SINGAPORE: Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said that the
government should be open to all ideas, including those proposed by
other political parties.
This was in response to the opposition Workers'
Party's (WP) Population Policy Paper released on
Saturday.
Dr Ng, who was at a community event, said there are
three great challenges facing Singapore.
These include maintaining a strong Singaporean core, encouraging
Singaporeans to get married and have more children and
infrastructure planning.
Dr Ng said he welcomed more ideas from various groups such as
political parties, civic groups or ordinary Singaporeans as these
will benefit the people here.
He cautioned that these ideas should be 'workable'.
Dr Ng said: "If you slow down foreign workers, SMEs go bust and
Singaporeans lose their jobs, they are not trivial problems. They
are real problems. So how do you solve, things like that. I'm
afraid there won't be any magic bullet. It is not so easy, these
are real challenges."
- CNA/fa
AGAIN THESE PEOPLE ARE MISSING ALL PRATICAL TOUCH ON THE
GROUND!
IF WE NOW HAVE SAY TOTAL 10 SMES COMPANY IN SINGAPORE - THEY
OPERATING WITH WHAT? SAY 100 FOREIGN WORKERS EACH. SO THEY GET
THEIR WORKERS KAOPEH WHAT! WHEN 10 OUT OF THE 100 PER COMPANY THEIR
PERMIT EXPIRES, OF COURSE THEY CAN APPLY TO MOM TO GET 10 NEW ONES
IN LAH! BUT THE 10 PERMIT EXPIRE ONE IF THE SMES COMPANY DONT WANNA
KEEP THEM ANYMORE THEY GO OUT!
SO WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH GAHMEN TIGHTENING FOREIGN CHEAP
LABORS! THOSE STATEMENTS ARE THEY GAHEMN THEMSELVES COOK UP TO
SCARE PUBLIC 1. OF COURSE IF THE SMES ARE WORRIED THAT IF THEY ASK
FOR 10 MORE REDUNDANT LABOR THEY DONT GET IT THAT IS THEIR
PROBLEM.
THE REASON WHY LOTS OF PEOPLE DONT JON LOCAL BOSSES SMES ARE
BECASUE THEY ARE NOT READY TO GIVE BACK TO SOCIETY AFTER REAP THE
PROFITS FROM LOW LABOR WAGES GETTIG FOREIGN LABOR. THAT'S ALL.
SO IF YOU ARE EXPENDING SMES BUSINESS AND NEED WORKERS, WORK
WITH MOM. OTEHRWIS EI THINK MOM SHOULD EXFORE A STRUICTLER RULE TO
ONLY HIRE SAY 3 LOCAL WORKER THEN YOU CAN HIRE 1 FOREIGN WORKER.
PART TIME LOCAL ALSO CAN.
SEE THIS VERY SENIOR MINISTER - ANYHOW SAY THINGS TO FRIEGHTEN
US AS IF WE DOT KNOW THE MARKET ARH!
UNLESS YOU EXPENDING YOUR SME BUSINESS AND NEED MORE
WORKERS YOU LOCAL BOSSES KAOPEH WHAT?
FOR THOSE VERY SMALL BUSINESS ONE ONLY HAVE ONE OR TWO WORKER TO
RUN YOUR STALL WHAT IS THE DIFFERNT IN A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS
DIFIERNCE IN WAGES WHEN YOU GIRE A LOCAL AGAINST A FOREIGNER? LIKE
FOREIGNER ALSO VERY CHEAP MEH? YOU ALSO HAVE TO PAY THE BALANCE
SALARY SHARE AS TAXES TO GAHMEN.
