ST is absolutely right, however theres another point to make
here. I have to really admire how the gahment, through its
propaganda machine, is able to blur the lines and confuse the real
issues here.
Theres nothing wrong with hiring expats to bring about abilities
not present in Singapore, and I fully agree with that. However as
ST has said, what the gah'ment has done is to cheapen the value of
Singaporean citizenship and PR by allowing an influx of arguable
2nd rate low cost labour to supplant Singaporean workers to "make
Singapore more competitive", when it was their policies in the
first place that made Singapore and the Singaporean worker
uncompetitive. They are trying to reverse their initial policy
mistakes with a policy that alienates and trivialises Singaporeans.
The dissatisfaction Singaporeans feel is directed at this influx of
cheap 2nd rate foriegn labour, not the expats.
As usual, "Gah'ment make mistake, ordinary Singaporeans pay"
What the propaganda machine has done is to lump "expats" and "cheap
foreign labour masquerading as talent" together, and make it look
like our dissatifaction is being misdirected.
Smart, but I ain't buying...
