Reader’s Reaction To Courts Looking For Workers In JB Malaysia

An advertisement posted by Courts appeared in JB Malaysia looking for workers  to work in Singapore (courtesy of Temasek Review):-  Read more... (392 words, 2 images, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

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Surge of Expats in Singapore Sparks Immigration Concerns (WSJ)

By PATRICK BARTA And TOM WRIGHT

SINGAPORE—For years, this rich city-state has marketed itself as one of the world’s most open economies.

But as Singapore recovers from recession, its residents are questioning a key part of the country’s economic model: its long-standing openness to foreigners.

Singapore has thrown open its doors to bankers and expatriates in recent years, making it easy in many cases to establish residency and hastening the country’s emergence as an Asian version of Dubai. It also welcomed low-skilled laborers from Bangladesh and other developing countries to help man construction sites and factories.  Read more... (904 words, 2 images, estimated 3:37 mins reading time)

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Overheard from Asiaone forum posting

Overheard from Asiaone forum posting:

 1. What is your opinion about people saying that foreigners are getting a good deal and locals getting the bad deal?
Are you local? Did you serve NS?
I notice alot of local eurasians like to reassure their friends that they serve NS, why do you think so?
If you are so pro-emigration, why are you back? Is the grass greener on the other side?
This is an awesome thread.
I know, tons of random questions, Just wanting to hear your opinion.

   Read more... (462 words, 0 images, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

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A Year Best Left Forgotten

2009 – a year best left forgotten

Written by: Gilbert Goh

Transitioning.org is happy to have celebrated this  year with our loyal readers.  Many have told me that 2009 is best left forgotten. Many also hope that the new year 2010 will be a better year for them. I couldn’t agree more.

This year also marked the death of our favourite pop icon Michael Jackson and more significantly America chose a black man as their President for the first time.  Read more... (1756 words, 1 image, estimated 7:01 mins reading time)

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Execution is a matter of conviction (Global Times 30 Dec)

Akhmal Shaikh

Execution is a matter of conviction

• Source: Global Times
• [00:37 December 30 2009]
• Comments

Potential drug traffickers will have to think twice before setting foot in China. The crime is met with harsh punishment and the sentence is uniformly applicable, regardless of the offender’s nationality.

The execution of Akhmal Shaikh, a British national who was caught carrying four kilograms of heroin at the Urumqi airport in 2007, has delivered justice to the hundreds of thousands of drug victims and families ruined by narcotics.  Read more... (454 words, 1 image, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

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Opinion: Are The Integrated Resorts Really Good For Us?

Opinion: Are The Integrated Resorts Really Good for Us?

Gilbert Goh

I applaud the move by the integrated resorts to check on the names of gamblers before allowing them to enter the casinoes when ithey open next year. I am not in favour of having the integrated resorts (IR) in our country in the first place. Casinoes have a bad history of association with the five big vices: prostitution, loan shark, alcoholism, money laundering and of course gambling. Gangsterism also reined in such environment.as illicit activitites prospered.  Read more... (1557 words, 0 images, estimated 6:14 mins reading time)

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Thank you! A Farewell Message from Me To You

Dear Readers

I have ended my 2-month visit in Singapore and will return to Sydney tonight (12 Dec) to be with my family. I have missed them greatly and hope to spend Christmas with them.

During this period, I have met up with some of the readers and realised that there are still pockets of people that are unemployed. Most of them are in their 40s and professional. My word to them is not to give up and keep on looking as the job market is much better than six months ago.  Read more... (358 words, 1 image, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

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Mr Wan (far right) with his coursemates, his Taiwanese waitress colleague Sophia Lu, 23 and Chinese national Zhou De Jun, a houseman at the Ritz-Carlton. — ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG

SINGAPOREANS know too well the frustrations of not being understood by service staff from foreign lands when out for a meal or shopping in Orchard Road.

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When Mr Surya Jhunjhnuwala first moved his family to Singapore in 1997, he missed his native Hong Kong so much he was looking for reasons to fly home every month.

It wasn’t so much for the noodles, congee or dim sum – he is vegetarian after all – but the vibe, that throbbing pulse that makes the vibrant city tick.

‘People always tell me, the pace of life is so fast in Singapore. I look at them and think, are you serious? If you walk slowly in Central, you’ll be pushed,’ said the chairman of the Hind Group, stressing that last word.  Read more... (1811 words, 1 image, estimated 7:15 mins reading time)

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It is inevitable that foreigner numbers will continue to swell but the crucial thing is how many the country can accommodate and how fast it wants to grow, says Prof Hui. — ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG

SINGAPORE could have gone ‘overboard’ in its quest to maximise growth over the last two years before it was hit by the recession.

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