Would you pay more to support local businesses/industries?
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Given the unhappiness with foreign talent and outsourcing of local services to cheaper economies, would Singaporeans support local businesses and services to keep them local?
UK customers have managed to pull back some call centre business from India by boycotting banks and businesses that outsource such services. Will you be prepared to pay more for local products rather than one just as good that is made in India or China? Will Singaporeans be prepared to pay more to hire a local person instead of a foreigner? Will you be prepared to pay higher hospital charges for local nurses and doctors instead of Filippino nurses and doctors from Myanmar? Will you pay higher fees for lecturers from Singapore instead of those from China and India? -
I think on the contrary, paying MORE to local businesses/industries and services rendered by locals may even help society survive better. Because then locally jobs are available and salaries commensurates with living costs. Still, this isn't a solution because general costs in business operations and public living, will still go up.
Currently, even though we're paying less, people aren't surviving any better.
The only concern are that foreign investors may likely take their operations elsewhere for cheaper labour. But then again, with the way things are increasing, even foreign labor here may not be cheap for long.
The problem I feel has NO solutions. It is because of the way our government is piloting our economy.
As an example; you putting out a fire by splashing buckets of water at the fire, but they (our gov) are in turn splashing buckets of petroleum at the fire you are trying to put out.
What they are doing is healthy for the economy and businesses that comes here generating revenues for themselves, while general population toils on and some could merely crawl along in the Rat Race they started.
It's a snowball effect. It rolls downhill gathering momentum and size, and will only end when it crashes into something and breaks apart. This is what is happening to SIngapore, and will also be happening to China really soon. -
Er, foreign business or foreign talent?
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Both.Originally posted by laurence82:Er, foreign business or foreign talent? -
i mean, the issues about foreign business can be different from issues about foreign talentOriginally posted by ShutterBug:Both.
What if the foreign business decides to be 'socially responsible' and hires 99% local employees?
It competes with the local businesses, but it sure gives us jobs and income, so........
From the first post, I guess shroomy wants to talk about hiring of foreign talent, rather than the usual 'support local products' issue. -
Clearly, it's basically bread and butter issue conerning the hiring of locals vs the hiring of foreign talents, which directly and indirectly affects costs in general.Originally posted by laurence82:i mean, the issues about foreign business can be different from issues about foreign talent
What if the foreign business decides to be 'socially responsible' and hires 99% local employees?
It competes with the local businesses, but it sure gives us jobs and income, so........
From the first post, I guess shroomy wants to talk about hiring of foreign talent, rather than the usual 'support local products' issue.
But the way I see it, I feel the problem isn't FTs - it's because our gov wants to make more. -
Is the self-acclaimed Doctor displaying his genious again at 'masak-masak economics' ?
What is the purpose of spreading false alarm that local products and services must be higher in price and lower in quality when Singaporeans take over from foreign workers ?
Which Singapore made products and services 'cost higher' and are 'inferior in quality' compared to foreign made products from China or India ?
We have well known products with household brand names that are made in Singapore, and at prices that can compete and even match the same from emerging countries - with brand names such as Philips, SONY, Mistral, Creative, Seagate; and some other emerging products such as the newer and more efficient membrane filteration products developed for the water treatment industry.
If local services, manufacturing and personnel costs are so high, how do you explain the fact that foreign companies are still looking at Singapore to establish high-tech businesses and participate in the 'New Industry' ?
Why do you exaggerate that Singaporeans have to pay more for products and services simply for hiring Singaporean instead of a foreigner ?
Can a Singaporean Finance Manager cost more than a Caucasian Finance Manager from a Western Country in the First World ?
Can a Finance Manager from China or India be comparable in standards, or experience, or knowledge of someone from the West, or even from Singapore ?
Can the salary of a Singaporean Executive be higher than a Foreigner from other First World Countries - in the area of Architecture, Airport & Building Management and Construction, Computing and Data Management, Freight and Logistics, Military Equipment & Weapons Manufacture and Upgrading, Oil Refinery, Offshore Platform Construction, Petro-Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Port Management, Shipping and Ship Building, Telecommunication, and any other trades or industries that Singapore find a niche in ?
