerated. Stating the principle however does not mean it is easy to implement. I think we all recognise that proving discrimination is sometimes difficult. It is not always possible to discern whether such hiring practices are legitimately based on the objective requirements of the job or motivated by personal connections."
"I know that Singaporeans perceive some outcomes to be against the principles of meritocracy and fairness, and I fully understand why we feel angry in the process," he added.
He told companies doing business in Singapore to comply with the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices.
Mr Tan warned, "If there are issues, MOM will step in to investigate and we will not hesitate to curtail work pass privileges. We will explore a practical process where Singaporeans are given a fair opportunity in the hiring process."
"And we will deepen the efforts with companies to develop a local pipeline for Singaporean talents. This would be a consideration as companies are brought into Singapore. We believe in taking a systemic approach towards this issue, with a combination of structural and process adjustments."
Later the Fair Consideration Framework and the Jobs Bank was introduced by MOM to help protect Singaporean job applicants from discrimination.
However, in 2015, Mr Tan was transferred out from the Manpower Ministry to the Social Family Ministry and in 2017, he was taken out from the Cabinet and the government altogether and assigned to be the Speaker of Parliament.
FT approved to come to S’pore to work: I’ve already got friends working in the tech company
Published on 2018-07-30 by Correspondent
It was earlier reported that an Indian national had posted on the Singapore Expat Forum revealing that he was first rejected by the Manpower Ministry when he applied for an Employment Pass (EP) with a salary of S$5,500. However, when his company later applied for him on S-Pass at S$6,000, his application became successful.
The foreign talent from India wrote, "I am from India and moving to Singapore for job as a Software Engineer. I am being offered SGD5500 monthly in my offer letter. According to my employer, they had applied for E-Pass but since it was not given, I am being issued IPA (In-Principle Approval) for S-pass."
"The issue is that on IPA my salary is mentioned SGD6000 instead of SGD5500. I enquired with my employer. She told me that they have requested correction from the ministry which might take around 2-3 weeks. Meantime, IPA is still valid and I can use it to come to Singapore as it is already approved," he added.
In the end, the company said it would inform MOM about the "mistake" made while declaring his salary in the S-Pass application so that MOM would issue a new IPA letter to the Indian national stating the correct salary of SGD5,500, which tally with the one in the offer letter. IPA letter is needed by the immigration when a foreigner first steps into Singapore at the port of entry, intending to work in Singapore.
"They (the company) have agreed for waiting for IPA approval with correct salary and come after it has been revised. I know that s pass IPA approval usually taked 2-3 weeks," he said.
FT: I have friends in the same company
Then, the foreigner revealed, "I have some of my friends there in the same company. Also, its a reputed tech company. So, I know that I can trust them. What I was worried about was the variation of salary in offer letter and IPA at Immigration Check. If ICA would have requested the offer letter and found the variation, then it would have cause problem at Airport. Right ???"
"Apart from that cancellation of IPA in case of correction is also a concern. Although they (the company) assured me that its highly unlikely case as amount being offered currently for S pass is far more than the minimum threshold. But I think waiting for Revised (IPA) letter seems like a safe route," he added.
Hence, it appears that even though this Indian national has never worked in Singapore before, he already has friends, presumably also from India, working here. In particular, according to him, his friends are currently working in the same company that he would soon be working in.
In any case, it's not known why the company didn't want to hire Singaporeans locally but prefers to hire foreigners from thousands of miles away instead.
“Hiring-their-own-kind”
In 2013 during a Parliamentary debate, then Manpower Minister Tan Chuan Jin revealed that there had been cases where companies were “hiring-their-own-kind”, discriminating against Singaporean job applicants.
"Let me be quite blunt... If this hiring is indeed because they care only about choosing familiar candidates and not about hiring the 'best man for the job', then such practices have no place in Singapore’s workplaces," Mr Tan said.
"Discrimination will not and cannot be tolerated. Stating the principle however does not mean it is easy to implement. I think we all recognise that proving discrimination is sometimes difficult. It is not always possible to discern whether such hiring practices are legitimately based on the objective requirements of the job or motivated by personal connections."
