Hi Gilbert,
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Haven’t spoken to you for quite some time. How are you?
For me, I have been working with my foreign colleagues for nearly two months. I have also lunched with them. It was blatantly obvious that they used Singapore as a money tree or stepping stone.
Almost all of them declared they don’t want to retire in Singapore and naturally many also hesitated converting themselves into citizens of Singapore. They admitted that Singapore is an expensive place to live.
In fact, one of my pregnant colleagues who is a permanent resident, went back to Malaysia for her medical checkup recently.
When I asked her why, she stated that healthcare in Malaysia is free as compared to Singapore.
She even hesitated to !llow her kid to be born and raised in Singapore. When I probed again, she stated “Singapore is the place where you work until you die”.
But with regard to finding a job, they consider Singapore to be a place with better employment opportunities compared to their own country.
Basically, they scrimped a lot when they are staying in Singapore so that they can buy property back in their homeland. $200, 000 is enough for them to buy a terrace house back home!
Even though they are underpaid and with my boss fluctuating mood, they tolerate it without letting it bother them too much.
On the other hand, I am also underpaid but considering I am also a Singaporean, things are different. My boss might find me expensive as compared to the foreigners and he may also harbour higher expectations from me.
Honestly, I don’t know whether I can work for long. Things still look bleak for me and I don’t know how to source out for better prospects.
Just hope things will turn out better.
Best regards,
Tina
Editor’s Note: The writer has a local degree but her pay is below $2000/month. Most of the jobs that she applied for previously are also in the salary range of $2000 – $2200 only due perhaps to her lack of work experience. She is the only local worker in her small SME of twelve staff.
Are you sure you can get a terrace house for $20,000 in Malaysia?
Hi Ah Gong,
Sorry there is a typo error here – its $200,000 not $20,000.
We have made the amendment.
Thanks for highlighting it to us.
Gilbert Goh
it’s no secret that FTs are simply using Singapore as a stepping stone or cash machine. That is not a crime is it?
In some northern European countries there is a trend to migrate to southern Europe for retirement.
As Malaysia has this “second home” program or however it is called, Singaporeans should maybe also consider to move to cheaper countries in SEAsia like Malaysia. The money in the CPF is your money and you are free to spend it wherever you like, sell your HDB and get a nice Bungalow in Thailand, opportunities are plentiful and a dollar there can carry you much further.
Hi Tina, what was your degree in? No promises here, but perhaps I could be of help…
after tina works for 10 years, she can be replaced with cheaper, better, faster foreign worker.
Most local graduate wouldn’t want to work for SMEs, that’s why you don’t see any of them in your company. Don’t waste your time working for SMEs..the benefits and bonuses isn’t good at all. You will very likely be replaced by cheaper and younger FTs in future. Most SMEs are prone to recession and it’s difficult for you to make any long term plans if your job is not stable.
Since, you have not much working experience, you can try applying for an executive job in the govt stat boards or other suitable executive jobs in your Alma mater(NUS/NTU/SMU) before moving on to other govt stat boards and ministries(eg polytechnics/MOE etc)
Babe, let me share something with you. I was actually terminated on my 6th day of work when my director decided to do so based on my supervisor’s bias opinion. Worst of all, the supervisor and the key personnels are PRs who are merely using Singapore as a stepping board. What is happening to Sgp? Why are true blues treated like shit?
Sorry to hear about that bastard outfit of a company, Belinda. Can share which company? Or maybe just give some initials and industry. Good to give some alerts so that locals can be aware and forewarned.
With *slightly* more stringent foreign worker dependency ratios, hopefully it will make these low-life SMEs life miserable. It’s better for these pathetic SMEs with slave-driver mentality to go bankrupt or go direct into 3rd world countries to practise their slave-driving.
S’pore just needs solid companies with high value-add services and production, and offering good jobs to Sinkies. We don’t need the 2 million and increasing numbers of foreigners to feed sub-standard and unproductive companies.
Looks like Singaporeans will be ‘force-retired’ at about 40 years of age, no thanks to younger & cheaper foreign trash. After that, we will be under-employed.
We need CHANGE.
Hmm, my suggestion is for Tina to try teaching. She’s still young and female — perfect demographic for MOE to accept as teacher. Yeah the job will be tiring and can be political back-stabbing depending on your luck what kind of principal and colleagues you get. But the pay is good and many young teachers are using it as stepping stone into lucrative private tuition.
