‘My Daily Thought’ Archives
Top five revenue churners in Singapore
Singapore has been noted for introducing innovative ideas to collect great billion-dollar revenues ranging from foreign worker levies to land sales to purchase of motor vehicles (See IRAS annual report 2010/2011). However, it has being slow in [...]
GP charged a whopping $69 for coughing – new normal now?
I was shocked to receive a bill of $69 when I consulted a General Practitioner (GP) recently at Punggol Field Blk 168 - Punggol Family Clinic for coughing. My coughing has been most persistent this time and I decided to visit a GP after [...]
Twice-Terminated PRC PhD Researcher Wants Government To Take Better Care of New Citizens
I saw Mr Chun twice this year - almost 6 months apart. The first time I met him in Macdonald was early this year and the same desperate look never left his countenance when I saw him back again this week. He communicated well in his [...]
Are foreigners better workers than our locals?
I just don't like it and I don't know why...maybe I am being too patriotic here. How some local employers could slam our own local workers blatantly for being soft and whimpy even though some part of it is justifiable. To [...]
7 Lessons Learned from Hougang By-election
I was glad that the Hougang by-election was over and of course predictably Workers' Party won that controversial seat despite the bad publicity that Yaw Shin Leong has created for the party. In fact, anyone whom the WP would place into [...]
Political reason why our government insists on 24 months of lengthy compulsory conscription?
Singapore now has the distinguished reputation of having one of the longest conscription period for its' male citizens - 24 months. We are also one of the few countries in the world that still enforces conscription on its male citizens - and we [...]
Sundown Half Marathon on 26 May: Running for the unemployed and underemployed Singaporeans
I will be running this Saturday's Sundown half marathon - flag-off at 12.30am at Nicoll Highway MRT station open field. I ran last year's Sundown half marathon but came in with a disappointing timing of 2 hours 40 minutes as I didn't [...]
Nationwide F & B May boycott update – what’s next?
The nationwide F & B boycott has entered into the thid week and I am glad that many Singaporeans have joined me in this Singaporean First movement event. We are also heartened that some Singaporeans have already all along shunned away from [...]
Three Members in Transition Found Jobs And Started Work Today!
Transitioning wants to congratulate three of our readers who have found jobs recently and started work today. Most of them are in their late twenties to early thirties and jobless for about six months. Finding a job has been the end of a [...]
Singapore for better or worse – one year after GE 2011
This month marked the first year after the watershed GE 2011 and it seemed like yesterday that we were up shaking hands with residents at Tampines NSP GRC during our rigorous campaigning.. Standing as a candidate with the NSP Tampines team [...]
Why are jobless women PMETs easily rehired compared to our jobless male counterparts?
Transitioning has seen close to 500 jobless clients by now and 75% of them are men. They are looking for counselling or coaching support from our volunteer team. I remembered when we conducted a support group series last year for people in [...]
Singaporeans – do you feel like you are being replaced by foreigners in your own country?
As the recent Labour day festivities ended and life returns back to normal for most Singaporeans after the super-long weekend, I was left pondering about the labour-day speech made by our Prime Minister on foreign workers. The fact [...]
Five reasons why I organised the nationwide F & B boycott in May
Many people have asked me why I organised the nationwide F & B boycott for the whole month of May. The boycott will target F & B outlets which hire more than 10 people and 80% of them must be foreigners - even though they are permanent [...]
Attend the launch of nationwide F & B boycott on 1st May 1.30pm to 3.00pm at Curry Cafe #B1-42 The Central Clark Quay
Dear Singaporeans, Transitioning wants to thank many of our readers who have make a stand and participate in the first-ever nationwide boycott of F & B outlets which hire more than 80% of foreigners in the month of May. Many of you [...]
Nationwide Boycott of F & B Outlets That Hire More Than 80% of Foreigners in Month of May
Dear Singaporeans, Transitioning is organising a nation-wide boycott of F & B outlets that hire more than 80% foreign workers in their workforce in the month of May. A few popular local brand names come to mind - Bread Talk, Toast [...]