"I know that Singaporeans perceive some outcomes to be against the principles of meritocracy and fairness, and I fully understand why we feel angry in the process," he added.
He told companies doing business in Singapore to comply with the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices.
Mr Tan warned, "If there are issues, MOM will step in to investigate and we will not hesitate to curtail work pass privileges. We will explore a practical process where Singaporeans are given a fair opportunity in the hiring process."
"And we will deepen the efforts with companies to develop a local pipeline for Singaporean talents. This would be a consideration as companies are brought into Singapore. We believe in taking a systemic approach towards this issue, with a combination of structural and process adjustments."
Later the Fair Consideration Framework and the Jobs Bank was introduced by MOM to help protect Singaporean job applicants from discrimination.
However, in 2015, Mr Tan was transferred out from the Manpower Ministry to the Social Family Ministry and in 2017, he was taken out from the Cabinet and the government altogether and assigned to be the Speaker of Parliament.
https://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-in-print/mom-must-do-more-to-help-sporeans-get-jobs
MOM must do more to help S'poreans get jobs
Published
Jul 25, 2018, 5:00 am SGT
The reply from Mr Terence Ho of the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) does not really show how effective the "many measures" have been in helping Singaporeans secure employment (Many measures taken to help the unemployed; July 6).
The statistics cited vacillated from "more than 25,000 locals found jobs" to "more than 2,200 Singaporean PMETs were hired" .
Also, MOM did not address the point as to why Singaporeans, who are continuously told to upgrade and upskill to stay relevant for the future, cannot take on the jobs held by Training Employment Pass or Work Permit holders.
Singaporeans know of many who have lost their jobs these past years.
For Singaporeans, having a job to support the family is like water - existential.
MOM must not only be, but must also be seen to be, helping Singaporeans secure employment.
Though MOM cited progress has been made regarding the Fair Consideration Framework, there are still 350 - not an insignificant number - on its watch list of companies that do not practise fair hiring of Singaporeans.
Above all, MOM must not lump Singaporeans together with permanent residents as "locals" in its statistics.
Tan Soon Hock
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 25, 2018, with the headline 'MOM must do more to help S'poreans get jobs'. Print Edition | Subscribe
https://www.livemint.com/Politics/n...ore-conclude-second-review-of-trade-pact.html
Home » Politics
India, Singapore conclude second review of trade pact
Last Published: Wed, Jun 27 2018. 11 57 PM IST
Asit Ranjan Mishra
New Delhi: India and Singapore have resolved the contentious issues of visa and banking restrictions, which led to the conclusion of the long-pending second review of the bilateral free trade agreement during the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between the two countries came into force on 1 August 2005 and the first review was concluded on 1 October 2007. The second review of the CECA was launched in May 2010, but since then the review was held primarily on two counts.
One, Singapore had restricted the movement of skilled professionals from India after putting Indian information technology companies under its fair consideration framework watch list, which gave preference to Singapore citizens in jobs introduced in 2014. Two, Singapore mandated a higher asset maintenance ratio (AMR) for Indian banks, including the State Bank of India and the ICICI Bank, operating in Singapore compared to the mandate for other foreign banks. India complained about the discrimination, but Singapore was not ready to oblige.
A commerce ministry official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Singapore has now relaxed AMR for both SBI and ICICI Bank. “The department of financial services gave us in writing that because of the efforts of the finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India, the issue has been resolved. So as an substantive issue, it is no longer on the table,” the official said.
Singapore has also taken Indian information technology (IT) companies out of the fair consideration framework watch list, said the official quoted above.
The majority of Indian companies that were in the fair consideration framework watch list have now been taken off, said Gagan Sabharwal, senior director, Global Trade Development, at Nasscom. “After having done the CECA, we should not be talking about these problems at all as it is, prima facie, against the spirit of CECA. The agreement clearly mandates that both sides will facilitate intra-corporate transfers and not put any restrictive measures.” he added.