Why generalise and exaggerate to strike confusion and doubt to our Singaporean abilities ?
Why narrow your debate to selected areas and cause confusion ?
Your arguments rest on extremities - in which it is either all high-cost Singaporeans, or all cheap-salaried Filippinos and Myanmese.
Why have you not considered 'a balanced mix' of high and low costs without compromise to qualities nor standards of products and services ?
If the local Universities are fully manned by lecturers from China and India - where do you propose the Singaporean lecturers should go to ?
Costs are not merely a consequence of high wages, and the demands for high wages are not necessarily caused by personal ambitions and greed.
Have you not considered that this is a Singaporean response to the various factors affecting his survival and ability to maintain a reasonable standard of living ?
Costs are within the control of Government - starting with the basics :
lowering the minimum land cost tendered for private development; lowering the stamp duties and development charges; control costs of living - staple food, fuel and gas, utilities, transportation; make housing costs more affordable in unison with the wages paid; lowering of government fees and taxes.
When basic cost is not controlled - it is the millstone that weigh down on all other efforts to progress and grow economically.
Why is there a large portion of the Singaporean population experiencing continued inability to attain a high standard of living comparable to the First World despite the high salary paid, and resulting in life-long work past their old age ?
Why do 'First World Singaporeans' have to toil till past their basic retirement age and still unable to enjoy the fruits of the First World; while we see droves of white haired Caucasian and Japanese retirees from the OTHER First World having the luxury of time and funding to enjoy Life in their remaining years on earth ?
Just in case you dream that this suggestion of lowering Government charges is considered as 'a call for subsidy', let this be clarified that it is a call for the Government to be less greedy - by forcibly taking away the hardearned wealth of Singaporeans through a cleverly woven web of products and services, which are almost totally provided by a stable of pseudo-Private Corporations and GLCs. -
Yes indeed well said, Atobe.
I'm in the believe, that we, DIDN'T START THE FIRE. -
Very good lecture to Oxford M !!!Originally posted by ShutterBug:Yes indeed well said, Atobe.
I'm in the believe, that we, DIDN'T START THE FIRE.
I hve stated these many times to him but he is just know how to recite what had reported in the newspapers etc.
Of course, i m not going to pay more to support local business/industries,but wat business ,u are talking about??? 70% of the industries are monopolised by gov related compaines including supply of coffin and duck business here.
SG gov has forced us to venture overseas but they render no help but talk c sing song all the times,but where back in S'pore,we hve to support our family but cost of living here is going up and up including tuition fee,transporation, electcity and misc exp, how to be happy leh. Worst still , a bunch of stupid ppls bring in flies here to term as FTs and create social and econic problems. -
No wonder the Opposition can never win elections with supporters the likes of ostriches and zombies who either bury their heads in the sands or live in a state of blissful unawareness of the challenges ahead.
Why do you think we have stopped making disk drives and T-shirts? As you have admitted yourself, we are now making higher value goods because our labour costs are higher. If you want to keep making cheap disk drives and T-shirts (and btw, you even wanted to make colour pencils for god's sake), unless you practise protectionist policies you cannot retain such jobs.
Employers are not as sily as you are. They will not hire foreigners just because they are foreign but because they are cheaper or possess higher skills than Singaporeans. Those who have higher skills do not have a problem getting a job. For those whose skills are no better but expect higher wages than their foreign counterparts, unless you protect their jobs, they will go to foreigners.
But you have demonstrated your blind opposition against everything the government does and it is clear that you are going to blame the PAP for everything and anything.
Sleep on then...let the world overtake you. Who is right? Time will tell...your coffin will probably be made in China, literally and figuratively
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haha...to you, all official figures and statistics are lies...But you are always right..Originally posted by foomwee88:Very good lecture to Oxford M !!!
