Firms Struggle To Hire Local Workers!!
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Originally posted by Atobe:
Can Oxford explain that average taxi driver can easily earn S$2,500 pm without much efforts,why not enough s'porean driver???
Straits Times, Wednesday, August 9 edition, Home Page H4 had the headline:
[b]Too many cabs, not enough drivers
which spelled out the problems faced by the taxi operators when it was discovered that the number of cabs had shrunk to 22,226 from 22,383 at the end of 2005.
This earth shaking shrinkage of 0.0070142 per cent has led to a call for 'Foreign Talents' to be recruited into the taxi service, using the example of the large number of foreigners employed to drive taxis in the large cities of the Western Countries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
Has LTA and the Taxi Companies studied the causes for the 'shrinkage' and take remedial actions before calling for FT being recruited ?
The private taxi companies seems to be taking the lead by lowering their daily rental rates and increasing the benefits of their bonus schemes.
Will this be the final nail to end the sovereignty of Singapore Labor, which largely has been chained to the NTUC - acting as the proxy to the interest of the POWER OF ONE more than to Singaporean Workers.
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Oxford, u r making us laughing the whole 9 that bricklayer makes M$10 i.e S$4.30 per day in Malaysia,pls recruit for my frds who have projects in KL and in urgent need of bricklayers, he says he can pay u M$90 per worker as commision.
Pls dont just recite information from newspapers and Institute w/o checking the facts.
U can send me a pte massage I will tell u my membership no. of SISV and RICS etc. Perhaps, my son is also interested in knowing who u r?? for he is also persuing his master degree next year. -
It was our forumner cab driver Poolman that said earning 2.5k in Singapore is not a problem. You can PM him as to how to do it:Originally posted by foomwee88:Can Oxford explain that average taxi driver can easily earn S$2,500 pm without much efforts,why not enough s'porean driver???
"$2500 ? Where got problem ? Anytime la !
I can't promise u , u can get $4000 , but $2500-$3200 , possible !
U go do a calculation , $2500 divide by 30 days = $83.30 per day only what ?
Meaning $83 plus $130 overheads = $213 !
$213 for me , close two eyes !
Uncle Poolman me drives from 5pm til 2am already nett salary $100 avaragely each night , what's the problem ?
I was a one-man-show , stylo-milo for almost 2 years ? Tired of no life ! Cannot watch midnight football on TV tell me to go evening shift ."
(http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=200826)Oxford, u r making us laughing the whole 9 that bricklayer makes M$10 i.e S$4.30 per day in Malaysia,pls recruit for my frds who have projects in KL and in urgent need of bricklayers, he says he can pay u M$90 per worker as commision.
The ICEC is a reputable international organization and the figures posted on its sites are derived from member organizations, of which SISV is one. It was the Malaysian Insitution of Surveyors that posted those figures in 2003. If you think you know better than the experts in Malaysia, you can write to them and dispute their data.
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Originally posted by Atobe:
Haha..it is the government who has been resisting the calls to allow foreigners to drive taxis. In the same report which you have 'conveniently' left out:
Will this be the final nail to end the sovereignty of Singapore Labor, which largely has been chained to the NTUC - acting as the proxy to the interest of the POWER OF ONE more than to Singaporean Workers.
"The Land Transport Authority is cool to the proposal. A spokesman said the locals-only rule is a way to help the less educated and lower-income citizens earn a living. It also protects the commuting public.
'If the vocational licence were issued to non-Singaporeans, it may be difficult to prosecute them for offences should they abscond from Singapore after committing the offence,' she said.
She said unlike bus drivers, many of whom are foreigners, cabbies 'are in closer proximity with passengers'."
The LTA has been looking after the interests of Singapore cabbies and resisting the move towards foreign can drivers...despite the fact that many commuters and taxi companies would welcome it as it would lower costs. -
With due respect, I am not in doubt that u had cited the cases from others be it in ICEC and forum,may i know whether u yourself satisfied with the cases b4 u posted THESE on this thread, how can a bricklayer earn M$10 i.e S$0.43 per day,,M$300 or S$ 130 per month to survive in Malaysia whereas waitress have earned about M$1000 pm now in Malaysia!!!Originally posted by oxford mushroom:The ICEC is a reputable international organization and the figures posted on its sites are derived from member organizations, of which SISV is one. It was the Malaysian Insitution of Surveyors that posted those figures in 2003. If you think you know better than the experts in Malaysia, you can write to them and dispute their data.
(http://www.icoste.org/whatis.htm)
Again, the taxi driver if he can earn S$2,500 w/o effort ,I will ask my son 2 quit his job to join him.
By the way ,did u believe NKF spends at least 30% on their patients? yes, u would say this 2 years ago cause gov said so eventhough the medicine is 30 % higher than market rates,but now,the true prevails. What now???
Pls dont deny the facts just simply recite what u had read or copied from the authorities, analysed them and make sure they are fact b4 u posted them.
Thank U!!! Have a 99!!!
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Very nice debate
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Sense this thread is going nowhere with the same arguments. How about a solution?
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Having watched the arguments here, I noted only one thing; Our GOV only wants to make more money, while us locals have to be "resilient" to cope with increased and still rising costs.
It's a One Way Traffic economy we're living in here; everything seems to be catered to better economic growth but hardly any improvements in living costs and livelihoods of locals!