However, India wants a permanent solution on both issues and have sought to include them in the third review of the CECA. “These are matters of principle. We would like to see a transparent framework. So these will be taken up in the third review, which will begin in September. The review will also include an investment chapter,” Sabharwal said.
Both sides have also signed an agreement to recognize three more nursing institutions in addition to the present list of four, which will facilitate practice of more Indian nurses in Singapore.
“We gave them the proposal to add three more institutions literally across the table just a month ago and they have included them. We have given them another 17 to look at. That is a work in progress and, progressively, we hope those will also be cleared. So this is a good gain for us,” he said.
MOM must do more to help S'poreans get jobs
Published
Jul 25, 2018, 5:00 am SGT
The reply from Mr Terence Ho of the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) does not really show how effective the "many measures" have been in helping Singaporeans secure employment (Many measures taken to help the unemployed; July 6).
The statistics cited vacillated from "more than 25,000 locals found jobs" to "more than 2,200 Singaporean PMETs were hired" .
Also, MOM did not address the point as to why Singaporeans, who are continuously told to upgrade and upskill to stay relevant for the future, cannot take on the jobs held by Training Employment Pass or Work Permit holders.
Singaporeans know of many who have lost their jobs these past years.
For Singaporeans, having a job to support the family is like water - existential.
MOM must not only be, but must also be seen to be, helping Singaporeans secure employment.
Though MOM cited progress has been made regarding the Fair Consideration Framework, there are still 350 - not an insignificant number - on its watch list of companies that do not practise fair hiring of Singaporeans.
Above all, MOM must not lump Singaporeans together with permanent residents as "locals" in its statistics.
Tan Soon Hock
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 25, 2018, with the headline 'MOM must do more to help S'poreans get jobs'. Print Edition | Subscribe
https://www.livemint.com/Politics/n...ore-conclude-second-review-of-trade-pact.html
Home » Politics
India, Singapore conclude second review of trade pact
Last Published: Wed, Jun 27 2018. 11 57 PM IST
Asit Ranjan Mishra
New Delhi: India and Singapore have resolved the contentious issues of visa and banking restrictions, which led to the conclusion of the long-pending second review of the bilateral free trade agreement during the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between the two countries came into force on 1 August 2005 and the first review was concluded on 1 October 2007. The second review of the CECA was launched in May 2010, but since then the review was held primarily on two counts.
One, Singapore had restricted the movement of skilled professionals from India after putting Indian information technology companies under its fair consideration framework watch list, which gave preference to Singapore citizens in jobs introduced in 2014. Two, Singapore mandated a higher asset maintenance ratio (AMR) for Indian banks, including the State Bank of India and the ICICI Bank, operating in Singapore compared to the mandate for other foreign banks. India complained about the discrimination, but Singapore was not ready to oblige.
A commerce ministry official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Singapore has now relaxed AMR for both SBI and ICICI Bank. “The department of financial services gave us in writing that because of the efforts of the finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India, the issue has been resolved. So as an substantive issue, it is no longer on the table,” the official said.
Singapore has also taken Indian information technology (IT) companies out of the fair consideration framework watch list, said the official quoted above.
The majority of Indian companies that were in the fair consideration framework watch list have now been taken off, said Gagan Sabharwal, senior director, Global Trade Development, at Nasscom. “After having done the CECA, we should not be talking about these problems at all as it is, prima facie, against the spirit of CECA. The agreement clearly mandates that both sides will facilitate intra-corporate transfers and not put any restrictive measures.” he added.
However, India wants a permanent solution on both issues and have sought to include them in the third review of the CECA. “These are matters of principle. We would like to see a transparent framework. So these will be taken up in the third review, which will begin in September. The review will also include an investment chapter,” Sabharwal said.
Both sides have also signed an agreement to recognize three more nursing institutions in addition to the present list of four, which will facilitate practice of more Indian nurses in Singapore.
“We gave them the proposal to add three more institutions literally across the table just a month ago and they have included them. We have given them another 17 to look at. That is a work in progress and, progressively, we hope those will also be cleared. So this is a good gain for us,” he said.
