1) INTRODUCE EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS of Citizens
a) min wage or higher salary
b) Tax relief for companies and organisations wiling to employ
the above group.
More PRs or work permit holder will try to get citizenship
compared to those on work permit or PR.
More people for NS
Let me put it in simple terms for you what the above means:
A. Minimum wage or higher salary - a higher salary means
increased overhead costs for a company which seeks profit. It also
hits the smaller local companies. Who do you think they will pass
the costs on to? Tax relief is going to do sh*t all for small to
medium enterprises. So when your grocery prices go up and hawker
food prices shoot up, don't come crying.
Furthermore on a global scale, why would a company want to
invest in a small country with no resources except human and a
natural harbour when they can go to China or India to LOWER their
costs resulting in a HIGHER profit?
Then with higher salaries, it means the older and more
experienced workers will be paid more. To cut them off, the
companies will target them for retrenchment because older workers
do cost more in terms of using benefits (like health/dental).
Your older workers will be discriminated again. To protect
themselves, they do not teach the next generation of workers and
the more experienced ones with a nest egg will try to migrate out
or retire without passing their skills onto the next
generation.
So how would you tackle this problem?
B. Do you think most of the PRs will stick around for
citizenship?Some are jumping to other countries like UK
./USA/Australia. Singapore acts as a stopover for them.