PM Lee: Singaporeans should thank foreigners for keeping their jobs !!

[Avantas]

“Participants are afraid that foreigners may take away jobs amidst the economic downturn.”

- Channel News Asia

“If we just send away the foreign workers now, it will do us harm, because the company already in difficulty and they hire half foreign workers, half Singaporeans and you tell them foreign workers must go out, you take Singaporeans, its cost may go up and the company may close. And if the company closes, even the half who now have jobs may lose their jobs.”

- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

With inflation running at all time high coupled the absence of a minimal wage and social safety net to protect retrenched workers, unskilled, blue-collared workers will be the hardest hit.

In a completely free job market, locals which cost more due to CPF contributions from the employers will invariably lose out to low-cost foreign labor for companies struggling to keep their overheads low during difficult times like this.

Read full article and watch video of PM Lee's words here:

http://wayangparty.com/2008/11/08/p...-thankful-to-foreigners-for-giving-them-jobs/

 

[PissNPiss]

Loong: when you bought Minibond or high note 5, you shd hold the responsibility whatever the outcome. The same when you voted for my team during the GE and you have to agree whatever policies we implement.

 

[makapaaa]

The alternative is for the Familee to reduce their sucking efficiency to help the "struggling" companies, right? How much is the Familee making from FTrash levy? And mind you, this govt is not paid peanuts and instead, it's the BEST PAID in the world and its solution is to fire Sporns and keep foreigners while making Sporns serve ant and giving FTrash freebies? Only FOOLS will buy such b.s. and continue to vote for them regardless.

 

[congo9]

“Participants are afraid that foreigners may take away jobs amidst the economic downturn.”

- Channel News Asia

“If we just send away the foreign workers now, it will do us harm, because the company already in difficulty and they hire half foreign workers, half Singaporeans and you tell them foreign workers must go out, you take Singaporeans, its cost may go up and the company may close. And if the company closes, even the half who now have jobs may lose their jobs.”

- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

With inflation running at all time high coupled the absence of a minimal wage and social safety net to protect retrenched workers, unskilled, blue-collared workers will be the hardest hit.

In a completely free job market, locals which cost more due to CPF contributions from the employers will invariably lose out to low-cost foreign labor for companies struggling to keep their overheads low during difficult times like this.

Read full article and watch video of PM Lee's words here:

http://wayangparty.com/2008/11/08/p...-thankful-to-foreigners-for-giving-them-jobs/

SO , WHAT IS THERE FOR TRUE BLUE SINGAPROEAN ? Keep upgrading ? How long can you go upgrading ? How fast you can upgrade ? How hard can you work ?

 

[chinkangkor]

Retrenching foreign workers could incur much higher costs than S'poreans as they are employed on contract basis and needed to be sent back to their countries.

 

[singveld]

yes now we even have to thank them for losing our job.
this gov have lost it's plot completely.
we need to get Obama to bring pressure to them. to renegotiate the free trade agreement.
to fine singapore banks for money laundering
and freeze all money of temask.

with this happen. change can happen.

 

[NissanViP]

The alternative is for the Familee to reduce their sucking efficiency to help the "struggling" companies, right? How much is the Familee making from FTrash levy? And mind you, this govt is not paid peanuts and instead, it's the BEST PAID in the world and its solution is to fire Sporns and keep foreigners while making Sporns serve ant and giving FTrash freebies? Only FOOLS will buy such b.s. and continue to vote for them regardless.

I'm sure everyone one of us knew about it, it just that some fucktard singaporean allow LKY to screw their asses and believe in "Golden Period".

 

[chinkangkor]

May be companies should retrench PRs first since they are non-citizens.

 

[DerekLeung]

I sure Obama will kick the Lee Family Regime !

Last we heard Lee Father and Son supported McCain !

Now the father must have drop his dentures and his son having recuring constipation !