More jobs created for Singaporeans
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"Having enjoyed football as a national sport for decades, we in Singapore have set ourselves the target of reaching the final rounds of World Cup in 2010." - Ho Peng Kee
This guy must be living in his dreamland...
I bet he must have sent our East Asian Giants on 'RED ALERT' with his statement..
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That is extreme bad. If every employer do that, we can bang on the wall.Originally posted by ah-soh:X2
They don't even give us probation period and just reject us!
Even for uni graduate like me, have to take couple of months to get a job. Can't guarantee degree got job nowadays. Only Elites survived in here.
ELITE...Pui!
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i saw a guy cursing and swearing while reading the above news report.
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The jobs are there...the challenge is to equip Singaporeans for them. Education is the only solution for low-income groups:
".. Rallying Singaporeans to stay together and move ahead, he pledged to build an inclusive society even as the country's economy undergoes a significant shift.
While globalisation brings benefits to Singaporeans, he acknowledged that there are some who will find it more difficult to cope. But resisting change or hiding from competition would not solve the problem.
'This is futile and will only reduce growth and make things worse for all Singaporeans,' he said.
Mr Nathan said education is the best way to level up the society. He said the Government will continue to provide every child access to a top-rate education, so that he or she gets the best possible start in life.
He said the Government will do more to assist lower-income Singaporeans, to help them progress with the rest of society.
'We will target our assistance, and encourage them to work and upgrade themselves, to build up their assets, and to support their families,' he said."
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service sector long working hours low pay Locals dun wanna do... How? Then employers can't get people to work then he needa do himself meh?? Get FTs to do in the end lo... Bo bianz... Got money dun wanna earn meh... Then the world can stop spinning anot?
High positions not qualified and experienced enough... How? Then employers gotta do himself meh?? He himself oso dunno how to do mah. How?? Get FTs to do in the end lo... Bo bianz... Got money dun wanna earn meh... Then the world can stop spinning anot? -
So when the time comes where the lowest education among any Singaporean is at least a Polytechnic Diploma, say.....by 2030. Will there be enough jobs (diploma level up) for 5 million Singaporeans?Originally posted by oxford mushroom:The jobs are there...the challenge is to equip Singaporeans for them. Education is the only solution for low-income groups:
(Straits Times 2 Nov)
Education is the way to escape poverty primarily in 3rd world nations. It has only a minimal impact on a society and nation as developed as Singapore's.
There will always be different levels of citizens in society, ranging from the rich to the poor. We are a country dominated by foreign companies and lacking in entrepreneurship, thereby resulting in the employment of many foreigners to reduce costs. Though I can't negate the fact that FTs do lower overheads but I believe there are also many CEOs who exploit this avenue.
May I just quote an eg, Japan's construction industry mainly employs Japanese. Wonder how they survive? Go figure. -
What you might not seem to understand is that the middle income job seekers are also being affected...y keep talking about the low income groups and the need for them to be 'educated or upgraded?' when the middle income groups are also slowly getting affected? Lets see what the gahmen has in plans to assist more lower-income singaporeans...all this continous talk about assisting the lower income earners but yet we dun see much action??Originally posted by oxford mushroom:The jobs are there...the challenge is to equip Singaporeans for them. Education is the only solution for low-income groups:
".. Rallying Singaporeans to stay together and move ahead, he pledged to build an inclusive society even as the country's economy undergoes a significant shift.
While globalisation brings benefits to Singaporeans, he acknowledged that there are some who will find it more difficult to cope. But resisting change or hiding from competition would not solve the problem.
'This is futile and will only reduce growth and make things worse for all Singaporeans,' he said.
Mr Nathan said education is the best way to level up the society. He said the Government will continue to provide every child access to a top-rate education, so that he or she gets the best possible start in life.
He said the Government will do more to assist lower-income Singaporeans, to help them progress with the rest of society.
'We will target our assistance, and encourage them to work and upgrade themselves, to build up their assets, and to support their families,' he said."
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Since lower income group earners dont pay much tax!!!Sg gov u die is yr own business!!!that why the suicide rates go up n up.the poors become poorer who will stage a revolution soon!!!!Originally posted by 4getmenot:What you might not seem to understand is that the middle income job seekers are also being affected...y keep talking about the low income groups and the need for them to be 'educated or upgraded?' when the middle income groups are also slowly getting affected? Lets see what the gahmen has in plans to assist more lower-income singaporeans...all this continous talk about assisting the lower income earners but yet we dun see much action?? -
Again, someone who can't swim, sitting at somewhere high and dry, mocking at the non-swimmers struggling to stay afloat.
