during the 60s, Bankers are Sinkies, banks jaga are Babu Singh but now

[winnipegjets]

JP morgan is not a sinkie co. They have every rights to employ any nationalities/race. During the course of my work i also notice alot of sinkie company employing non sinkie citizens too. So can u blame the company?

No company has a right to freely hire foreigner if the government put interests of citizens first.

PAP government makes it so easy for business to hire foreigners when there are ample sinkees that could do the job.

Make business pay - like paying an extra 100 percent of the wages to a fund for sinkees - more to hire foreigners would be a good start. And make the foreigners pay levies to a fund for sinkees. Business can hire foreigners but it is not going to be cheaper than hiring a sinkee.

 

[winnipegjets]

I was replying to winnipig questioning why cant sinkies be paid same. If ur a boss of a co. How do u chose ur applicant? Base on race, nationality or qualification/experience? I am just speaking in general.

It is pure bs that no sinkee could do the work that this Ah Neh is doing.

 

[whoami]

It is pure bs that no sinkee could do the work that this Ah Neh is doing.

Maybe HR prefer someone who can speak tamil/hindi instead of Mandarin.

 

[whoami]

No company has a right to freely hire foreigner if the government put interests of citizens first.

Ehhh....even sinkie co also employed FTs, no?

 

[Pinkieslut]

Bankers are CECAs

Sinkies are taxi and PHV drivers

sorry Sinkies are never ever bankers.

in 60s Bankers are AMDKs and those rich Towkays (like Tan Kah Kee) who are from rich land owning families in China (owners of capital).

sinkies have always been peasants and nobody.

 

[syed putra]

Nowaday even Deepavali got fireworks ... CNY no have.

CNY two days off ok!

 

[syed putra]

Yes that time ramlee was not yet a burger.

He made a mistake cause he died a pauper. If he had gone into the burger trade....
P ramleemade a mistake of becoming a malaysian. He returned only to be spurned. Nobody wanted him as a actor nor singer.

 

[whoami]

He made a mistake cause he died a pauper. If he had gone into the burger trade....
P ramleemade a mistake of becoming a malaysian. He returned only to be spurned. Nobody wanted him as a actor nor singer.

Sudah di takdir. Btw tat time no MacD.

 

[Froggy]

I don't like jobs that pay only $2k a month. I want jobs that pay $7.5k a month with minimum 2 months bonsu. That's the offer Ah Nehs get. Why not sinkees?

If you don’t like job that pays $2k then security guard job is not suitable for you. And if you like that ahneh job that pays $7.5k with 2 months bonus then you ought to go look for that job, no ones stopping you.

This is how I ended up as a screw salesman because I wanted the a job that pays me like a screw salesman.

 

[hofmann]

Ehhh....even sinkie co also employed FTs, no?

Monkey see monkey do. Who opened the floodgates to cheap foreign labour? TLCs, GLCs. SMEs simply riding on the bandwagon.

Why need cheap labour? Coz rentals so high.

Why rentals so high? Asset enhancement scheme, and so many REITs.

Why so many REITs? Rent seeking behaviour supplanting true Enterprise for easy returns to fund our gov.

Why need easy returns to fund our gov? Coz direct taxes too low and wasteful gov spending too high.

In theory, low direct taxes and multiple streams of indirect taxes makes sense... Pay indirect taxes as you consume.

Our contributing-back-to-society elites led us into this big mess. Yes we are good at planning 30 years ahead, but we have neglected the needs and suffering of the people today, here and now. The single party system has destroyed the natural balance of the Westminster system - which balances the future needs with immediate needs.

 

[whoami]

Monkey see monkey do. Who opened the floodgates to cheap foreign labour? TLCs, GLCs. SMEs simply riding on the bandwagon.

Why need cheap labour? Coz rentals so high.

Why rentals so high? Asset enhancement scheme, and so many REITs.

Why so many REITs? Rent seeking behaviour supplanting true Enterprise for easy returns to fund our gov.

Why need easy returns to fund our gov? Coz direct taxes too low and wasteful gov spending too high.

In theory, low direct taxes and multiple streams of indirect taxes makes sense... Pay indirect taxes as you consume.

Our contributing-back-to-society elites led us into this big mess. Yes we are good at planning 30 years ahead, but we have neglected the needs and suffering of the people today, here and now. The single party system has destroyed the natural balance of the Westminster system - which balances the future needs with immediate needs.

Yes! U sum it all. Frankly i would also employ a foreigner. Poor sinkies still in slumberland. Haiz.....

 

[hofmann]

Yes! U sum it all. Frankly i would also employ a foreigner. Poor sinkies still in slumberland. Haiz.....

SMEs have "no choice" but to hire foreigners coz:

1. If not can't compete against TLC and GLC
2. Rents too high to pay higher salaries to local pink ICs, so pay low salaries to cheap foreigners instead.

Yes our direct taxes are low, but indirect "taxes" like high rentals (coz gov is biggest landlord in town) are killing our cost competitiveness.

In theory, its good that gov has alternate funding sources like rental income, COEs etc. But the knock on effects are to squeeze the electorate dry. And what is the gov/TLC/GLC doing with all the money they collect? Investing it overseas with pathetically low returns.

How is this benefiting the masses? I have no clue. GST vouchers? Pathetic. Workfare supplement? Pathetic (and against WTO rules if anyone bothers to check.)

I don't see jobs being created for locals from all their overseas investments and trade agreements like CECA. But lots of jobs being created for foreigners in Singapore (cf resident vs non-resident employment rates.) It's extremely illogical what they are doing yet they persist.

 

[whoami]

SMEs have "no choice" but to hire foreigners coz:

1. If not can't compete against TLC and GLC
2. Rents too high to pay higher salaries to local pink ICs, so pay low salaries to cheap foreigners instead.

Yes our direct taxes are low, but indirect "taxes" like high rentals (coz gov is biggest landlord in town) are killing our cost competitiveness.

In theory, its good that gov has alternate funding sources like rental income, COEs etc. But the knock on effects are to squeeze the electorate dry. And what is the gov/TLC/GLC doing with all the money they collect? Investing it overseas with pathetically low returns.

How is this benefiting the masses? I have no clue. GST vouchers? Pathetic. Workfare supplement? Pathetic (and against WTO rules if anyone bothers to check.)

I don't see jobs being created for locals from all their overseas investments and trade agreements like CECA. But lots of jobs being created for foreigners in Singapore (cf resident vs non-resident employment rates.) It's extremely illogical what they are doing yet they persist.

Yes. I shortlisted all the applicants....FTs as well as sinkies for our clients. Shortlisted sinkies not many cos expected salaries and experiences doesnt match. Passed it to Boss. No prize for guessing who got the job.

 

[hofmann]

Yes. I shortlisted all the applicants....FTs as well as sinkies for our clients. Shortlisted sinkies not many cos expected salaries and experiences doesnt match. Passed it to Boss. No prize for guessing who got the job.

Likewise. For the same salary, my pink IC works 4 day week. My WP holder works 6 day week.

But I dont fault my pink IC, he needs the time for a 2nd job to achieve his desired standard of living, while my WP holder can live comfortably on the same salary and probably retire to a nice landed property when he finally goes back home.

And did I mention exhorbitant rents?