I hve stated these many times to him but he is just know how to recite what had reported in the newspapers etc.
Of course, i m not going to pay more to support local business/industries,but wat business ,u are talking about??? 70% of the industries are monopolised by gov related compaines including supply of coffin and duck business here.
SG gov has forced us to venture overseas but they render no help but talk c sing song all the times,but where back in S'pore,we hve to support our family but cost of living here is going up and up including tuition fee,transporation, electcity and misc exp, how to be happy leh. Worst still , a bunch of stupid ppls bring in flies here to term as FTs and create social and econic problems.
No wonder Dan Brown can earn so much from his novels...people like conspiracy theories. Sounds like a 3-year old child...it must be true because I want it to be true -
In free trade, one has to look at a country's comparative advantage, ie. what one country produces most efficiently, that country shall export that good.
We can produce T-shirts and compete with China, but we will be on the losing end as our opportunity cost of producing T-shirts is higher. We could have used the available resources to produce goods that we are more efficient at producing, say semi-conductors.
Ultimately, it would be cheaper to specialise in making semi-conductors and trade for T-shirts, rather than manufacturing both goods ourselves.
It is true that local businesses that compete with foreign firms in such industries may lose out, as consumers will choose lower-priced goods.
But what businesses are we talking about here? -
i dont mind paying more to be service by singaporean rather than foreigners.
provided the services provided are worth the extra bucks.
priority should be given to employing singaporean. and by saying so, govt GLC should start the ball rolling. i was shock the last ICT i saw ah nei washing our warships, do area cleaning inside camps. it shatter my confidence in singapore national security.
under the current PAP elitism leadership even national security can be traded by opportunity of cost.
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No wonder the Opposition can never win elections with supporters the likes of ostriches and zombies who either bury their heads in the sands or live in a state of blissful unawareness of the challenges ahead.
maybe we should just focus on the topic and not make personal attack on fellow singaporean whether or not they supported the opposition party. why dont you challenge and question the propose solution made by them. it can be found at their respective website alternatively you can buy steve chia books.
Why do you think we have stopped making disk drives and T-shirts? As you have admitted yourself, we are now making higher value goods because our labour costs are higher. If you want to keep making cheap disk drives and T-shirts (and btw, you even wanted to make colour pencils for god's sake), unless you practise protectionist policies you cannot retain such jobs.
Employers are not as sily as you are. They will not hire foreigners just because they are foreign but because they are cheaper or possess higher skills than Singaporeans. Those who have higher skills do not have a problem getting a job. For those whose skills are no better but expect higher wages than their foreign counterparts, unless you protect their jobs, they will go to foreigners.
agree with you that we cant keep these low tech industries here in singapore and we need high tech industries. but even the high tech are also employing heaps of foreigner to do not just the high skill job but also low skill job. ifear for the livihood of those low skill singaporean. with the influx of these so call low pay, low expectation worker where can they go? not only we are competing against fellow singaporean but also foreigners.
besides echoeing sentiments from the PAP which we all knows. do you show concern for those low educated, low skill singaporean and ever think how we can help these groups of ppl? as singapore and ourselves progress, let not forget those of us who are being left behind and stretch out a helping hand to them.
for a start town council should take the lead. they should give out notices if there a job vacancy such as cleaning, maintenance works instead of employing ah nei who use the mops and mop whole lift include the button. -
Mind U! I am neither a PAP nor an opposition party supporter.But I love my country and our ppls as much as most of the S'porean do.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:haha...to you, all official figures and statistics are lies...But you are always right..
No wonder Dan Brown can earn so much from his novels...people like conspiracy theories. Sounds like a 3-year old child...it must be true because I want it to be true
I do not agree with U all the official figures and statistics are lies but we hve to examine them with an open mind and compare it with prevailing fact and not follow whatever and whoever statements blindly. Orelse, there will be no progress to our country developement.
U as a PAP supporter I feel worry about the future of our country if all PAP supporters hve this type of mindset.
