"The vacancies needed to be filled by Courts are: product specialists, cashiers, operation executives, assistant accountants, credit officer and customer account assistants.
Now these are not highly specialized positions which can only be filled by professionals and talents not available in Singapore or menial jobs shunned by Singaporeans.
Any Singaporean equipped with a ITE or “O” level certificate will be more than qualified to take up these jobs. Why is Courts recruiting Malaysians instead of Singaporeans?"
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/0...-monday-to-fill-vacancies-based-in-singapore/
Temasek Review, 15 Jan 2010
Singapore Courts mass-recruiting Malaysians in JB next Monday to fill vacancies based in Singapore
Furniture retail mart Courts will be launching a mass recruitment in exercise in Johor Bahru on 18 January 2010 for Malaysians to fill various positions in Singapore according to a tip-off we receive from a reader.
Singaporeans need not apply even if you travel across the Causeway for the interview as they are open to Malaysians only.
One may think that these jobs are those shunned by Singaporeans and Courts has no choice but to turn to Malaysians to fill the vacancies, as is often used by leaders of the ruling party to defend its pro-foreigner policy and regurgitated faithfully by the state media.
In his latest speech on 31st December 2009, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong promise Singaporeans that his ruling party will ‘manage and moderate’ the inflow of foreign workers, so that Singaporeans are not overwhelmed by the sheer numbers. said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday.
“We need the many foreign workers who work here, to build HDB flats and MRT lines, to work in factories especially on late shifts, and to help man the IRs,” he added.
[Source: Straits Times, 31 December 2009]
Is Singapore Courts recruiting Malaysian workers to work in factories on late shifts?
Let us take a look at the positions offered by Courts to the Malaysians:
http://www.temasekreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/courts.jpg
The vacancies needed to be filled by Courts are: product specialists, cashiers, operation executives, assistant accountants, credit officer and customer account assistants.
Now these are not highly specialized positions which can only be filled by professionals and talents not available in Singapore or menial jobs shunned by Singaporeans.
Any Singaporean equipped with a ITE or “O” level certificate will be more than qualified to take up these jobs. Why is Courts recruiting Malaysians instead of Singaporeans?
The ruling party blamed Singaporeans for being fussy, demanding and inflexible and urged us to accept any jobs which come along our way.
According to unverified sources, Courts is offering a basic salary of between S$900 – S$1,400 for these positions, minus the CPF.
This amount translates to between RM$2,160 – RM$3,360 (SGD$1 = RM$2.40) which is higher than what the Malaysians will earn back home.
Can a Singaporean survive on this kind of salary? Of course the locals will be unable to compete with the foreign “talents”.
To be fair to Courts, it is a company and it has to keep its labor costs low and since the ruling party allows it to employ large number of foreigners to keep its business profitable, why not make full use of it?
Singaporeans should not be taken in by PM Lee’s “sweet talk” that Singaporeans will remain his government’s “priority” as even when he is saying this, companies based in Singapore are still recruiting foreigners en masse!
If the ruling party did not open the floodgates to foreigners and give companies so much leeway to employ foreigners, then they will have no choice but to employ Singaporeans.
Instead of saving on labor costs, they will have to innovate to increase their productivity with the local workforce they have.
The period of transition will be painful for some, but eventually everybody will benefit because the companies will be able to raise their profit margin by producing more in the same period of time while Singaporeans are gainfully employed with a decent pay to support themselves and families.
With a higher pay and standard of living, Singaporeans will be inclined to have more children, thereby boosting our birth rate and decreasing our perennial dependence on foreigners.
Unfortunately, nobody in the PAP seems to realize the intangible social benefits of having a highly trained, well paid and happy workforce as they are too obsessed with GDP growth rates which can be artificially increased temporarily by importing large numbers of cheap foreign labor, but we will soon lose our competitive edge once our neighbors like Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam catch up with us.
For unemployed or retrenched Singaporeans who are still looking for a job, they will stand a better chance giving up their Singapore citizenship to become a Malaysian and apply for a job based in Singapore in Malaysia instead where Singapore companies are having a field day recruiting their “talents” and “baby-producing machines” for the ruling party.gl
Now these are not highly specialized positions which can only be filled by professionals and talents not available in Singapore or menial jobs shunned by Singaporeans.
