Temasek Review - January 21, 2010
Written by Our
Correspondent
A 33 year old PRC lady by the name of Cao Yan was jailed 4 weeks
for drinking naked with clients in a KTV lounge, said a report in
Lianhe Wanbao.
Cao came to Singapore in October 2007 to work as a manager in
the marketing department of a construction company.
She claimed on her resume that she graduated with a Bachelor
degree in industrial management from China’s Nanchang
University.
However, investigations revealed that she had never studied at
Nanchang University.
It is not known how the Singapore-based construction company was
hoodwinked by her fake certificate to employ her.
Cao was caught in 2008 during a police raid to be drinking with
a client in a KTV lounge completely naked, thereby contravening the
Public Nuisance and Miscellaneous Act.
In her plea, Cao said that she was “drunk” during that time and
did not know that her “friend” had stripped her.
Wanbao did not reveal if Cao is a Singapore PR or new
citizen.
Cao’s case is not uncommon in Singapore. There are number of PRC
women who came here on social visit or study pass, but end working
as hostess in KTV lounges or freelance prostitutes plying their
trade along the narrow alleys of Geylang which has since become a
mini “China”.
Quite surprisingly, some of these women are able to obtain
Singapore PRs and citizenships relatively easily.
The media is abound with stories of PRC construction workers,
masseurs, cleaners and prostitutes who became Singapore PRs and
citizens.
As Cao worked as a mid-level manager, she should have no
problems getting a Singapore PR.
Questions must be raised on why her company chose to employ a
foreigner instead of a local.
After all, leaders from the ruling party kept insisting that
foreigners are needed to take up jobs shunned by Singaporeans and a
manager in the marketing department is a job few Singaporeans will
reject so long the pay is reasonable.
Perhaps Cao was valued not for her “managerial” skills, but her
“talent” for drinking naked with men.