Fresh graduates usually get $3K starting salaries — $3.5K if honours degree. I know a 27-yr old former manager who went into teaching and her starting pay was $5K/mth. Her main reason was to make use of the good maternity benefits of civil service (probably the best available in S’pore other than if you’re ang moh expat in a big MNC).
An excellent suggestion by Anon. Join teaching. Its the only option for young Singaporeans with degrees from our local uni.
Those overseas degree grad like me is best to stay overseas. Lol…
Singaporeans are the world’s most useless Creatures – worse than poultry/cattle on the way to the slaughter-house which will cry in protest – not like S who will quietly q-up to be slaughtered for their hdb/CPF/etc n to vote for PAP after all – those 40+% because they r also the ones who will find themselves retrenched unwanted n oout Of love – thrown away by a govt like those mini-bond-uncles/aunties onto a collapsed Nicoll-highway for more good years to br crashed n crushed by MRT n ferraris there
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MINUTES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HELD ON 12 MAY 2011 AT BLK 701 #01-01 HOUGANG AVENUE 2 SINGAPORE 530701
PRESENT
Sylvia Lim, Low Thia Khiang, Mohd Rahizan Bin Yaacob, Eric Tan, Lee Lilian, Yaw Shin Leong, Koh Choong Yong, Png Eng Huat, Gerald Giam, Jane Leong, Frieda Chan, Ng Swee Bee, Glenda Han and Muhamad Faisal
ABSENT WITH APOLOGIES:
John Yam
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NON-CONSTITUENCY MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (NCMP)
The first decision to make was whether WP should accept the NCMP seats.
CEC deliberated and unanimously decided to accept the two NCMP seats offered to the Party.
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NCMP SEAT OFFERED TO EAST COAST GRC
Chairman reported that East Coast GRC team had obtained the third highest percentage of votes but only one candidate from the East Coast GRC team could take up the NCMP seat. Hence CEC had to nominate one of the candidates from the East Coast GRC team to take up the seat.
Chairman explained the procedure of secret ballot. She said that if the result of the first ballot ended up with a tie, CEC would take a short break and reconvene a second secret ballot. Thereafter, if there was still a tie, Chairman would then exercise a casting vote.
CEC agreed with the procedure.
Eric Tan Heng Chong read from a prepared letter explaining why he should be nominated to take up the NCMP seat. He reiterated that he was the team leader of the East Coast GRC, and that SG had agreed to support him months ago if his team were qualified for NCMP seats. He further revealed that on Tuesday, 10 May 2011, SG and Chairman had met up with him, asking him instead to reconsider allowing a younger candidate in his team to take up the seat.
Eric Tan said that he felt betrayed, as he had put in a lot of effort in this GE to build up the team; he had worked hard and had contributed to the party in past years. Although he understood the need and the importance of party leadership renewal, it should be done in a proper manner and not sprung on him like a bomb.
SG clarified that when he agreed to support Eric Tan for NCMP seat, he did not envisage the current scenario of only one seat being available to the team, as in usual circumstance, there would be two seats available when a GRC team is qualified to take up NCMP seat. That was also the reason why he decided to speak to Eric Tan with the Chairman to explain the situation and to impress upon him the critical situation WP faced in the future regarding leadership renewal, if the party failed to plan ahead now. It was beyond just personal support.
SG said that in any case, both Eric Tan and him had agreed at the meeting that both would accept the decision of the CEC in good faith and move on.
Thus, SG proposed that while he understood Eric Tan’s position and how he felt, CEC should go into the balloting process immediately since Eric Tan had been allowed to state his view to the CEC instead of prolonging the debate.
Shin Leong felt that the views of the East Coast team members should be heard. Chairman noted that they had already made their views known via email to CEC.
CEC went into the process of secret balloting.
The results of the ballot were as follows:-
Number of Votes to nominate Gerald Giam : 7
Number of Votes to nominate Eric Tan : 5
Number of Votes to nominate Png Eng Huat : 1
Abstentions : 1
Gerald Giam was declared elected to accept the NCMP seat offered to East Coast GRC team.
Eric Tan said that he would resign from the party and tendered his letter of resignation to SG and Chairman. Chairman and SG as well as other CEC members urged Eric Tan to reconsider his decision. SG said that he would not open his letter until Eric Tan had made a clear decision later, after the meeting.
Chairman closed the meeting at 8.35pm.
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