80 PDMMs gather at Chinese Embassy
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July 8, 2006
Study mamas turn to embassy
MORE than 80 desperate study mamas gathered near the Chinese Embassy yesterday morning to petition their country to help make it easier for them to find work here.
The Chinese nationals accompany their children to study here and work mainly as beauticians, cleaners, stall helpers and home tutors.
There are now 7,800 study mamas here, and they claim that many employers reject them in favour of Singaporeans, permanent residents and Malaysians.
The women yesterday had gathered in response to an SMS message asking them to sign a petition to the embassy. But no one showed up with a petition and, instead, embassy staff invited five members inside to discuss their grievances.
The five later told compatriots that they were advised to work within Singapore laws and that the embassy would look into the matter. The group was then told to disperse as the gathering was illegal.
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Right, and we needed the riot squad to chase away CSJ and co. What the heck is wrong with their brains?
Something clearly is wrong. -
It would be nice to help these people if they are clearly in distress, but on the agreement that the Singapore Government and Singaporeans do NOT owe them a living
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n they said we are whiners...Originally posted by LazerLordz:July 8, 2006
Study mamas turn to embassy
MORE than 80 desperate study mamas gathered near the Chinese Embassy yesterday morning to petition their country to help make it easier for them to find work here.
The Chinese nationals accompany their children to study here and work mainly as beauticians, cleaners, stall helpers and home tutors.
There are now 7,800 study mamas here, and they claim that many employers reject them in favour of Singaporeans, permanent residents and Malaysians.
The women yesterday had gathered in response to an SMS message asking them to sign a petition to the embassy. But no one showed up with a petition and, instead, embassy staff invited five members inside to discuss their grievances.
The five later told compatriots that they were advised to work within Singapore laws and that the embassy would look into the matter. The group was then told to disperse as the gathering was illegal.
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Right, and we needed the riot squad to chase away CSJ and co. What the heck is wrong with their brains?
Something clearly is wrong.
they were nt supposed to be working here in the first place... cant cope with the cost then jz let the kid stay here under guardian... there shouldnt be any exception made jz for them... we hv enuff of redundant talent here liao... where's the MP to protect the interest of their ppl? -
Hello??? We're not the ones who asked them accompany their kids here to study.
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if can afford to send all the way here, i dun understand why they still need to work when they are obviously loaded
if not loaded, then dun come over
trust the kid to be disciplined
whether lao bu here or not, they are already taking alotta As -
x2Originally posted by FireIce:if can afford to send all the way here, i dun understand why they still need to work when they are obviously loaded
if not loaded, then dun come over
trust the kid to be disciplined
whether lao bu here or not, they are already taking alotta As
they jz wan more $$$... tink their interest is nt to be with the kid, rather to come here to strike rich.... -
The issue is that the police didn't arrest them for illegal assembly. Talk about selective interpretation favoring foreigners who are already a salacious bunch.
Like I've always said, no money, don't think about coming. If you want to come, make sure you don't engage in illegal activities, think of your own kid too. -
Was a verbal warning given so that it eventually dispersed the illegal crowd? If yes, then there is certainly no need to enforce the stringent rule of the law.Originally posted by LazerLordz:The issue is that the police didn't arrest them for illegal assembly. Talk about selective interpretation favoring foreigners who are already a salacious bunch.
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If there was, then I would agree with you. The article only states that the Chinese Embassy persuaded them to leave, based on the previous incidents with the workers who were not paid.Originally posted by TooFree:Was a verbal warning given so that it eventually dispersed the illegal crowd? If yes, then there is certainly no need to enforce the stringent rule of the law. -
Alamak, when I read the title, I thought got new tuina centre with 80 new stocks. Shucks.
Hey, one thing good about them is that they receive an sms and they're willing to go into action for their cause. If I sms-ed 1 million Singaporeans, only two will appear if I'm lucky (one of them will be me).
In the meantime, SingTel will be thanking me for my sms-es and laughing all the way to DBS. -
Originally posted by gentlerock:Alamak, when I read the title, I thought got new tuina centre with 80 new stocks. Shucks.
Hey, one thing good about them is that they receive an sms and they're willing to go into action for their cause. If I sms-ed 1 million Singaporeans, only two will appear if I'm lucky (one of them will be me).
In the meantime, SingTel will be thanking me for my sms-es and laughing all the way to DBS. -
fcuking communist trashs. no money come here for fcuk???
so many singaporeans alreadly out of jobs. who they think they are to warrant a fcuking job??? some 1st world charity let them in is alreadly outrageuos enuff, now these garbages are asking for jobs.
fcuking prostitutes. eh asking for fcuk in the broad daylight eh. -
oh yea. 4 singaporeans with a ply card outside CPF board warrant a whole riot police squad.
an army of pei du prostitues and a few poodles just sit by and watch.
1st world indeed. -
Ply card can kills.Originally posted by killstyle:oh yea. 4 singaporeans with a ply card outside CPF board warrant a whole riot police squad.
an army of pei du prostitues and a few poodles just sit by and watch.
1st world indeed.
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Why should Singapore give them a job?Originally posted by LazerLordz:July 8, 2006
Study mamas turn to embassy
MORE than 80 desperate study mamas gathered near the Chinese Embassy yesterday morning to petition their country to help make it easier for them to find work here.
The Chinese nationals accompany their children to study here and work mainly as beauticians, cleaners, stall helpers and home tutors.
There are now 7,800 study mamas here, and they claim that many employers reject them in favour of Singaporeans, permanent residents and Malaysians.