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Minister Iswaran starts 3rd CECA review after 2nd one recognises India’s nursing degrees
Correspondent 2018-09-02 Economics, Opinion
India and Singapore are proceeding with the third review of the landmark "Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement" (CECA), which focuses on trade facilitation, e-commerce, customs as well as movement of professional workers (PMETs) between the 2 countries.
Posting on his Facebook page yesterday (1 Sep), Minister Iswaran said he met Indian Minister Suresh Prabhu yesterday morning. "We reaffirmed the longstanding and close bilateral and economic ties between India and Singapore," he said.
Since the signing of the first CECA between India and Singapore in 2005, Iswaran said that there has been an increase in "economic interaction" between both countries.
"CECA has opened up market access for Singapore companies in many sectors including finance, organic chemicals, plastics, and electrical machinery and equipment. Our companies also benefit from CECA’s investment protection and dispute resolution provisions and can do business in India with greater confidence," he added.
He mentioned Ascendas-Singbridge, a Govt-linked company, being one of the Singapore companies which has benefited from CECA.
"Today, we launched the Third Review of the CECA to modernise the agreement and make it easier for Singapore companies to do business," Iswaran proudly announced.
His announcement came four months after both countries concluded and signed the second review of CECA.
Iswaran avoids mentioning movement of labour between SG and India under CECA
Iswaran, however, has carefully avoided mentioning the movement of professional workers between the 2 countries stipulated in CECA.
Since the signing of the first CECA in 2005, in exchange for particularly Singapore GLC investments in India, Singapore has allowed multitude of professionals from India to work in Singapore, displacing some of the Singaporean PMETs. Although CECA also enables
Singaporeans to work in India, not many are keen since they will be earning in rupees over there (1 SGD = 52 INR).
And when these Indian nationals start working in Singapore and are in a position to hire, some of them inevitably practise "hiring-their-own-kind", thereby discriminating Singaporean job applicants.
The situation became so bad, particularly in the finance industry, that then Manpower Minister Tan Chuan Jin and DPM Tharman had to arrange for meetings with the management of a number of financial institutions to tell them off. Said then Minister Tan in Parliament:
"DPM Tharman and I have met up with the senior management of a number of financial institutions on a few occasions to stress the point that financial industry players should make a more concerted effort to develop a local talent pipeline. These sessions have been productive and useful. The management have been quite honest to reflect that they will be more mindful of the need to ensure that discriminatory hiring practices are not entrenched in their industry. Some were quite candid – they honestly said they recognised that they had not paid enough attention to how hiring was done and that unhealthy enclaves had been formed. Others acknowledged that they would need to be conscious of diversity and clustering in their make-up."
Nevertheless, MTI continues to pursue more reviews for CECA.
Second CECA review concluded with recognition of Indian nursing degrees
The second CECA review was concluded in Jun this year. Even though the new CECA enhancement includes expanding tariff concessions for an additional 30 products, it also quietly recognises nursing degrees from 7 Indian education institutes by Singapore.
MTI only briefly mentioned that both countries have "agreed to a Mutual Recognition Agreement on Nursing to facilitate better understand of the Parties' standards in regulating the training and practice of nursing" in the Annex section of its press release.
However, the Indian government was more specific. It said in its press release that Singapore has started recognising nursing degrees from 7 of its education institutions:
The Business Standard of India also reported ('India signs mutual recognition agreement in nursing with Singapore', 1 Jun) that it will be "easier for domestic nurses to explore employment opportunities in Singapore now, as India has signed mutual recognition agreement (MRA) with the south east Asian nation in this sector".
And the Hindu said ('India, Singapore formalise mutual recognition agreement in nursing', 1 Jun) that India has formalized a MRA in nursing with Singapore which would allow "nurses trained in seven nursing institutions across India to gain employment in the South-East Asian country (Singapore)".
