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April 6, 2010 by admin
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http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/04/06/teo-chee-hean-paps-immigration-policy-has-always-been-strict/
Written by Our Correspondent
In yet another sign that the PAP’s disastrous immigration policy has been peeving off many Singaporeans and that its leaders remain oblivious to its negative impact on the people, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean was asked point-blank by a NUS student on the reason behind being so many foreigners in Singapore lately during a NUS forum yesterday.
To the dismay of the audience, instead of addressing the issue proper, Mr Teo dismissed it with the customary PAP rhetoric that Singapore has always kept a “tight lid” on immigration and that foreigners are increasing in numbers because “there are many more people who want to live and work here.”
It appears that Mr Teo is ignorant of a Gallup poll done last year which revealed that the top three emigration destination for college students in China are United States, France and South Korea. Singapore was not even featured in the top five.
The foreigners are increasing in numbers not because they are flocking to Singapore but because the PAP is desperately mass importing them over.
Unlike other countries like Australia and Canada, immigrants do not have to pass a compulsory International English Test to work here with the end result that Singapore has been swarmed by large number of non-English speaking PRC nationals in recent years.
Mr Teo added that “those with criminal records or who cannot support themselves are kept out, while those who are given work passes can work here only for a limited period, and hold jobs that Singaporeans may eschew.”
Perhaps Mr Teo is not aware of the the Employment Pass Eligibility Certificate (EPEC) allows foreigners who are i) holders of selected university qualifications, or ii) current or former holders of selected skilled migrant visas to stay in Singapore for up to one year to facilitate their job search in Singapore.
These foreigners are competing directly with Singaporeans for jobs which can otherwise be taken up by them.
According to a recent Wall Street Journal editorial, the relentless influx of foreign workers has depressed the wages of ordinary Singaporeans, increased the cost of living and led to an overall decline in the standards of living.
Mr Teo said he was confident the Government could maintain immigration controls ‘at the correct settings’.
Based on his appalling answer above, how can he expect Singaporeans to have any confidence in the PAP?
To put it bluntly: the PAP has screwed up its immigration policies big time by bringing in too many foreigners within too short a period of time such that not only are we experiencing many problems with limited infrastructure but having difficulties in integrating all of them as well.
Instead of admitting its mistake and have a proper debate on immigration issues as Australia is doing now, the PAP chose to splurge $10 million dollars of taxpayers’ monies to cover up for its gross incompetence, ineptitude and impotence.
Unless Singaporeans vote out the PAP in the next general election, they will surely end up as second class minorities in their own country of birth at the rate the PAP is mass importing immigrants to perpetuate its political hegemony forever at the expense of true-bred Singaporeans.
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April 6, 2010 by admin
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http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/04/06/teo-chee-hean-paps-immigration-policy-has-always-been-strict/
Written by Our Correspondent
In yet another sign that the PAP’s disastrous immigration policy has been peeving off many Singaporeans and that its leaders remain oblivious to its negative impact on the people, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean was asked point-blank by a NUS student on the reason behind being so many foreigners in Singapore lately during a NUS forum yesterday.
To the dismay of the audience, instead of addressing the issue proper, Mr Teo dismissed it with the customary PAP rhetoric that Singapore has always kept a “tight lid” on immigration and that foreigners are increasing in numbers because “there are many more people who want to live and work here.”
It appears that Mr Teo is ignorant of a Gallup poll done last year which revealed that the top three emigration destination for college students in China are United States, France and South Korea. Singapore was not even featured in the top five.
The foreigners are increasing in numbers not because they are flocking to Singapore but because the PAP is desperately mass importing them over.
Unlike other countries like Australia and Canada, immigrants do not have to pass a compulsory International English Test to work here with the end result that Singapore has been swarmed by large number of non-English speaking PRC nationals in recent years.
Mr Teo added that “those with criminal records or who cannot support themselves are kept out, while those who are given work passes can work here only for a limited period, and hold jobs that Singaporeans may eschew.”
Perhaps Mr Teo is not aware of the the Employment Pass Eligibility Certificate (EPEC) allows foreigners who are i) holders of selected university qualifications, or ii) current or former holders of selected skilled migrant visas to stay in Singapore for up to one year to facilitate their job search in Singapore.
These foreigners are competing directly with Singaporeans for jobs which can otherwise be taken up by them.
According to a recent Wall Street Journal editorial, the relentless influx of foreign workers has depressed the wages of ordinary Singaporeans, increased the cost of living and led to an overall decline in the standards of living.
Mr Teo said he was confident the Government could maintain immigration controls ‘at the correct settings’.
Based on his appalling answer above, how can he expect Singaporeans to have any confidence in the PAP?
To put it bluntly: the PAP has screwed up its immigration policies big time by bringing in too many foreigners within too short a period of time such that not only are we experiencing many problems with limited infrastructure but having difficulties in integrating all of them as well.
Instead of admitting its mistake and have a proper debate on immigration issues as Australia is doing now, the PAP chose to splurge $10 million dollars of taxpayers’ monies to cover up for its gross incompetence, ineptitude and impotence.
Unless Singaporeans vote out the PAP in the next general election, they will surely end up as second class minorities in their own country of birth at the rate the PAP is mass importing immigrants to perpetuate its political hegemony forever at the expense of true-bred Singaporeans.
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