I can forsee the next 5 years will be a downfall of PAP when anyway we will not be here as well. -
Their so called "Strong Mandate" will keep dwindling each and every GE. If they don't change the way they're doing things, they shouldn't be surprise to get only 33.3%!Originally posted by foomwee88:Mind U! I am neither a PAP nor an opposition party supporter.But I love my country and our ppls as much as most of the S'porean do.
I do not agree with U all the official figures and statistics are lies but we hve to examine them with an open mind and compare it with prevailing fact and not follow whatever and whoever statements blindly. Orelse, there will be no progress to our country developement.
U as a PAP supporter I feel worry about the future of our country if all PAP supporters hve this type of mindset.
I can forsee the next 5 years will be a downfall of PAP when anyway we will not be here as well. -
If you cut stamp duties, you have to meet the budget shortfall by imposing a tax somewhere else. Singaporeans must realize that the amenities we enjoy, from the paved roads for your car to the street lamps on the road, all have to be paid for somehow. Singaporeans want more subsidies and more welfare for the poor. That is only possible if businesses earn money and are therefore able to contribute more to the taxman. The government cannot provide more subsidies to the poor by cutting taxes and stamp duties. The government can only do that by earning more money, by increasing the pie..
As the DPM pointed out in his earlier speech, foreign workers are necessary because Singaporeans are not willing or not able to take up jobs which are available. As illustration he mentioned a multinational company that wanted to set up a wafer fab in Singapore but could not find the 1000 workers it needed. Too many local workers did not want to work in a protective gear environment or work the shifts required for this industry. If the government did not allow these companies to hire foreign workers, this wafer fab plant will be established elsewhere.
Suppose you are a restaurant owner. would you pay $1.4k (MOM figures: http://www.mom.gov.sg/NR/rdonlyres/372C7370-2D16-489F-B2E8-2B254CB46CEA/10562/mrsd_2005ROW.pdf) for a Singaporean waiter when a Chinese waitress is willing and able to do the same job for $800? On the other hand, suppose you have an award-winning Hong Kong chef who is willing to work for you at 8k a month whilst a local, competent but unknown chef wants only 5k a month. Would you choose the Singaporean over the Hong Kong chef?
At the end of the day, businesses are not charities. Employers want to earn money and cut costs. You will employ the Chinese waitress to cut costs but you will employ the Hong Kong chef even though he costs more, because he can help you earn even more. In both instances, Singaporean workers lose out...the waiter because he costs more than his counterpart, the local chef because his skills are ordinary. -
Do u really believe SG gov provides subsidies to our "necessity" like electricity,water,foods,accomodation and transportation costs.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:If you cut stamp duties, you have to meet the budget shortfall by imposing a tax somewhere else. Singaporeans must realize that the amenities we enjoy, from the paved roads for your car to the street lamps on the road, all have to be paid for somehow. Singaporeans want more subsidies and more welfare for the poor. That is only possible if businesses earn money and are therefore able to contribute more to the taxman. The government cannot provide more subsidies to the poor by cutting taxes and stamp duties. The government can only do that by earning more money, by increasing the pie..
As the DPM pointed out in his earlier speech, foreign workers are necessary because Singaporeans are not willing or not able to take up jobs which are available. As illustration he mentioned a multinational company that wanted to set up a wafer fab in Singapore but could not find the 1000 workers it needed. Too many local workers did not want to work in a protective gear environment or work the shifts required for this industry. If the government did not allow these companies to hire foreign workers, this wafer fab plant will be established elsewhere.
Suppose you are a restaurant owner. would you pay $1.4k (MOM figures: http://www.mom.gov.sg/NR/rdonlyres/372C7370-2D16-489F-B2E8-2B254CB46CEA/10562/mrsd_2005ROW.pdf) for a Singaporean waiter when a Chinese waitress is willing and able to do the same job for $800? On the other hand, suppose you have an award-winning Hong Kong chef who is willing to work for you at 8k a month whilst a local, competent but unknown chef wants only 5k a month. Would you choose the Singaporean over the Hong Kong chef?
