Illegal Foreign Talents jailed for 2 weeks for lying to MOM

[Eurekas]

Should jail these illegal foreign talents for a longer period in order to reduce the number of illegal immigrants. Wonder the lax laws on foreign talents have on Singapore... More crime rates, more food poisoning, more accidents and worse health care services

29 foreign workers jailed for lying to Manpower Ministry
By Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 23 April 2009 1722 hrs


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SINGAPORE: Twenty-nine foreign workers in the marine industry were sentenced on Thursday to two weeks’ jail for lying to the Manpower Ministry.

The workers were employed by San's Marine Engineering, Han's Marine and K7 Engineering.

The court was told that in September last year, the workers told ministry officers they were illegally sent to work as construction workers and public housing cleaners.

Investigations later revealed they had actually gone for training during that period.

The ministry said the workers admitted that they had lied in order to receive special passes to remain in Singapore.

They also told ministry officers they had not been paid full salaries for several months and that there were also unauthorised salary deductions made by the employers.

MOM intervened in October 2008, and the companies had since paid their workers. The payments included wages owed during the training period, and the sums that had been deducted.

Under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, anyone who provides false or misleading information may be fined up to S$15,000 or jailed up to 12 months, or both.

 

[wuqi256]

They are watching, every day. I see them, watching our ladies whether young or old. Watching and loitering near ATM machines in places like Woodlands, Yishun and Sembawang. You can feel them watching, waiting.

My friend was driving the other day along Sembawang way and just stopped at a traffic light when we saw a FT standing behind a pillar watching a lady draw money, the way he was standing was very weird as he was peeking at her from behind the pillar. My friend pressed the horn once but this seems to startled him greatly. He then took off running.

Something needs to be done soon, either house them properly in a dormitory with supervision or send them back quickly. With increasingly larger amount of unemployed foreign workers here as the economy worsens, its a crime waiting to happen.

These people incur huge debts to come to Singapore, borrowing from family, selling their land and even getting money from loan sharks. Now those that either got cheated or retrenched will have to go home soon to the waiting loansharks. Given their desperate status, especially if they were cheated and if no one helps them, they would take it out on the "people" that had cheated them, in this case, the locals. Us.

If this continues, Singapore will be the next JB very soon.
Our golden period will turn into a bloody period.

 

[cunnosieur]

PROFILE OF DA JI BOR

Jan. 2002 – Dec. 2005 Bank of China, Singapore Branch


Account Relationship Manager – Corporate Banking Department

 Liaise with arrangers on syndication loans deals;
 Information gathering, assessing and analysing of macro economy, industry, multinational corporates etc.
 Prepare and present of credit proposals;
 Prepare annual review reports for existing portfolios;
 Draft various reports to Head Office;
 Draft, edit and finalise credit manual of the department in Chinese (over 120 pages)
 Translate credit manual of the department into English.


Sep. 1998 - Dec. 2001 The Kwangtung Provincial Bank
Singapore Branch
(KPB merged with Bank of China since
1 Jan.2002)

Senior Officer – China Business Department

 to build and expand customer base;
 to minimise problem loan facilities, increased interest income by 30% within year of 1999;
 to go on business trips whenever necessary;
 handling perplexing projects which involved in legal procedures;
 to draft reports to Head Office;
 to communicate well with senior managers and junior staffs.

May 1994- Jul 1998 Robert W H Wang & Woo/ Raymond Tan & Co

China Project Supervisor cum Administrator

 to oversee the legal procedures related to China Property Projects and to provide useful and helpful information to the customers;
 to translante documents whenever necessary;
 to manage 5 supporting staffs;
 implemented on-the-job training for new staff.

Jan 1989–1992 Gansu Arts & Crafts Import & Export Corp. Lanzhou

International Trade Representative

 Attending international trading fair, travelling overseas and within territary of China to negoticate with clients and suppliers on sales and purchse terms;
 Expanded business to Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, European and Middle East market;
 Worked closely with suppliers to ensure the prompt shipment.

Sep. 1986–Dec. 1988 Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou

Assistant Lecturer

 Conducted essential English courses to 1-2nd year students and students from ethnic areas;
 Conducted training courses to secondary school teachers from rural areass.

EDUCATION
1982–1986 Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
B.A., English Language & Literature.

1990–1991 Gansu International Trade Institute, Lanzhou, China