There are quite a number of new TDs or those taking
TDVL are new citizen of Singapore from China,
philipines and malaysia.
ICA gives away new citizenships are mainly for
those who are well educated, able to contribute to the singapore
economy and society, but today, you see them becoming TDs, what
does that imply?
If new citizens today become TD of Singapore, why need to get
degrees holders who hold mangerial position to quailify as a
criteria to be a Citizen of Singapore. Just call in their
countries’ Taxi driver can already…tio bo?
With regards to these Pinoy maids and all these PRs, they are
the same as us, 10 TDs, 10 asshole characters, so dun believe in
them too much. Most can say heaven and got many money here and
there, and that their goods are cheaper in their countries, but to
be frank, most of them are suffering too.
They were deemed as needed by the country and were granted
Singapore Citizenship. However, like Singaporeans, they are
not immune to retrenchment. TD is also a backup job for
them if they give up their original citizenship. Our Stanford
PhD TD Dr Cai Ming Jie is the best example. However he has
returned back to China and is now working as a General Manager
at Hongye
Innovative Antibody Technologies according to Wikipedia.
Third world country workers if they are able to save money in
Singapore should go back home happilly since cost of living back
home is higher. Many Malaysians are happy to live in JB and
work in Singapore since they could be with their folks, enjoy
benefits of having a car and save a lot since money converted back
to Ringgit is very favourable. If they rent in Singapore, a
substantial part of their salary would go to rental so they rather
spend more time on the road. Many working in factories work
only 3-4 days a week (12-hour shift) as their employers calculated
already and do not want to pay overtime rates to get them to work
longer hours. So they are also very happy since they have 3-4
rest days per week. However those working in Malaysia
(especially JB) and earning Ringgits are suffering as prices of
some foreign goods went up due to Ringgit depreciation. Many
employers of foreign workers pay for their lodging too (eg SMRT bus
drivers from China) so those foreign workers would go back home
happilly too unless they do not save money that they earned.
Those foreign workers from 1st World Countries like USA,
Japan and UK if they get retrenched here could still go back home
to become TDs where they charge a lot higher taxi fares should they
be unable to find a better job back home.