In any case, one can be sure that India will definitely continue to press Singapore to mutually "recognise" more Indian degrees of other professions so as to enable more of their PMETs to work here, under the coming third review of CECA. The Hindu even mentioned that architecture and accountancy have been brought up in CECA discussions earlier.
It looks like Singapore may have little choice considering the fact that hundreds of millions of dollars from our GLCs have already been invested and stuck in India. As more Indian degrees of different professions are recognised by our Singapore government, one would expect to see more Indian professionals flooding Singapore's job market.
Minister Iswaran starts 3rd CECA review after 2nd one recognises India’s nursing degrees
Correspondent 2018-09-02 Economics, Opinion
India and Singapore are proceeding with the third review of the landmark "Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement" (CECA), which focuses on trade facilitation, e-commerce, customs as well as movement of professional workers (PMETs) between the 2 countries.
Posting on his Facebook page yesterday (1 Sep), Minister Iswaran said he met Indian Minister Suresh Prabhu yesterday morning. "We reaffirmed the longstanding and close bilateral and economic ties between India and Singapore," he said.
Since the signing of the first CECA between India and Singapore in 2005, Iswaran said that there has been an increase in "economic interaction" between both countries.
"CECA has opened up market access for Singapore companies in many sectors including finance, organic chemicals, plastics, and electrical machinery and equipment. Our companies also benefit from CECA’s investment protection and dispute resolution provisions and can do business in India with greater confidence," he added.
He mentioned Ascendas-Singbridge, a Govt-linked company, being one of the Singapore companies which has benefited from CECA.
"Today, we launched the Third Review of the CECA to modernise the agreement and make it easier for Singapore companies to do business," Iswaran proudly announced.
His announcement came four months after both countries concluded and signed the second review of CECA.
Iswaran avoids mentioning movement of labour between SG and India under CECA
Iswaran, however, has carefully avoided mentioning the movement of professional workers between the 2 countries stipulated in CECA.
Since the signing of the first CECA in 2005, in exchange for particularly Singapore GLC investments in India, Singapore has allowed multitude of professionals from India to work in Singapore, displacing some of the Singaporean PMETs. Although CECA also enables
Singaporeans to work in India, not many are keen since they will be earning in rupees over there (1 SGD = 52 INR).
And when these Indian nationals start working in Singapore and are in a position to hire, some of them inevitably practise "hiring-their-own-kind", thereby discriminating Singaporean job applicants.
The situation became so bad, particularly in the finance industry, that then Manpower Minister Tan Chuan Jin and DPM Tharman had to arrange for meetings with the management of a number of financial institutions to tell them off. Said then Minister Tan in Parliament:
"DPM Tharman and I have met up with the senior management of a number of financial institutions on a few occasions to stress the point that financial industry players should make a more concerted effort to develop a local talent pipeline. These sessions have been productive and useful. The management have been quite honest to reflect that they will be more mindful of the need to ensure that discriminatory hiring practices are not entrenched in their industry. Some were quite candid – they honestly said they recognised that they had not paid enough attention to how hiring was done and that unhealthy enclaves had been formed. Others acknowledged that they would need to be conscious of diversity and clustering in their make-up."
Nevertheless, MTI continues to pursue more reviews for CECA.
Second CECA review concluded with recognition of Indian nursing degrees
The second CECA review was concluded in Jun this year. Even though the new CECA enhancement includes expanding tariff concessions for an additional 30 products, it also quietly recognises nursing degrees from 7 Indian education institutes by Singapore.
MTI only briefly mentioned that both countries have "agreed to a Mutual Recognition Agreement on Nursing to facilitate better understand of the Parties' standards in regulating the training and practice of nursing" in the Annex section of its press release.
However, the Indian government was more specific. It said in its press release that Singapore has started recognising nursing degrees from 7 of its education institutions:
The Business Standard of India also reported ('India signs mutual recognition agreement in nursing with Singapore', 1 Jun) that it will be "easier for domestic nurses to explore employment opportunities in Singapore now, as India has signed mutual recognition agreement (MRA) with the south east Asian nation in this sector".
