You are all over the place hitting at stones and even your own feet!
Cheaper labour is the term to use. Secondly, cheaper labour from 3rd world countries is used in certain industries in first world countries. However, cheaper labour is not allowed into first world countries in the numbers or percentages of the workforce that the PAP has allowed into Singapore.
Further, the industries that these cheaper foreign labour is allowed into are those industries where Singaporeans have experience and education in and which many have been performing well in for many years of their lives. But due to the incesssant influx of cheaper foreign labour, Singaporeans are seen as a more expensive alternative.
Finally, why did the PAP government allow jobs to be part of an FTA? Jobs are not a service or a good which can be traded. What is the rationale for such an addition when it is clear that it would result in a loss of jobs for Singaporeans and lower wages as the industries react to the easy availability of cheaper labour.
Then the PAP asks its workers to work cheaper, faster, better when the PAP itself created this problem of lower wages and even loss of jobs.
The PAP government is empowered by the people to work and to provide for its citizens. How have the FTAs helped Singaporeans? Which other FTA allows foreigners from 3rd world countries free entry into Singapore?
When the PAP government signed these FTAs, were Singaporeans consulted or warned of the negative impacts these FTAs may have? Why does the PAP government see it fit to only provide positive messages when it is clear that almost everything has a double-edged sword.
The cheaper, better and faster messages to the citizens were only transmitted recently but the inflow of cheaper white collar foreign workers has been happening for a long time.
If the government knew, it must have known, of the consequences then why has it not done anything of substance to alleviate the problem? Why were citizens not provided with the required training earlier and only after the problem exacerbated?
And which training programmes is GY talking about. Let's be specific. Which programmes is he talking about and who are the targets for these courses. How much do the courses costs? Are foreign workers also allowed to take the courses? What kind of cost advantage does the Singaporean have over a foreign worker in attending the course? Would companies obtain similar advantages if they paid the course fees for these foreign workers?
How much are these courses and can an out of job Singaporean have sufficient funds to pay for these courses? Are these courses also available anywhere else and what are their costs? Who is the training provider and what kind of competence does the trainer have relative to similar courses provided else where?
You should have enough to humtum GY. DOn't use all at one go but give him enough to keep him busy and to fall over his own feet.
Keep some to humtum his replies. Improve on them with more stats.