The women yesterday had gathered in response to an SMS message asking them to sign a petition to the embassy. But no one showed up with a petition and, instead, embassy staff invited five members inside to discuss their grievances.
The five later told compatriots that they were advised to work within Singapore laws and that the embassy would look into the matter. The group was then told to disperse as the gathering was illegal.
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Right, and we needed the riot squad to chase away CSJ and co. What the heck is wrong with their brains?
Something clearly is wrong.
Singapore is not the frickin province of PRC ......and SINGAPOREANS FIRST in all JOBS. -
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Stupid PDMMs !
No money come here think money will drop for them izzit ?? I look with disgust at those PDMMs who still have bfs here. Damn sick.
Bottomline is, No money, Don't come !
Seriously, how many of you guys actually welcome this influx of PDMMs ?
Some of their well-known antics
-Siphon cash from our Ah Peks who got their CPF money.
-Do prostitution
-'Special service' at Massage Parlours (countless tales of raids on these)
-Taking locals' jobs away just because of their willingness to accept a lower pay.
Can we kick them all out ? -
Talk about double standards, eh?
We have four people protesting outside the CPF building - no illegal assembly laws are broken here - and the riot police gets called in.
Here we have eighty protestors outside the Chinese embassy - a clear infringement of illegal assembly laws - and the authorities are content to sit back and shake their legs.
And no, we do not owe those PDMMs a living. If you want to grant them jobs, then I say grant jobs to unemployed Singaporeans as well. If you want to come here to make a living, then I say you should do it the old-fashioned way - through hard, and more importantly, honest labour. -
Originally posted by fudgester:
the mata will jz say "oh cos no one made complains... we only act upon complains n tip offs"...
Talk about double standards, eh?
We have four people protesting outside the CPF building - no illegal assembly laws are broken here - and the riot police gets called in.
Here we have eighty protestors outside the Chinese embassy - a clear infringement of illegal assembly laws - and the authorities are content to sit back and shake their legs.
And no, we do not owe those PDMMs a living. If you want to grant them jobs, then I say grant jobs to unemployed Singaporeans as well. If you want to come here to make a living, then I say you should do it the old-fashioned way - through hard, and more importantly, [b]honest labour.[/b] -
You can rob a bank and get away with it, just make sure no one reports you.Originally posted by BrUtUs:the mata will jz say "oh cos no one made complains... we only act upon complains n tip offs"... -
Sometimes, it pays to read the NE messages printed in school handbooks.
"No one owes Singapore a living."
Since they don't owe, they can leave any time they wish and not to stay here to complain.
Besides, it's not that they can't get a job in Singapore, technically they aren't even allowed in Singapore without the proper papers. Under the law, they would be illegal immigrants. Singapore has already made allowance to let them stay here and have jobs, and still complain?
On a sidenote, there could be other reasons why the police is not called in. Quite a lot of embassies are located near the Chinese Embassy. If the riot police is called in, it would alarm them, thinking that something is wrong. It would affect us badly if news got out. Knowing how journalists could actually make a mountain out of a molehill, the government would know better than risking it. World Bank and IMF meeting is coming, we don't need bad publicity now. If the organizers decide to pull out at the last minute, we are at the losing end. -
I was really wondering, there are many contract jobs and temp jobs out there, like data entry, clerk and admin personnel. These jobs are not those hard mannual labour, but gd air-con ones. The problem is why PDMMS dun want to take them up? Why choose those massage jobs. I was quite shock when I watch the Channel U talk show on PDMMS, a PDMM actually claimed that she never noe massage jobs are "linked with sleaze" or it is illegal for her to work, she even claim most of her PDMM clicks are doing decent jobs "no one is doing illegal stuff"!!.Funny hor!! She say until machiam like Singaporeans are deliberately picking on them and discriminating them!
From my impression, many Chinese are coming to Singapore hoping to study/work and eventually settling down here. Is Singapore govt sending the wrong message that Singapore is a place easy to get PR? -
Firstly, the PDMM was cheated into believing that they can find easy employment in Singapore.
Their agents most probably cheated them of their money when they bring them over and ditched them.
As for proper job, they are not english educated so they cannot do any desk job effectively and most of them are not as educated as the Singaporeans.
As for the sleaze trade, the police did not effectively clamped down on the massage parlour as they have not broken any law.
The massage parlour offers easy money in which they can put to very good use when they exchanged into the china currency.
They did not intend to settle down in Singapore as they just making use of the free education offered by the policy makers here as a stepping board. -
Guys,
Take it easy lah. PDMMs are also humans with the same human wants as any of us: money, companionship, sex, love, power, etc.
I can understand our protectiveness and disgust at how they approach these objectives sometimes.....but in the end, we're all just being human.
If we take a step back and review the whole situation, I think there are bigger, more fundamental issues to address (instead of PDMMs). -
Do anyone know the followings:
(1) who or which group of people arranged such a scheme which i understand this is an one and only one type of education system in the world?
(2) Why the authority had not taken any action since more than 5 years ago,everyone including my son at 18 years old in S'pore knows about this matter?
(3) I paid a visit to Tanjong Pagar Plaza last year ,my son and I were suprised 2 c so many Massage centres on the 2nd storey of TPP, all of them are chinese nationals offer us f *** services, we then quickly left and think what is happening in S'pore. Which Authority issued them such licences to operate the business?
(4)When I returned from China this year after I had closed my business there and now landed in S'pore without any job,can i go to S'pore embassy in China to protest , I think in where I would be put into jail at once,Why then we tolerate this group of people who are FT and let them demand this and that when we S'porean are umemployed.