Any Singaporean equipped with a ITE or “O” level certificate will be more than qualified to take up these jobs. Why is Courts recruiting Malaysians instead of Singaporeans?"
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/0...-monday-to-fill-vacancies-based-in-singapore/
Temasek Review, 15 Jan 2010
Singapore Courts mass-recruiting Malaysians in JB next Monday to fill vacancies based in Singapore
Furniture retail mart Courts will be launching a mass recruitment in exercise in Johor Bahru on 18 January 2010 for Malaysians to fill various positions in Singapore according to a tip-off we receive from a reader.
Singaporeans need not apply even if you travel across the Causeway for the interview as they are open to Malaysians only.
One may think that these jobs are those shunned by Singaporeans and Courts has no choice but to turn to Malaysians to fill the vacancies, as is often used by leaders of the ruling party to defend its pro-foreigner policy and regurgitated faithfully by the state media.
In his latest speech on 31st December 2009, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong promise Singaporeans that his ruling party will ‘manage and moderate’ the inflow of foreign workers, so that Singaporeans are not overwhelmed by the sheer numbers. said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday.
“We need the many foreign workers who work here, to build HDB flats and MRT lines, to work in factories especially on late shifts, and to help man the IRs,” he added.
[Source: Straits Times, 31 December 2009]
Is Singapore Courts recruiting Malaysian workers to work in factories on late shifts?
Let us take a look at the positions offered by Courts to the Malaysians:
http://www.temasekreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/courts.jpg
The vacancies needed to be filled by Courts are: product specialists, cashiers, operation executives, assistant accountants, credit officer and customer account assistants.
Now these are not highly specialized positions which can only be filled by professionals and talents not available in Singapore or menial jobs shunned by Singaporeans.
Any Singaporean equipped with a ITE or “O” level certificate will be more than qualified to take up these jobs. Why is Courts recruiting Malaysians instead of Singaporeans?
The ruling party blamed Singaporeans for being fussy, demanding and inflexible and urged us to accept any jobs which come along our way.
According to unverified sources, Courts is offering a basic salary of between S$900 – S$1,400 for these positions, minus the CPF.
This amount translates to between RM$2,160 – RM$3,360 (SGD$1 = RM$2.40) which is higher than what the Malaysians will earn back home.
Can a Singaporean survive on this kind of salary? Of course the locals will be unable to compete with the foreign “talents”.
To be fair to Courts, it is a company and it has to keep its labor costs low and since the ruling party allows it to employ large number of foreigners to keep its business profitable, why not make full use of it?
Singaporeans should not be taken in by PM Lee’s “sweet talk” that Singaporeans will remain his government’s “priority” as even when he is saying this, companies based in Singapore are still recruiting foreigners en masse!
If the ruling party did not open the floodgates to foreigners and give companies so much leeway to employ foreigners, then they will have no choice but to employ Singaporeans.
Instead of saving on labor costs, they will have to innovate to increase their productivity with the local workforce they have.
The period of transition will be painful for some, but eventually everybody will benefit because the companies will be able to raise their profit margin by producing more in the same period of time while Singaporeans are gainfully employed with a decent pay to support themselves and families.
With a higher pay and standard of living, Singaporeans will be inclined to have more children, thereby boosting our birth rate and decreasing our perennial dependence on foreigners.
Unfortunately, nobody in the PAP seems to realize the intangible social benefits of having a highly trained, well paid and happy workforce as they are too obsessed with GDP growth rates which can be artificially increased temporarily by importing large numbers of cheap foreign labor, but we will soon lose our competitive edge once our neighbors like Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam catch up with us.
For unemployed or retrenched Singaporeans who are still looking for a job, they will stand a better chance giving up their Singapore citizenship to become a Malaysian and apply for a job based in Singapore in Malaysia instead where Singapore companies are having a field day recruiting their “talents” and “baby-producing machines” for the ruling party.gl
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