I'm not xenophobia har. In fact, I think Gahmen's FT policy is a correct move.
When employers can fire anyone whenever they feel like, how the middle to lower income group feel secured (go reservist also can kenna, pregnant also in danger)? Then again, when you can't survive with what you earn, how Singaporeans dare to procreate more children? Then without the neccessary population replacement, who are to fill in the gaps? FTs lor. Even you got a new job, you can also lose it one right? No one can guarantee that one have job forever, right?
Then with FTs filling the gaps, people will feel more insecure, resulting in even worse population replacement rate and so on and so forth......
A vicious cycle will go on.
I prefer the President said something about how to make the people feel more secure, rather than, "to help the low income group, let them study more and they will have a job." -
Why do you think the Japanese economy has been in the doldrums for so long? Read this:Originally posted by Rock^Star:May I just quote an eg, Japan's construction industry mainly employs Japanese. Wonder how they survive? Go figure.
"Construction workers, with their traditional baggy trousers and cloth split-toed shoes, look increasingly anomalous in contemporary Japan. But there are still a lot of them — more than you'd think. The construction industry employs 10% of Japan's workforce, twice the proportion in the U.S. And even though the construction market has shrunk since the peak of the speculative "Bubble Economy" of the late 1980s, the number of construction workers has gone up, to around 6.5 million recently compared with 5.9 million in 1990.
Why? Since the bubble burst, Tokyo's primary weapon to spur the economy has been round after round of public works spending. "After the bubble, Japan should have been scaling down this sector, but because of the stimulus packages, this sector kept growing," says political analyst Okazaki Shigenori of UBS Warburg Securities in Tokyo. "These people had to be kept employed, so they kept pouring money into public works."
They have to be kept employed for two reasons. One, there are a lot of them, and Japan has a skimpy social safety net for the jobless. Two, the construction industry lies at the center of the LDP's political power base. "We have to depend on the power of politicians to win contracts for public works projects," an executive of the Japan Federation of Construc-tion Contractors recently told the Japan Times. "So we have supported [LDP members'] election campaigns."
......This symbiotic relationship carries two major demerits. Since these industries never faced unbridled market forces, they are inefficient — and falling further behind. In the 18 years to 1998, Japanese manufacturers raised their productivity 69%, while cutting costs 3.4%, says economist Murakami Naoki of BNP Paribas in Tokyo. But the construction industry raised its productivity just 7%, with costs rising 61%. "Productivity did not improve much in highly regulated industries such as construction, property and services," Murakami says. And that increases costs for the whole economy."
Japan is desperately trying to change these errant policies but it has been very difficult so far. As the President said in his speech, we must avoid the mistake of welfarism as practised in some countries.
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Thanks OM, that was insightful. So in this sense, we do need foreigners to keep our construction afloat.
Permit me to sidetrack here. It then leaves me puzzled as to why our construction employs mainly banglas yet HDBs are still so expensive. HDBs has eaten up a lot of S'poreans' CPF and will continue to do so for my generation.
Surely one hasn't forgotten a few years back when many HDB staff were paid excessive retrenchment benefits? And then the matter was quickly brushed aside by the media. And Mah Bow Tan has still not disclosed the exact costs to construct a HDB. Fear at work? -
Better job market this year & best result in 10 years ??? Ya rite no wonder i see so many surveyors nowsaday....Sight...Originally posted by Rock^Star:Wah buay tahan ah! The Ch 8 news just reported what a success our job market is this year. Best result in 10 years!
Sighz............selective reporting. We are reading sh.it and see sh.it every single day. -
Another gahmen propaganda that they are looking after Sillyporeans. See you vote PAP , you got jobs.(All lousy jobs ).If you don't want, gahmen say you are picky, don't have enough training, blah..blah..blah
Why.why, why Sillyporeans are so afraid to stand up for themselves instead of ' STAND UP FOR SINGAPORE' which gahmen had brainwashed you to sing.
In future, 60% of citizens will live in private and less than 30% live in HDB. Those that live in HDB are the not haves. Don't wait until it is too late. -
I guess HDB prices should not be kept too low as it affects private housing greatly... One of the people's biggest assets is their Home... It is alrite to me as it appreciates in value as times goes by... U may choose to sell in when u retire... Tat's quite a sum of $$. U wun wanna c it depreciate... I swear~!!
