Pritam Singh: misunderstandings over Ceca could have been nipped in the bud if Govt released more data earlier

[TerrexLee]

The misunderstandings and unhappiness over the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (Ceca) could have been addressed and nipped in the bud if the Government had released more information earlier, suggested Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh.


The Workers' Party chief made this point on Tuesday (July 6) during the debate after Health Minister Ong Ye Kung and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng gave ministerial statements on Singapore's free trade agreements and foreign manpower policies.


He noted that in 2016, fellow WP MP Leon Perera had asked the Manpower Minister for the number of intra-corporate transferees (ICTs) working in Singapore through Ceca.


The response was the ministry does not release data on the breakdown of foreign manpower by nationality.


In February, the Government disclosed that the number of ICTs working in Singapore was around 5 per cent of all employment pass (EP) holders, in response to Progress Singapore Party Non-Constituency MP Leong Mun Wai.


On Tuesday, Dr Tan revealed that ICTs from India accounted for 500 of the 4,200 transferees in 2020.


Said Mr Singh: "If this information had been made known earlier, it does occur to me whether a lot of the misunderstanding, the reaction we see on Ceca could have been addressed and actually nipped in the bud.


"And so I hope the Government understands that with more information, actually, we can hold the line better in terms of some of these discussions moving into a realm of xenophobia and so forth."

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[tanwahtiu]

The mass intake of India PMET has nothing to do with CECA...

It was about something Mega Super economy boom has arrived in year 2000 and beyond and needed hundreds of thousands tenants for the booming residential property investment.

Super economy boom never seen before and only happen once.... the I billion baby boomers investment in residential properties for passive income retirement package. Low bank interest rate for boomers afford to secure an investment property for their retirement, passive income.

Bank facilities, instrument, LOC, LVR, borrowing capacity, super low interest rate at below 6%, are all tailored made for boomers to afford to own an residential investment property.

Therefore Singapore is a small island and low population cannot produced enough people to rent properties. 80% of Singaporeans owned a HDB dwelling.

As such the tenant source has to come from overseas and India population fit the PAPimp to tap.

Good Indian PMETs are booked by 5 eye and Singapore is not their favourite destination, dictatorship.

Therefore PAP has to scoop the dirty, lousy and fake degrees type....

Since PAP owned 90% of Singapore businesses in GLC holdings, it is easy for PAP to offer them jobs in the learn as u earn program to tie them up for 4 years at most.

So ahnehs have to rent and their lucrative paypackaged offered by GLCs is mean for Condo with swimming pool type. Moving Indians away from locals HDB flats to Condo apartments will not caused conflict of interest to PAP hiring All Indians in DBS banking, nurses in Hospitals and IT workers in Chennai Business Park.

Clever BGs moved military concept.

So where shd we go from here?

How to stop PAP GLCs to employ India PMETs...?

Private sectors relied on PAP GLC contracts and purchasing. PAP main core of businesses is construction of HDB and private residential properties. Commercial properties does not make much for GLCs....

So how?

 

[syed putra]

Change ceca for tiongs and i bet nobody here would complain.

 

[mojito]

So case close arh LOTO? It was aaaaaaall a misunderstanding. Could have communicated better. That's it?

 

[cowbellc]

Govt release data eariler?
How could they when they did not even know what they are doing

 

[laksaboy]

Information or disinformation?

 

[Leckmichamarsch]

Change ceca for tiongs and i bet nobody here would complain.

goes without saying..............sg belongs to Xi

 

[rushifa666]

Now locak ah neh beat up chink. Got coverage?

 

[glockman]

This government has a habit of keeping things secret. They dislike sharing information which would allow us to understand our national issues better. They say that "knowledge is power", I can't help but feel that the government is so afraid and paranoid that the people would use this against them. One would've thought our top class government would've more confidence with their decisions and are proud of their performance.

 

[rushifa666]

This government has a habit of keeping things secret. They dislike sharing information which would allow us to understand our national issues better. They say that "knowledge is power", I can't help but feel that the government is so afraid and paranoid that the people would use this against them. One would've thought our top class government would've more confidence with their decisions and are proud of their performance.

A dictatorship is not governance.