Bullshit by wong
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But, but, but.Originally posted by www:its like saying "hey, if u ppl dont start producing more babies and complain less, i wont hesitate to favour foreigners than locals."
nice role model for loyalty.
Who came up with the stop at 2 policy last time?
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Actually, everyone is trying for a pay rise. Transport GLCs are upping their fares to continue to give their drivers fat bonuses each year.Originally posted by shade343:To a certain extent, he has a point. So instead of asking for more subsidies, why not singaporeans ask for wage increases?
We can always ask for a review of the minimum wage set by the relevant statutory boards.
I smell inflation setting in...
On a side note, I've worked in the govt sector and the private sector and i'll frankly state that most of the senior staff in GLCs will not last 2 weeks in a highly competitive private enterprise. Their salary packages are overrated and hugely exhorbitent, a waste of a company's dividends.
Sometimes, i do think we treat our own local high-earners too well. The GLCs are truly the places to work if you want a secure and comfortable job. -
This is bullshitOriginally posted by ShutterBug:It will further damage our economy, and much hardship will befall all who participated in riot.
Everybody is waiting. Nobody is doing anything. If this is not passive, what is it?Originally posted by ShutterBug:Only thing left is patience.
Be patient.
There are a lot of patient people right now. -
from being patient to being a patient.Originally posted by ShutterBug:NO NO.
Riot is no solution at all.
It will further damage our economy, and much hardship will befall all who participated in riot.
Only thing left is patience.
Be patient.
There are a lot of patient people right now.
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By being PATIENT, I don't mean we sit like ducks.
Violence is not a solution, mayhem is what we all do not want, peace harmony & progress is all that we are striving for.
As of now, all we can do is show our displeasure by leaning more towards the oppositions in every GE.
I am sure, countries around the world can see we are not a violent people, hence we are a stable society, unlike some countries where there will be immediate riots with people waving sticks, and parangs. I'm sure investors can see we not an unthinking people, they will also be able to see & alsready know, what is bothering us.
We are not suffering in silence. Are we now being silent?
We live under constant threat of being sued for voicing any displeasures!
This fact alone, erodes away whatever reputation they have. -
Desperation in trying to increase population
AFP
7 Aug 06
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060806/hl_afp/singaporepopulationbabiesmigration_060806044730
SDP's comment: After nearly half-a-century of uninterrupted PAP rule, this outcome signals an utter and complete failure of the population-control policy. First in was the Stop-At-Two policy, then came the hare-brained Graduate Mothers Scheme, and now its the the have-more-if-you-can-afford desperate measure coupled with the Foreign Talent Policy. These policies have wreaked untold hardship on the people (the social impact of the foreign recruitment policy may yet prove disastrous for Singaporeans) and yet there is no way that the population can hold the PAP accountable.
Singapore needs to attract foreign migrants to top up the population of the city-state whose birth rate in 2005 remained at an all-time low of 1.24 children per woman, said Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng.
Last year's birth rate of 1.24, the same as 2004, meant only 35,600 babies were born, well below the replacement rate of 2.1 that Singapore needs in order to replenish its population naturally, he said late Saturday in a speech.
"Our total fertility rate is at a low of 1.24... To replace ourselves, we should have 60,000 births each year," said Wong.
"For us, the gap is too large to fill with resident births. We have to top up our population and work force with migrants," he said.
The drive to attract talented foreign migrants was crucial to Singapore's long-term competitiveness as they would boost the local work force and their contributions would expand the economic pie, Wong said.
"We have to continue to attract global talents and people with skills to augment our work force. We should encourage those who can contribute to settle down here," he said.
"This is the way to enlarge the economic pie. There will then be more for everyone to share.
"If not, as other countries get more competitive and if we let our workforce diminish, investments will go elsewhere, and there will be less for us to share."
Singapore has intensified efforts to address the baby shortage in recent years with a raft of measures to encourage married Singaporeans to have more children.
These include longer maternity leave, cash subsidies and a lower levy on hiring foreign maids.
The government has also made efforts to attract talented foreigners to take up citizenship.
Singapore fears a low birth rate will have a long-term economic impact and increase the proportion of elderly citizens relative to those of working age, raising social welfare costs.
The city-state has a population of 3.4 million plus some 800,000 foreign workers and professionals.