Which world-class city has got Cheap real estate prices? I think HDB flats is still quite affordable -
So wnen u sell ur home and everywhere else is just as expensive, how much does one earn? Unless u sell private property to stay HDB. What abt HDB to HDB?Originally posted by sunny6110:I guess HDB prices should not be kept too low as it affects private housing greatly... One of the people's biggest assets is their Home... It is alrite to me as it appreciates in value as times goes by... U may choose to sell in when u retire... Tat's quite a sum of $$. U wun wanna c it depreciate... I swear~!!
Which world-class city has got Cheap real estate prices? I think HDB flats is still quite affordable
HDB prices are steep already. Have u calculated how much u would have in your CPF by age 60 (if u dun buy HDB)? Assuming a certain pay and u have employment throughout. Chances are, if u have bought a HDB and if u r not Elite, u would have very little for retirement.
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HDB prices raise faster than the pathetic 2.5% cpf ordinary acct is paying... so i think it is better to own a HomeOriginally posted by Rock^Star:So wnen u sell ur home and everywhere else is just as expensive, how much does one earn? Unless u sell private property to stay HDB. What abt HDB to HDB?
HDB prices are steep already. Have u calculated how much u would have in your CPF by age 60 (if u dun buy HDB)? Assuming a certain pay and u have employment throughout. Chances are, if u have bought a HDB and if u r not Elite, u would have very little for retirement. -
Wah...if the majority of Singaporeans can afford private property that will really be a success of the government's economic policiesOriginally posted by highway69:In future, 60% of citizens will live in private and less than 30% live in HDB. Those that live in HDB are the not haves. Don't wait until it is too late.
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if what u write here is truth...hope they still can remember...
Originally posted by BillyBong:
After sifting through the ST for so many years, its easier to separate the facts from propaganda.
I wonder why there's a constant need to 'reassure' singaporeans that all the policies implemented by the govt 'for the people' are working? Job creation by govt? 650,000 passenger volume = budget terminal success? More satisfied with bus services?
These things i tend to forget overnight.
Here's a collection of quotes from ministers over the years that i DO remember over the years:
-[b] Lim Hng Kiang, regretting the decision to save a baby's life because KKH ran up a $300,000 bill
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With all due respect, Nathan should not come out to say such things, especially making claims such as "The jobs are there...the challenge is to equip Singaporeans for them. Education is the only solution for low-income groups"Originally posted by oxford mushroom:The jobs are there...the challenge is to equip Singaporeans for them. Education is the only solution for low-income groups:
".. Rallying Singaporeans to stay together and move ahead, he pledged to build an inclusive society even as the country's economy undergoes a significant shift.
While globalisation brings benefits to Singaporeans, he acknowledged that there are some who will find it more difficult to cope. But resisting change or hiding from competition would not solve the problem.
'This is futile and will only reduce growth and make things worse for all Singaporeans,' he said.
Mr Nathan said education is the best way to level up the society. He said the Government will continue to provide every child access to a top-rate education, so that he or she gets the best possible start in life.
He said the Government will do more to assist lower-income Singaporeans, to help them progress with the rest of society.
'We will target our assistance, and encourage them to work and upgrade themselves, to build up their assets, and to support their families,' he said."
(Straits Times 2 Nov)
The people do not appreciate sweeping remarks from someone who rakes in over 1 million a year doing a ceremonial task; a job arguably 'bestowed' upon him rather than earned, whose scope is also dictated by the cabinet.
These so-called leaders really should take a long look into the mirror before uttering undiplomatic statements. And the Ruling Party wonders why they are so disliked. -
It has been QUITE AMAZING If not 'ENTERTAINING' (hey, isn't that what the MEDIA is SUPPOSE TO BE DOING...??Originally posted by oxford mushroom:SINGAPORE'S job creation rate continued to grow strongly in the third quarter of 2006, with all major sectors adding workers stemming from sustained economic expansion.
Preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) released on Tuesday show that employment grew by 41,600 in the third quarter, higher than the 28,500 gains in the same period last year.
The increase in employment also exceeds the 36,400 gains in the second quarter of 2006, the MOM said.
Cumulatively, employment in the first 9 months of 2006 rose by 123,100. This has already surpassed the 113,300 gains for the whole of 2005.