And the Hindu said ('India, Singapore formalise mutual recognition agreement in nursing', 1 Jun) that India has formalized a MRA in nursing with Singapore which would allow "nurses trained in seven nursing institutions across India to gain employment in the South-East Asian country (Singapore)".
In any case, one can be sure that India will definitely continue to press Singapore to mutually "recognise" more Indian degrees of other professions so as to enable more of their PMETs to work here, under the coming third review of CECA. The Hindu even mentioned that architecture and accountancy have been brought up in CECA discussions earlier.
It looks like Singapore may have little choice considering the fact that hundreds of millions of dollars from our GLCs have already been invested and stuck in India. As more Indian degrees of different professions are recognised by our Singapore government, one would expect to see more Indian professionals flooding Singapore's job market.
Full List of 127 Professional Occupational Title under Annex 9A CECA Reserved for INDIANS to Retrench & Replace Local Born & Breed Singapore Citizens :
Annex 9A
LIST OF PROFESSIONALS
Occupational Title
System Designer & Analyst
Network System & Data Communication Analyst
Software Engineer
Computer and Information Systems Manager
Computer Operations and Network Manager
Application Programmer
Systems Programmer
Multi-media Programmer
Network System & Database Administrator
Database Administrator
Information Technology Auditor
Information Technology Security Specialist
Information Technology Quality Assurance Specialist
Building Architect
Interior Architect
Landscape Architect
Town Planner
Civil Engineer (General)
Dredging Engineer
Dock and Harbour Construction Engineer
Structural Engineer (General)
Building Construction Engineer
Sewerage & Sanitary Engineer
Soil Mechanic & Piling Engineer
Trenchless Technology Engineer
Quantity Surveying Engineer
Transportation and Highways Engineer
Electrical Engineer (General)
Electromechanical Equipment Engineer
Electrical Traction Engineer
Power Generation & Distribution Engineer
Lift Engineer
Electronics Engineer (General)
Telecommunications Engineer
Computer Engineer
Computer Systems Engineer
Computer Applications Engineer
Computer Hardware Design Engineer
Semi-conductor Engineer
Audio & Video Equipment Engineer
Instrumentation Engineer
Mechanical Engineer (General)
Industrial Machinery & Tools Engineer
Marine Engineer
Ship Construction Engineer
Naval Architect
Aeronautical Engineer
Automotive Engineer
Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Engineer
Chemical Engineer (General)
Chemical Engineer (Petroleum)
Chemical Engineer (Petrochemicals)
Manufacturing Engineer (General)
Production Engineer
Automation Engineer
Robotic Engineer
Biomedical Engineer
Biochemical Engineer
Biotechnology Engineer
Materials Engineer
Industrial Health, Safety & Environment Engineer
Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineer
Metallurgist
Quantity Surveyor
Ceramics and Glass Technologist
Food and Drink Technologist
Dairy Technologist
Leather Technologist
Textile Technologist
Oil Technologist
Pulp, Paper, Paint and Plastics Technologist
Biologist (General)
Botanist
Zoologist
Anatomist
Biochemist
Physiologist
Neurologist
Medical Pathologist
Clinical Pathologist
Veterinary Pathologist
Pharmacologist
Animal Scientist
Microbiologist
Bacteriologist
Immunologist
General Physician
General Surgeon
Specialised Surgeon
Anaesthetist
Psychiatrist
Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Paediatrician
Endocrinologist
Dermatologist
Ophthalmologist
Cardiologist
Radiologist
Industrial Physician
Medical Service Physician (School)
Public Health Physician
Dentist (General)
Specialised Dentist
Veterinarian
Veterinary Epidemiologist
Pharmacist (Dispensing)
Other Pharmacists
University Lecturer
Polytechnic Lecturer
Accountant
Cost Accountant
Company Secretaries (who are Accountants)
Taxation Professionals (who are Accountants)
Auditor (Accounting)
Career Adviser
Financial Analyst
Credit Analyst
Fund Manager
Treasury Manager
Market Research Analyst
