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Sentosa IR hiring card dealers in Taiwan
February 8, 2010 by admin
According to a Straits Times report today, Resort World Sentosa (RWS) will be hiring 150 card dealers in Taiwan who are expected to be paid around $1,800 monthly.
The advertisement was posted on Taiwan’s 1111 Job Bank website.
RWS spokesman Robin Goh told the Straits Times that RWS remained “highly committed” to hiring locals as its priority which includes both citizens and PRs.
About 70 per cent of the nearly 7,000 staff on RWS’s payroll are locals. The quoted figure is irrelevant as it does not give an exact breakdown of the percentage of Singapore citizens.
Foreign workers can be fast-tracked to become Singapore PRs within a year under the Landed-residence scheme which allows them up to two years to secure a job in Singapore as well as the “in-principal” PR scheme for Hong Kongers and Taiwanese, granting them PRs before they even set foot on Singapore.
Mr Goh pointed out that it was “a challenge to recruit locals with certain skill-sets such as those needed for the running of a casino and a world-class theme park” and “locals might also shun some jobs,” repeating an often said argument by PAP leaders on why Singapore still needs large number of foreign workers.
“As a result, foreign talent and workers have been hired to complement our staff strength and to help facilitate the transfer of knowledge and skills to our local hires,” he added.
It is not known what special knowledge and skills a card dealer requires. With an attractive monthly salary of $1,800, Singaporeans are unlikely to shun it.
Mr Goh did not explain why RWS has to go all the way to Taiwan to recruit foreigners to fill the job vacancies when he can easily fill them with Singaporeans (not locals).
Besides Taiwanese, RWS has also been actively recruiting Malaysians and Filipinos to man its casino in Singapore.
Philipines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said in April last year that RWS will open about 5,000 new jobs for Filipinos. She had sent a delegation to Singapore to explore possible job opportunities for migrant Filipino and they went to discuss available slots for Filipino workers such as workers for hotels, casinos and performers with Tan Hee Teck, CEO of RWS. (read report here)
Coincidentally, HDB had allocated two entire blocks of rental flats in Toa Payoh to house foreign workers of RWS while some homeless Singaporeans have to sleep in make-shift tents in parks. The nationality of these workers is not known.
The ruling party has come under increasing public criticism for its lax labor policies on foreign workers.
Despite widespread frustration, resentment and anger on the ground, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said last week that the government will not reverse its “foreign talent” policy. In fact, the number of foreigners may actually increase in the next few years.
For the sake of clarity and transparency, RWS should reveal the exact numbers of Singapore citizens on its payroll for Singaporeans to judge for themselves if it is really committed to hiring Singaporeans. (not locals which includes PRs).
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/02/08/sentosa-ir-hiring-card-dealers-in-taiwan/
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/02/08/sentosa-ir-hiring-card-dealers-in-taiwan/
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/02/08/sentosa-ir-hiring-card-dealers-in-taiwan/
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February 8, 2010 by admin
According to a Straits Times report today, Resort World Sentosa (RWS) will be hiring 150 card dealers in Taiwan who are expected to be paid around $1,800 monthly.
The advertisement was posted on Taiwan’s 1111 Job Bank website.
RWS spokesman Robin Goh told the Straits Times that RWS remained “highly committed” to hiring locals as its priority which includes both citizens and PRs.
About 70 per cent of the nearly 7,000 staff on RWS’s payroll are locals. The quoted figure is irrelevant as it does not give an exact breakdown of the percentage of Singapore citizens.
Foreign workers can be fast-tracked to become Singapore PRs within a year under the Landed-residence scheme which allows them up to two years to secure a job in Singapore as well as the “in-principal” PR scheme for Hong Kongers and Taiwanese, granting them PRs before they even set foot on Singapore.
Mr Goh pointed out that it was “a challenge to recruit locals with certain skill-sets such as those needed for the running of a casino and a world-class theme park” and “locals might also shun some jobs,” repeating an often said argument by PAP leaders on why Singapore still needs large number of foreign workers.
“As a result, foreign talent and workers have been hired to complement our staff strength and to help facilitate the transfer of knowledge and skills to our local hires,” he added.
It is not known what special knowledge and skills a card dealer requires. With an attractive monthly salary of $1,800, Singaporeans are unlikely to shun it.
Mr Goh did not explain why RWS has to go all the way to Taiwan to recruit foreigners to fill the job vacancies when he can easily fill them with Singaporeans (not locals).
Besides Taiwanese, RWS has also been actively recruiting Malaysians and Filipinos to man its casino in Singapore.
Philipines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said in April last year that RWS will open about 5,000 new jobs for Filipinos. She had sent a delegation to Singapore to explore possible job opportunities for migrant Filipino and they went to discuss available slots for Filipino workers such as workers for hotels, casinos and performers with Tan Hee Teck, CEO of RWS. (read report here)
Coincidentally, HDB had allocated two entire blocks of rental flats in Toa Payoh to house foreign workers of RWS while some homeless Singaporeans have to sleep in make-shift tents in parks. The nationality of these workers is not known.
The ruling party has come under increasing public criticism for its lax labor policies on foreign workers.
Despite widespread frustration, resentment and anger on the ground, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said last week that the government will not reverse its “foreign talent” policy. In fact, the number of foreigners may actually increase in the next few years.
For the sake of clarity and transparency, RWS should reveal the exact numbers of Singapore citizens on its payroll for Singaporeans to judge for themselves if it is really committed to hiring Singaporeans. (not locals which includes PRs).
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/02/08/sentosa-ir-hiring-card-dealers-in-taiwan/
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/02/08/sentosa-ir-hiring-card-dealers-in-taiwan/
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/02/08/sentosa-ir-hiring-card-dealers-in-taiwan/
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