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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - What do our future generation holds?</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>kojakbt_89 <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>Nov-13 10:50 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 1) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>41192.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>What do our future generation holds?
November 12th, 2010 |
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I recently had my lunch at MacDonald, Dinner at KFC, and chill out sessions with my buddies at Coffee Bean. A normal day if you must for any typically borned Singaporean. What i had observed the vast employee majority do not speak or look like Singaporean. Most probably PRs from neighboring countries or even from China. The more i ponder the more i noticed how is it harder for the younger generation, or even older to gain employment within the service sector.
In those days, our grandparents would plant banana, durian, rambutan trees. Make home-made epok-epok, kuih-kuih, otak-otak and our parents would set up small stalls, or even parade around the neighborhood selling this home made delicacies. To sustain self, and to earn extra income.
Our parents would grow up to be independent, even in their early youth, they would work in small grocery stores, or even small shops which offers television, radio repairs. Earning extra income for themselves and their families. Learning skills that polytechnics and
universities will never provide.
Those golden days were gone. Regardless of the fact that the educational level of their generations were low. They were self-sustaining, they work for their well beings mainly because they are able to.
Our parents would teach us the art of entrepreneurship by making this home-made freeze drinks. Remember those tubes filled with Milo, Ribena or flavored water which were chilled in the freezer, and sold at play areas to our peers. Quenching our thirst after a hard day playing at
those classic (almost extinct) sand filled playgrounds. Not only do those small businesses which were run by us bring in revenues, it helped us in social bonding with other kids regardless of age and race.
When we reached our late teens, remember those pagers, walkmans? We will get employment as part timers at Macdonalds, KFC, and Coffeebean to EARN extra income to afford those gadgets. As long studies were not neglected, our parents do not mind.
So what is it for our future generation? If we allow them to ‘sell’ we might be charged by NEA for illegal peddling. If we allow them to work in their mid-late teens. How are they able to get employment when all or most positions are taken by these foreign talents. So why would we want to be a parent when our child’s future is so ambiguous, when we are unable to teach our child to self-sustain.
How many of us still see young SINGAPOREAN teens working part time in fast food chain? Or still older generation who worked as cashier at fast food chain, which never fail to lighten up your day with their sincere smiles. Their numbers are fast declining.
In some Fast food chain such as Wendy, we can see the employee from top management to the staff being Foreign talents. Do our government even have a cap to how many Foreign talents can a company employ?
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Future Generation
.
On a side note;
Remember those times when epok epok, taste so good? Even with stalls, low rent allowed our forefathers to provide ample ingredients to give the best tasting snacks you could even dream of. Nowadays with the high store rental, taste, and ingredients unfortunately had to be compromised. So where can we actually get great tasting snacks which we used to get decades ago. Ironically, through this street side illegal peddlers, which lived up to the olden entrepreneur spirits.
They are at risk of being fined by NEA, for illegal peddling. Of course reason given might be because of food poisoning, hygiene, etc. But how many cases are actually linked to this ‘illegal’ food peddling, compared to licensed food sellers? (YOG food poisoning, Geylang food poisoning etc.)
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In those days, our grandparents would plant banana, durian, rambutan trees. Make home-made epok-epok, kuih-kuih, otak-otak and our parents would set up small stalls, or even parade around the neighborhood selling this home made delicacies. To sustain self, and to earn extra income.
Our parents would grow up to be independent, even in their early youth, they would work in small grocery stores, or even small shops which offers television, radio repairs. Earning extra income for themselves and their families. Learning skills that polytechnics and
universities will never provide.
Those golden days were gone. Regardless of the fact that the educational level of their generations were low. They were self-sustaining, they work for their well beings mainly because they are able to.
Our parents would teach us the art of entrepreneurship by making this home-made freeze drinks. Remember those tubes filled with Milo, Ribena or flavored water which were chilled in the freezer, and sold at play areas to our peers. Quenching our thirst after a hard day playing at
those classic (almost extinct) sand filled playgrounds. Not only do those small businesses which were run by us bring in revenues, it helped us in social bonding with other kids regardless of age and race.
When we reached our late teens, remember those pagers, walkmans? We will get employment as part timers at Macdonalds, KFC, and Coffeebean to EARN extra income to afford those gadgets. As long studies were not neglected, our parents do not mind.
So what is it for our future generation? If we allow them to ‘sell’ we might be charged by NEA for illegal peddling. If we allow them to work in their mid-late teens. How are they able to get employment when all or most positions are taken by these foreign talents. So why would we want to be a parent when our child’s future is so ambiguous, when we are unable to teach our child to self-sustain.
How many of us still see young SINGAPOREAN teens working part time in fast food chain? Or still older generation who worked as cashier at fast food chain, which never fail to lighten up your day with their sincere smiles. Their numbers are fast declining.
In some Fast food chain such as Wendy, we can see the employee from top management to the staff being Foreign talents. Do our government even have a cap to how many Foreign talents can a company employ?
.
Future Generation
.
On a side note;
Remember those times when epok epok, taste so good? Even with stalls, low rent allowed our forefathers to provide ample ingredients to give the best tasting snacks you could even dream of. Nowadays with the high store rental, taste, and ingredients unfortunately had to be compromised. So where can we actually get great tasting snacks which we used to get decades ago. Ironically, through this street side illegal peddlers, which lived up to the olden entrepreneur spirits.
They are at risk of being fined by NEA, for illegal peddling. Of course reason given might be because of food poisoning, hygiene, etc. But how many cases are actually linked to this ‘illegal’ food peddling, compared to licensed food sellers? (YOG food poisoning, Geylang food poisoning etc.)
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