At the end of the day, businesses are not charities. Employers want to earn money and cut costs. You will employ the Chinese waitress to cut costs but you will employ the Hong Kong chef even though he costs more, because he can help you earn even more. In both instances, Singaporean workers lose out...the waiter because he costs more than his counterpart, the local chef because his skills are ordinary.
SG gov had treated all ministries as profit centres which not only charged all the "necessity" at cost but plus profit.
We did not say foreigners are not welcomed to work here but do they bring progress to our economic,if no,why they are allowed here and competed with us???.
We have spent so much on our children well being and hence do not wish 2 c the foreigners who are useless to our country but create social and economic problems to come here.
Yes,all employers want to make more $ and cut cost but SG gov has a social responsibity to look after the cost of living which shall be capped in line with the average sporeans' income. but not more.
SG gov has so much surplus evey year,it is not necessary resort to cutting tax and stamp duties to reduce the cost of living. -
Where did you learn such lessons of Public Administration in Budget Planning ?Originally posted by oxford mushroom:If you cut stamp duties, you have to meet the budget shortfall by imposing a tax somewhere else. Singaporeans must realize that the amenities we enjoy, from the paved roads for your car to the street lamps on the road, all have to be paid for somehow. Singaporeans want more subsidies and more welfare for the poor. That is only possible if businesses earn money and are therefore able to contribute more to the taxman. The government cannot provide more subsidies to the poor by cutting taxes and stamp duties. The government can only do that by earning more money, by increasing the pie..
You must be a joke - if you expect anyone to believe your views that the Singapore Government budget depend - only - on stamp duties to meet the needs of building and maintaining infrastructure and government services ?
Since ancient history, TAX has been the common source of income, with each country varying the proportion collected to balance between economic vibrancy and public services expenses.
The Swedish Tax System is known to be the highest chargeable tax system in the world, and yet their economy is not in decline, and there remain sufficient amount to see to the needs of the population from birth to old age. Althoug the Swedes pay the highest tax payable, their quality of life is much higher than what is being experienced by Singaporeans - who pay half of what they are paying and yet are left to fend for ourselves in our old age.
Are we asking for government subsidies, or a more realistic review in which the amount earned by Singaporeans will allow him to live through old age - especially when at every turn the Government sucks up every amount that is earned by Singaporeans; and will not accept their social responsibility towards Singaporeans.
Which wafer fab plant was being referred to ?
As the DPM pointed out in his earlier speech, foreign workers are necessary because Singaporeans are not willing or not able to take up jobs which are available. As illustration he mentioned a multinational company that wanted to set up a wafer fab in Singapore but could not find the 1000 workers it needed. Too many local workers did not want to work in a protective gear environment or work the shifts required for this industry. If the government did not allow these companies to hire foreign workers, this wafer fab plant will be established elsewhere.
Was it the ridiculously low wages that were offered, or was it the protective garment that prevented Singaporeans from taking up such jobs ?
What kind of educational qualification are needed to man this wafer fab plant - doctorate degree, or secondary school education ? Do we have enough in our Singapore population to mann such an industry ?
This tack of yours has been constantly pushed in your argument. Have you not considered that a Singapore waiter paid $1.4k provide a higher service standard than a Chinese waiter doing the same job for $800 ?
Suppose you are a restaurant owner. would you pay $1.4k (MOM figures: http://www.mom.gov.sg/NR/rdonlyres/372C7370-2D16-489F-B2E8-2B254CB46CEA/10562/mrsd_2005ROW.pdf) for a Singaporean waiter when a Chinese waitress is willing and able to do the same job for $800? On the other hand, suppose you have an award-winning Hong Kong chef who is willing to work for you at 8k a month whilst a local, competent but unknown chef wants only 5k a month. Would you choose the Singaporean over the Hong Kong chef?
How do you factor the difference in quality and standards of service ?
As mentioned in my previous post, your argument is shallow and void of value systems when simply based on either and or approach without any other consideration.
