Singaporeans will stand up to protect their right to fair employment

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[h=1]SINGAPOREANS WILL STAND UP TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHT TO FAIR EMPLOYMENT[/h]
Post date:
25 Apr 2015 - 6:49pm








If there's one right that Singaporeans will protect above all else, it is this - The Right to Fair Employment. It is the very foundation upon which PAP's much vaunted principle of meritocracy rest. And now that looks to be falling apart.

What value is there in meritocracy when degrees bought in the blackmarket are de rigueur in the hiring policies of a government agency?

Straits Times, Dec 2009:

"We will have zero tolerance for degree mills and fake degrees. They will have no place in the new education landscape that we will build,' says the chief executive officer of the Council for Private Education (CPE)."

http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20091223-187589.html

Which is perplexing that in spite of overwhelming public criticism (https://www.facebook.com/IDA.Singapore/posts/10152695643287511), IDA has chosen to defend its employee over a bogus degree.
Quite possibly, the case of Nisha Padmanabhan is the tip of the iceberg. Could there be hundreds, if not thousands, of Nishas already employed in Singapore, all of whom beneficiaries of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that the PAP Government has signed with countries such as India, guaranteeing a freer flow of labour into Singapore?

Also, could throwing Ms Padmanabhan under the bus provoke unease and possibly a backlash among new citizens against the PAP?
"Govt decries CECA violation by Singapore"

http://wap.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/govt-decries-ceca-violation-by-singapore-113021700123_1.html






Meanwhile, Ngee Ann Polytechnic has defended media lecturer Marc Jonet, despite acknowledging he had obtained his master's from a degree mill.
"In a statement, the polytechnic said Mr Jonet was hired based on his prior work covering more than 10 years, which included editing and post-production work."
More links on CECA
"India-Singapore CECA: 127 kinds of professionals can come for up to a year?"
http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2013/03/india-singapore-ceca-127-professionals-year-part-2/
http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2013/03/india-singapore-ceca-127-kinds-professionals-year/


Martyn See
*Article first appeared on https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203950921229148&set=a.19747126...

 

[halsey02]

Does it mean that anyone now, even with a PCF Certificate ( you known the kindergarten one), together with photo in Mortar Board etc., can proof that he or she has more than 10 years of experience in editing, post-production work, managing networks etc... a Singaporeans should be able to get the job right? even though this pCF certificate does not count? no?

 

[JohnTan]

There is a fair system of employment in Singapore. The overwhelming majority of sinkie PMETs are satisfied with their jobs and jobs security. Only 2.7% of PMETs have been restructured.

 

[Hans168]

govt will pay dearly for his betrayal............how many families don have PMes???The ballots will speak with thunderous intensity....... Izzit why Ho Jinx preparing exit to be come next CEO o IDA???