All major sectors added workers, with the bulk of the gains continuing to come from services (24,600). Employment rose in manufacturing (11,300), continuing the uptrend that started in late 2003.
Amid a pickup in building activities, construction increased its workforce (5,500) for the 7th consecutive quarter.
The seasonally-adjusted overall unemployment rate was 2.7 per cent in September 2006, a marked improvement from the 3.2 per cent a year ago.
It has also edged down slightly from the 2.8 per cent in June 2006.
Retrenchment figures went down. The MOM said preliminary findings from a survey of private sector establishments with at least 25 employees show a fall in retrenchment.
The number of people retrenched fell from 3,200 in the previous quarter to 2,300 workers in the third quarter of 2006 and 2,800 in the same quarter last year.
Manufacturing continued to form the bulk of the workers retrenched (1,800), reflecting the on-going restructuring in the electronics industry, the MOM said.
Another 500 of the workers laid off came from the services industries.
(Straits Times, 31 Oct) ) how the MEDIA can SELECTIVELY PULL OUT STATISTICAL REPORTS to PUT UP so that people get to READ all the DISTORTED 'TRUTH'... -
I ALSO WANNA RENDER MY ASSISTANCE, ENCOURAGEMENT TO THEM... TO SHOW MYSELF AS A RESPONSIBLE INDIVDUAL OF SINGAPORE AND SUPPORT THE COUNTRY'S PROGESS AND HELP THE LESS FORTUNATES...Originally posted by oxford mushroom:The jobs are there...the challenge is to equip Singaporeans for them. Education is the only solution for low-income groups:
".. Rallying Singaporeans to stay together and move ahead, he pledged to build an inclusive society even as the country's economy undergoes a significant shift.
While globalisation brings benefits to Singaporeans, he acknowledged that there are some who will find it more difficult to cope. But resisting change or hiding from competition would not solve the problem.
'This is futile and will only reduce growth and make things worse for all Singaporeans,' he said.
Mr Nathan said education is the best way to level up the society. He said the Government will continue to provide every child access to a top-rate education, so that he or she gets the best possible start in life.
He said the Government will do more to assist lower-income Singaporeans, to help them progress with the rest of society.
'We will target our assistance, and encourage them to work and upgrade themselves, to build up their assets, and to support their families,' he said."
(Straits Times 2 Nov)
(thus I pay my tax
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Franking speaking, dun u agree that we now hv more job varieties than wat we hv 10 yrs ago?? Thou many manufacturing jobs have been lost to countries wif lower wages....
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Yes 10 years ago, but jobs were easy.Originally posted by sunny6110:Franking speaking, dun u agree that we now hv more job varieties than wat we hv 10 yrs ago?? Thou many manufacturing jobs have been lost to countries wif lower wages....
Few weeks back articles in ST forum mentioned about Venture Capitalists in Singapore to support people who do baby projects like YouTube, and get financial support even projects do not make profits for first few years.
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In order to promote entrepreneurships, creativity, and worksmart, i suggest GOV to give out part-time jobs to any people who want. If one is jobless, one can get a gov part-time job, or if one has small children to look after, or one is working on entrepreneuring projects and needs some little makan everyday to pass by, or one is getting old and needs a part-time job for a in-between employment, or one is retired but can still work, or...
So many good benefits. Am i constructive, before i raise a negative issue ?
Actually this topic requires political experts and social experts to debate whether it is practical or not, in order to convince me the society is good enuff currently, and it won't work.
Young enterpreneurs are for people from previleged backgrounds, as they can get good support for budding projects. Normal working adults are made to worked hard in the past, and the salary were quite good then. But now, for a who-heck-care-about-you salary ($1200 a month), not only a middle-age man has to work, he will be squeezed all out and become dry, and to work long hours or huge loads of work. And when a man looks for a part-time job, all employers in the society say, go fly kite. How to start an enterprenuership ? -
sorry, i didn't mean to write big caps GOV, actually we are trained to be self-reliant from baby. What i meant was some SANTA CLAUS in the society, or some DIVINE HANDS, or some SHEER LUCKS to come to help people in need.
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quite difficult in sg... coz many already hv trouble looking aft themselves. For those who haven, they hv their unfullfilled desires to chase after...Originally posted by posttoday:sorry, i didn't mean to write big caps GOV, actually we are trained to be self-reliant from baby. What i meant was some SANTA CLAUS in the society, or some DIVINE HANDS, or some SHEER LUCKS to come to help people in need.