Is this the extent of your 'Doctoral cleverness' ?
Do Employers only concern themselves with earning money by simply cutting costs only ?
At the end of the day, businesses are not charities. Employers want to earn money and cut costs. You will employ the Chinese waitress to cut costs but you will employ the Hong Kong chef even though he costs more, because he can help you earn even more. In both instances, Singaporean workers lose out...the waiter because he costs more than his counterpart, the local chef because his skills are ordinary.
Is this not simplistic thinking to the extreme ?
Perhaps our resident Doctor will cut costs to increase his own profits by dispensing diluted medicine, or provide cheaper substitutes ? -
It is those who conceitedly believe themselves to be more educated that 'live in a state of blissful unawareness' while the population is being robbed of their hard earned income.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:No wonder the Opposition can never win elections with supporters the likes of ostriches and zombies who either bury their heads in the sands or live in a state of blissful unawareness of the challenges ahead.
Can we believe that there are more important challenges to the average Singaporean facing a bleak old age, when a self conceited Doctor - believing in his own brilliance - can hardly see through his own myopia ?
Your limited knowledge is exposed through the conceit in the tone of your statements made.
Why do you think we have stopped making disk drives and T-shirts? As you have admitted yourself, we are now making higher value goods because our labour costs are higher. If you want to keep making cheap disk drives and T-shirts (and btw, you even wanted to make colour pencils for god's sake), unless you practise protectionist policies you cannot retain such jobs.
If Singapore stopped making disk drives, what is Seagate doing in Singapore ?
Has Singapore stopped producing T-Shirts altogether ?
Have you not seen the various shops that went up-market providing High Value Added T-Shirts for corporate profiling, tourist souvenirs, exhibitions, advertising events, and other events ?
Yes, even Germany continue to produce the famour Faber brand of color and writing pencils with the assistance of new technology.
In the face of cheaper competition from China and India, did Germany waver and shut down these well known makes of the traditional color and writing pencils ?
By your defeatist and conceited beliefs, we should have expected German intelligence to be smart enough to change tack ?
Is the Employers being silly, or perhaps your stupendous silliness has become more obvious, with each conceited and unsubstantiated general statement made ?
Employers are not as sily as you are. They will not hire foreigners just because they are foreign but because they are cheaper or possess higher skills than Singaporeans. Those who have higher skills do not have a problem getting a job. For those whose skills are no better but expect higher wages than their foreign counterparts, unless you protect their jobs, they will go to foreigners.
If Employers only hire foreigners that are cheaper or possess higher skills than Singaporeans - what is the remuneration that DBS Bank pay to their Singaporean and Foreign Directors ?
Does our conceited resident Doctor have any entrepreneurial qualities ?
But you have demonstrated your blind opposition against everything the government does and it is clear that you are going to blame the PAP for everything and anything.
Sleep on then...let the world overtake you. Who is right? Time will tell...your coffin will probably be made in China, literally and figuratively
Is it any wonder that the Singapore Government is lamenting over the hopeless lack of Singapore entrepreneurs, when we have in our midst educated persons who are too conceited to admit their own lack of confidence, and will have the audacity to give empty critiques ?
Do we need to despair if the day comes when China will supply us with coffins, when we have no trees of our own ?
Is there anything that the POWER OF ONE has done that has helped Singaporeans to lead a better life other then useless slogans - such as the Swiss Standard of Living ?
Singapore will soon be the laughing stock of Asia, when Singaporeans live out the remaining time in overseas Retirement Villages from our left-over CPF savings, while this Government squander our National Reserves in the vast numbers of foreign investments, that draw from our National Reserves to benefit the development of other countries.
Some of these investments cover range from bakeries in India; to Industrial Parks in China, Indonesia and Vietnam; to Real Estates all over the globe; to taking small stakes in major banks in China, India, Indonesia, Thailand; small stakes in Regional Airlines.