Advertising Account Executive
Economist
Sociologist
Anthropologist
Historian
Political Scientist
Psychologist
Annex 9A
LIST OF PROFESSIONALS
Occupational Title
System Designer & Analyst
Network System & Data Communication Analyst
Software Engineer
Computer and Information Systems Manager
Computer Operations and Network Manager
Application Programmer
Systems Programmer
Multi-media Programmer
Network System & Database Administrator
Database Administrator
Information Technology Auditor
Information Technology Security Specialist
Information Technology Quality Assurance Specialist
Building Architect
Interior Architect
Landscape Architect
Town Planner
Civil Engineer (General)
Dredging Engineer
Dock and Harbour Construction Engineer
Structural Engineer (General)
Building Construction Engineer
Sewerage & Sanitary Engineer
Soil Mechanic & Piling Engineer
Trenchless Technology Engineer
Quantity Surveying Engineer
Transportation and Highways Engineer
Electrical Engineer (General)
Electromechanical Equipment Engineer
Electrical Traction Engineer
Power Generation & Distribution Engineer
Lift Engineer
Electronics Engineer (General)
Telecommunications Engineer
Computer Engineer
Computer Systems Engineer
Computer Applications Engineer
Computer Hardware Design Engineer
Semi-conductor Engineer
Audio & Video Equipment Engineer
Instrumentation Engineer
Mechanical Engineer (General)
Industrial Machinery & Tools Engineer
Marine Engineer
Ship Construction Engineer
Naval Architect
Aeronautical Engineer
Automotive Engineer
Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Engineer
Chemical Engineer (General)
Chemical Engineer (Petroleum)
Chemical Engineer (Petrochemicals)
Manufacturing Engineer (General)
Production Engineer
Automation Engineer
Robotic Engineer
Biomedical Engineer
Biochemical Engineer
Biotechnology Engineer
Materials Engineer
Industrial Health, Safety & Environment Engineer
Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineer
Metallurgist
Quantity Surveyor
Ceramics and Glass Technologist
Food and Drink Technologist
Dairy Technologist
Leather Technologist
Textile Technologist
Oil Technologist
Pulp, Paper, Paint and Plastics Technologist
Biologist (General)
Botanist
Zoologist
Anatomist
Biochemist
Physiologist
Neurologist
Medical Pathologist
Clinical Pathologist
Veterinary Pathologist
Pharmacologist
Animal Scientist
Microbiologist
Bacteriologist
Immunologist
General Physician
General Surgeon
Specialised Surgeon
Anaesthetist
Psychiatrist
Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Paediatrician
Endocrinologist
Dermatologist
Ophthalmologist
Cardiologist
Radiologist
Industrial Physician
Medical Service Physician (School)
Public Health Physician
Dentist (General)
Specialised Dentist
Veterinarian
Veterinary Epidemiologist
Pharmacist (Dispensing)
Other Pharmacists
University Lecturer
Polytechnic Lecturer
Accountant
Cost Accountant
Company Secretaries (who are Accountants)
Taxation Professionals (who are Accountants)
Auditor (Accounting)
Career Adviser
Financial Analyst
Credit Analyst
Fund Manager
Treasury Manager
Market Research Analyst
Advertising Account Executive
Economist
Sociologist
Anthropologist
Historian
Political Scientist
Psychologist
I can understand if chinese immigrant community need S or H passes, but singapura is a island with a indian name. Its just like coming home. Its the promised land lost to immigrants from china.
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No it’s your chinese dog pride too 走狗汉奸protecting KT latha words as truth and accuse mine as lies.No one reported Amazon to MOM for racial discrimination???
Lol.. Again, PAP'S PRIDE.
70% loves deep deep...
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If it is not racist for chinks to demand for employees to be proficient in chink, then why would it be racist to demand for employees to be proficient in Hindi or Tamil or some keling tongue?
That is because sinkies don’t upgrade. Why not learn Hindi with your SkillsNoFuture credits?
The key word is "native" even if you can speak Hindi, you'll be ruled out as it is not "native" Hindi
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