PAPee Pig Blames Seagate Pullout on Sponrs. Acceptable?

[makapaaa]

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Challenges still lie ahead despite signs of economic recovery: Gan Kim Yong. -ST --></TD></TR><TR>

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</TD></TR><TR><TD class=content_subtitle align=left>Thu, Aug 06, 2009
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SEAGATE'S decision to lay off 2,000 workers at its hard-disk plant is a stark reminder to Singaporeans that 'we must not be prematurely optimistic' about an economic recovery, said Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong yesterday.
But at the same time, Singaporeans need not be disheartened by the news, he added, pointing to 25,000 job openings yet to be filled and the hiring blitz by the two integrated resorts in the coming months.
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 width=300 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD><SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="/static/ads/scripts/adsimu.js"></SCRIPT><!-- AdSpace 300X250 A1-STI IMU --><SCRIPT language=JavaScript1.1 type=text/javascript src="http://ads.asia1.com.sg/js.ng/site=tasiaonenews&sec=asiaonea1news&pagepos=1&size=300X250"></SCRIPT><NOSCRIPT></NOSCRIPT><!-- /AdSpace -->http://ads.asia1.com.sg/event.ng/Ty...=1&size=300X250&Redirect=http://www.razor.tv/</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Mr Gan's comments come 24 hours after the American multinational announced that 2,000 workers will be retrenched by the end of next year when its Ang Mo Kio plant is closed.
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[mscitw]

Minion Gan has his millions, despite his pretensions about helping peasants, he does not care a hoot. He is more interested in ensuring the merchants secure handsome profits using cheap labor (aka foreign imports) for the tax dollars. It is open secret that corporation pay more taxes than stupid peasants, hence the merchant friendly labor laws and practices.

Minion Gan knows his million dollar pay cheque is dependent on tax dollars will do all he can to ensure a healthy merchant caste.

Only in peasantpore.

 

[Ah Guan]

knn .... Manpower minister paid so highly yet 只会放马后炮!?

 

[johnny333]

Seagate created alot of other spin off jobs in Spore. More than 2,000 jobs is being loss

I was actually surprised that the local press is reporting this. I thought they had an embargo on stories about companies moving out of Spore.

Are there any harddrive manufacturers left in Spore

 

[yellow_people]

Seagate created alot of other spin off jobs in Spore. More than 2,000 jobs is being loss

I was actually surprised that the local press is reporting this. I thought they had an embargo on stories about companies moving out of Spore.

Are there any harddrive manufacturers left in Spore

Let's put it this way. Would you pay $500 for a made in Singapore hard disk???