For our present predicament faced locally, we will have to thank the conceit of learned professionals such as the self-proclaimed resident Doctor, who will blindly lick up every drop of saliva that accompany the superfluous statements spewed from the POWER OF ONE. -
Do you mind sharing your view on the following issues:Originally posted by oxford mushroom:If you cut stamp duties, you have to meet the budget shortfall by imposing a tax somewhere else. ....... The government cannot provide more subsidies to the poor by cutting taxes and stamp duties.
... suppose you have an award-winning Hong Kong chef who is willing to work for you at 8k a month whilst a local, competent but unknown chef wants only 5k a month. Would you choose the Singaporean over the Hong Kong chef?
1. In waiving of estate duty, where should the revenue shortfall be met? Why waiving of estate duty seems to be quite an important issue?
2. Should the posts below PM (i.e. DPMs, ministers, MOS, etc) be opened up to FTs? Maybe qualified FTs can do the jobs equally well but at a lower rate. -
Oxford M,u r really surprised us to claim that u are a doc in S'pore?
From wat u stated under the heading of this thread that do we need to pay more for S'porean lecturers than those from India and China? My son and me both graduated from NUS in 1982 and 2005 respectively,but we dont understand whether u know of our Uni Admin system in Spore or not?,NUS pays lecturers,tutors and professors depended on their qulificatios,knowlege, and experiance etc regardless of their nationality.
If u dont mind,can u tell me yr full name by pte massage 2 establish yr real profession?
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Frankly, whoever believes that official statistics are the gospel truth, need to read up on what is called media management and organised response mechanisms, not to mention how spin doctors work in conjunction with something called the OSA to ensure people who have no "business" (i.e folks like you and I) do not probe too much.
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Are Singaporeans not already paying for higher costs to have the essential services provided by local businesses and industries - all owned by pseudo-Private Companies that are nothing more then cleverly disguised GLCs ?
Many foreign interested parties have been dissuaded to enter the local market to provide services, as these foreign interested parties will be required to have local participation from GLCs - who will plant their representatives in the Board and Executive Management - interfering in the daily management of such enterprises.
We could have enjoyed more competitive rates of telecommunication - that include Broadband Services, and yet the introduction of higher standard of services with superior features are kept at bay, with the existing 'state owned' enterprises 'raping the pockets' of Singaporeans.
To pick one example - why are Singaporeans paying for higher charges to get only a narrow range cable-vision services, when our Third World neighbors are paying far lesser amounts for direct satellite reception to a wider range of entertainment programmes ?
This is only one out of the many other businesses that are presented as 'supposed choices' to Singaporeans - and Singaporeans are suppose to be grateful for such advanced services. -
Starhub has admitted that they had made Millions $ from the world cup live telecast,Furk all these dogs are still barking up the wrong trees and claimed that in order to reduce cost of living hve to cut tax etc.Originally posted by Atobe:Are Singaporeans not already paying for higher costs to have the essential services provided by local businesses and industries - all owned by pseudo-Private Companies that are nothing more then cleverly disguised GLCs ?
Many foreign interested parties have been dissuaded to enter the local market to provide services, as these foreign interested parties will be required to have local participation from GLCs - who will plant their representatives in the Board and Executive Management - interfering in the daily management of such enterprises.
We could have enjoyed more competitive rates of telecommunication - that include Broadband Services, and yet the introduction of higher standard of services with superior features are kept at bay, with the existing 'state owned' enterprises 'raping the pockets' of Singaporeans.
To pick one example - why are Singaporeans paying for higher charges to get only a narrow range cable-vision services, when our Third World neighbors are paying far lesser amounts for direct satellite reception to a wider range of entertainment programmes ?
This is only one out of the many other businesses that are presented as 'supposed choices' to Singaporeans - and Singaporeans are supposed to be grateful for.
Shame on Stupid S'poreans including my sons who insisted on paying extra costs for these live telecasts when all these are provided for in Malaysia etc f.o,c to Astro subsc. Brunei and Indon even live telecast the matches for free.
S'pore indeed a first world country to fool us ard and making millions $