Can Singapore be First World Standard Country (Technology)
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Neglecting engineering excellence is the result of leaders predisposition to laws and legalistic governance. Good and competitive governing of a country now depends more on our leaders' abilities to think, breathe and sleep technologies.Originally posted by diamond008:FT is mainly on those engineering sector, the high level management are mostly Singaporean. those good one raise really fast.
Do any one of the new MPs and ministers excel in these fields? -
Has anyone noticed, precision engineering has been slowly phased out of ITE? Occasionally I pow wow with my vendor, and they highlight the fact that its hard to find skilled machinists who are singaporeans anymore. They have only one and he's close to retiring, the rest of thier staff have to come from china and yes, india, and they don't like it, mainly coz of admin problems.
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Those who excel and have true passion in these areas will be technopreneurs or R&D Directors, or even just some R&D engineers somewhere. Few would choose to be politicians.Originally posted by robertteh:Neglecting engineering excellence is the result of leaders predisposition to laws and legalistic governance. Good and competitive governing of a country now depends more on our leaders' abilities to think, breathe and sleep technologies.
Do any one of the new MPs and ministers excel in these fields?
When I read that our minister(s) had to visit Switzerland/euporean countries to come back with lessons that Spore future is in R&D, esp those D with relevance to the commercial world. I really want to laugh.
So it takes some million dollar a yr salary minister(s) to realise that only now?!?
I think almost everyone in the engineering field know these.
On a simliar note, it takes the PAP so many years just to realise
that private sector is very important in contributing to a nations overall employement.
MNCs are not going to transfer real technology to you and
will leave here for China, India for cost reasons
(living std too high, another major problem that PAP had caused).
So those pro-GLC policies had been deeply flawed.
Too late? They have already impeded the growth of many
potential local companies by having GLC compete unfairly with them in the past.
In the process, they had created a culture where everyone just want to work for GLCs and MNCs. Not startups.
Wait..who is going to start a tech startup in the first place,
when non-profit Government-linked Defence agencies, Astar institutes are paying engineers so well with tax-payers money?!?
And MNCs too, with its prestige and reasonably good pay.
Where than, do you see our technology-based companies blossoming?
With backing schemes from government-linked institutes like Astar?
Well. Thats another story and analysis.
Ps: Apologies for bringing out other topics on this thread.
The coming GE make all these relevant huh?
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Originally posted by ditzy:
Precision engineering mostly done by CNC these days, am I right?
Needed programmer and loader only. Besides that electricity in singapore is too good that 1 Kwh = 10 to 20 Cents..when you run a machine in horse power..you can see jackpot.
Sorry..the facts is that are your vendors willing to pay a good price, I wouldn't be surprised that their offer may be below market rate. Precise machining no longer used machinists..unless very well paid. Think about the weight of the workpiece, some may be 20Kg and you carried it from 20 years old to 55 years old..you think you still enjoy the work..Even a boss will run road. Needed to pay them well.. $1200 starting till $10000 max...
Your vendor can outsource it to local small small company to get it done. However, payment must be good and on time as they are new. I do know some not so bad company who don't approach customer's client undercuting them.
Sorry..I don't even considered PR or malaysian when I noted that they are local singaporean willing to "slave" with me. -
well gloom? your english is not flawed but seems flawed intentionallyOriginally posted by king108:
Cool man..Don't blame government..they are not wrong with the intention for introducing foreigner talent to singapore. I did took a look at the ministry that issues permit etc...hence it may be good time for them to relook at their policies again.. Could they have their difficulties that cannot be told to singaporean..I wouldn't wanted to speculate on this.
I had worked with real experts on project basic, given good lodging, good transport, well gloom, established experience and of course proper qualification. I respected them as real talent. And of course, they wouldn't want to take your job away..as they are very well pay.
Hence, if your pay is below $10K per month..likely you have met a foreigner only with paper qualification..established or not..you will have to clarify later in our case
are you a clone of the government? -
You can see me whatever you wanted. I know who I am myself will do. Thanks for reminding me. Have a nice day.
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Honestly, my english is no good..I sincerely admit it.
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I do believed that the standard does not only restricted to technologies. Since some fellow forumers had bought up the issues on foreigner worker or executive..We hope we can name some which may be surrounding our workplace.
Do we have foreigner accountants, banking marketer, designers, IT programmer and other administrative officers around us. I believed that you may have. For my case, I had only seen one business development executive so far in my working career. -
I know precision engineering is mainly done by cnc machines, i also happen to know cnc machines require skilled people to run them.Originally posted by king108:
Precision engineering mostly done by CNC these days, am I right?
Needed programmer and loader only. Besides that electricity in singapore is too good that 1 Kwh = 10 to 20 Cents..when you run a machine in horse power..you can see jackpot.
Sorry..the facts is that are your vendors willing to pay a good price, I wouldn't be surprised that their offer may be below market rate. Precise machining no longer used machinists..unless very well paid. Think about the weight of the workpiece, some may be 20Kg and you carried it from 20 years old to 55 years old..you think you still enjoy the work..Even a boss will run road. Needed to pay them well.. $1200 starting till $10000 max...
Your vendor can outsource it to local small small company to get it done. However, payment must be good and on time as they are new. I do know some not so bad company who don't approach customer's client undercuting them.
Sorry..I don't even considered PR or malaysian when I noted that they are local singaporean willing to "slave" with me. -
You can still outsource it to CAM / programmer depended on the facilities available in the firm. Jig and fixtures must be designed to suit the product if in bulk.
CNC you will need to recalibrate you tooling periodically due to wear and tear.
The rest will be a loader and measuring equipment.
If your machining is small quantity then CAM may be easier. Programming is no that differicult to outsource.
It's time to change in order to survive..esle just matter of time before you vanished..from the industrial.
Chinese saying "poor shall change, change shall move"