Singapore Citizens a minority in SG labour market?

Demon Bane SG

Officials numbers just reported and lumped Citizens and pr in latest SG labour force :

SINGAPORE CITIZENS &

pr (non-citizens) 1,990,700

Foreigners 1,111,800

Total 3, 102 500

If we less oút the pr, we the Citizens already the minority operators in the SG economy wat..

Wahhh....that's not a good news....3Million !?!

Wiser SG

Malaysian PRs are best in terms of their trilingual skills and almost instant adaptation into SG society.

BBC just said that Canada took in 260,000 PRs last year alone in addition to its 31 m population but she is huge and SG is minute. The pap-led govt. is bent on taking more and more refusing to give an official cut-off point.

instant adaptation because they are also Chinese. The malaysians and malaysians PRs are also using Singapore as a stepping stone to earn money . $1 to $2.4 riggit. Work here better than back home. So many are still crossing the custom to return home after work. Do they take Singapore seriously as their country?

I see no difference between Malaysians FTs and the others from other nations.

qpicanto SG

Would like to think that FW from Burma simply dun fit in. They cannot speak any of the 4 SG official languages properly.

Demon Bane SG

Whether we like it or not, this policy of importing foreign talents will be active no matter what we think....so many jobs gone....local umemployment rate goes up !

killtheink SG

do you ppl even like your jobs? or your current profession?

Wiser SG

Now the Malaysians and M PRs are very unhappy with the China Nationals coming here to take up the employment pie from them.

Malaysians and M PRs have built so many landed houses back home from working here. Now it is the turn of Burmese, Mynmar, China, Thailand etc. China they dislike because China are also Chinese like them. More competition.

So many other nationalities are benefitting from the strong Spore $ here but not the average Singaporeans. We lose to exchange rate, we lose to the expensive costs of living in our own country and we lose to inflation. Other nationalities smiling wide.

qpicanto SG

Whether we like it or not, this policy of importing foreign talents will be active no matter what we think....so many jobs gone....local umemployment rate goes up !

The facade of the economic growth is increasingly driven a levy collection regme that serves to hide the most intense competition coming from the rising the power of B.R.I.C countries.

Demon Bane SG

The facade of the economic growth is increasingly driven a levy collection regme that serves to hide the most intense competition coming from the rising the power of B.R.I.C countries.

Our jobs are losing to foreigners....there's nothing we can do to stop the influx of foreign labour....

qpicanto SG

Indeed, local talent is facing intense salary competition from developing countries as the government is opening up more and more sectors to foreigners.

Wiser SG

well i guess soon Singaporeans will be going to China to work.

There will be Singaporeans maids and Singaporean brides as foreign brides.

qpicanto SG

Within a generation after thousands of maids and healthcare workers 'exported' from pinoyland to SG, many of their dependents now grew up and having educated at a much lower cost base are coming to SG as a second wave to grab jobs.

Demon Bane SG

Is it becos of cheaper labour or is it becos of not enough talents? One way or the other the foreigners are growing in numbers.....

qpicanto SG

Need not differentiate them anyway... One moment holding a wp permit next moment a bluc ic... They are FWs.

Wiser SG

pinoy worked 9 years can afford to buy a studio apartment in Singapore liao.

China Nationals laggi better, all buying resale expensive flats.

Singaporeans ? only those who have their parents' flats long long time ago can still have a roof easily. The new generation i can't imagine. Will be very tough.

Wiser SG

the Indian nationals from India just jump from Singapore to the USA. That's their dreamland.

Junyang700 SG

Now the Malaysians and M PRs are very unhappy with the China Nationals coming here to take up the employment pie from them.

this one i can really say.. a lot of malaysians complaining.. they have been replaced by cheaper foreigners...

some of them are actually moving back to malaysia to look for a job.. as the rental here is getting too high, making it unattractive for them to work here. even if paid more, end up paying more for transport/food/rental of room.... end up getting lesser than back in malaysia....

Junyang700 SG

the Indian nationals from India just jump from Singapore to the USA. That's their dreamland.

most prcs oso same thing.. especially those in the middle class... those super rich just want speculate in property... the middle class scholars are taking us as a transit point.

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