This foreign talent thingy is a sensitive topic. But seriously,
if you are really strong, no one can bring you down. I believe RJC
brought up this issue because they see JJC as a major threat now in
the long run.
And I can only say they are smart to borrow this issue to worsen
the resentment here because everyone knows that this issue has been
debated for so many years already. So do you smell a hidden agenda
now? You guys decide. But that is politics already.
Kinda sad to see how a simple game, like any other sports,
driven by passion, dreams and glory, turned into something so
black, dirty and fugly.
And are you guys that unfeeling? Those foreign students are
humans too. All they want is a pleasant environment to study and
stuffs. Some of them came over without their parents. And most of
them cried to bed missing their homeland. It is not easy for them.
And before you wanna say things like nobody ask them to
come here what!, try to respect that courage they have to
leave everything behind to pursue their dreams in foreign lands
like here first. Because, I doubt so you have.
Apart from that, foreign talents promote competitions. So why
not we take up the challenge?
Singapore is a small city state. As of to date, we have 1
million strong work permit holders and growing (just work permit
alone). Far more than our combined SAF soldiering
forces.
Foreign Talent do not promote competion per se, as the PAP govt
wants you to believe. It is too simplisitic a view to be uphold as
a divine principle.
The whole idea of a country's competion is multi-faceted involving
functioning of the govt to economy dynaminism to cultural
attributes to population size to the people's ability to adapt and
adopt with time etc.
The reality of having this huge pool of foreigners is simply
because our population has been on the decline for the last 10 to
20 years.
With the race between HK and Sg to the finish line of zeroing
corporate taxation; and with the switching of tax structure
from direct to indrect, it makes good sense for our govt to
flood Sg with foreigners to collect expenditure revenue
tax.
We cannot have unlimited access to foreigners, without making us
feeling displace as a people and overwhelm by this foreign influx,
competing for limited resources of job, essentail services and
healthcare services.
