singapore is a developed country which offers the best pay a
third world country can offer.
our fresh graduates are paid peanuts as compared to graduates of
the US, US, Japan etc. starting pay of above SGD$1800 as oppose to
US$2.5k-3k.
here, 9-10 hours workdays are common, with very little to show
for their hardwork, and it certainly doesn't help that not only
that their pay is shrinking, their working hours are also getting
longer and longer, with prices of things rising faster and
faster.
the economic situation and the political situation are
stiffling, and that you can't really seek a political solution to
handle your economic problems, well, i guess most of you probably
know what i am talking about, given the state of the opposition
currently.
yes, the government may show statistics about GDP, and avg
capita growth. but at the end of the day, they are just stats and
does not accurately reflect the majority of the people in
singapore. look at the straits time classified. how many jobs are
there with pay above $2000? above $2500?
most of the job offerings are offering $1000++ salary. so what
if the government is able to create so many of these low quality
jobs? at the end of the day, it is still not worthwhile for
singaporeans to slog for meagre pay which couldn't even support
their family. not that these jobs are taxing though. some pay as
little as $3.50 per hour, for 12 hours of work. can anyone of you,
support your family with that meagre pay? (assuming family of 8; 2
kids, wife, yourself, in-laws and parents.)
not only do singaporeans find their employment opportunities
taken away by foreigners, the presence of large numbers
of cheap foreign talent also spoil market, depressing wages
artificially, and this is the result of lax immigration
policies.
the aim of importing foreign talents was originally to
supplement our economy, to fill in positions
we have labour shortage in. it was not to "complement",
where they compete locals for jobs, when we already have plenty of
surplus labour around.
all i see is that the ministers are always asking why
singaporeans are so discontent with the economy when they have
afterall, created so many jobs. imo, they are out of touch with
reality, leeching off their mulit-million salaries, of which is
fully borned by taxpayers, unable to connect with the fact
that many of these jobs are not viable for anyone to support their
family. earning millions, how could they understand the hardship of
those earning only thousands?
That's the reality you'll never see in any Singapore media so the
average Singaporean will continue to live thinking that the PAP is
a good government.