Good move by PAP to reach out

• Avfyrais satkäring

  8 Apr 10, 15:46

  PAP mass-recruiting Taiwanese PMETs by offering higher than market pay to lure them to work in Singapore

  In other countries, the governments will introduce measures to safeguard the livelihoods of locals by restricting the number of foreign migrant workers.

  It is the other way round in Singapore – the PAP opens the floodgates to allow the foreigners in to compete with Singaporeans directly for jobs which can otherwise be taken up by them. To add salt to the injury, it is playing an active role in “importing” foreigners while exhorting Singaporeans to be “cheaper, better and faster” at the same time.

  PAP leaders have been busy of late trying to defend its discriminatory immigration and labor policies against native Singaporeans. DPM Teo Chee Hean said on Monday at a NUS ministerial forum that the PAP has kept a “tight lid” on immigration.

  PAP MP and NTUC Deputy Secretary-General Madam Halimah Yacob claimed that according to her “counter-intuition”, it is not true that employers are hiring foreigners over Singaporeans:

  “Wise employers know they should look strictly at merit so that they get the best talent for the organisation.”

  [Source: Straits Times, 7 April 2010]

  The PAP is indeed a “wise” employer by spending Singapore taxpayers’ monies to go all the way to Taiwan to recruit their PMETs to replace Singaporeans.

  The China Times reported today that a Singapore government organization – Contact Singapore is mass recruiting thousands of Taiwanese PMETs in various fields such as healthcare, engineering and social media to fill up “vacancies” in Singapore. (read article here)

  Its officials had arrived in Taiwan yesterday and will be launching the recruitment exercise soon.

  As expected, the sensational news was censored in all the major Singapore papers out of fear of creating a public backlash against the PAP.

  Contact Singapore (è�”系新加å�¡) is an agency of the Singapore (PAP) government whose primary function is to draw people from around the world to work, invest and live in Singapore, with the ultimate aim of boosting economic development. It is an alliance of Singapore’s Economic Development Board and Ministry of Manpower.

  Contact Singapore has offices in the Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America. It partners Singapore-based employers and industry players to organise career fairs and networking sessions in cities across the world, and provide updates on career opportunities and various industry developments to individuals.

  [Source: Wikipedia]

  In other words, Contact Singapore is funded ENTIRELY by Singapore taxpayers to recruit foreign PMETs to compete directly with Singapore PMETs for limited jobs.

  According to the China Times article, Singapore is offering the Taiwanese salaries which is more than three times the market rate in Taiwan to lure them over to Singapore.

  The starting pay ranges from NT55,000 ($2,431) to NT66,000 ($2,917). Those with three to five years of experience can expect a starting pay of more than NT100,000 ($4,420) (1 Taiwanese dollar = S$0.0442)

  Besides PMETs, Singapore is also hiring creative designers in the cultural and arts realms who can command a starting salary of more than S$7,000.

  Why is the PAP bringing in so many Taiwanese PMETs into Singapore when these jobs can easily be taken up by Singaporeans? Are these jobs “shunned” by Singaporeans as proclaimed frequently by PAP leaders?

  Contact Singapore’s CEO Huang Xiujuan said there are about 50,000 to 60,000 Taiwanese in Singapore and they tend to integrate well into Singapore society due to similiarities in language and culture. The majority of Singapore Chinese are Hokkiens who spoke the same dialect as Taiwanese (Min-Nan).

  (And who is paying for Ms Huang’s airfare, lodging and meals in Taiwan when she goes about recruiting Taiwanese PMETs?)

  It is an open secret that the PAP has been trying desperately hard to lure Taiwanese and Hong Kongers to settle in Singapore.

  One Taiwanese reader wrote to us expressing his disbelief that upon applying to work in Canada, he was offered a Singapore PR immediately by the migration agency under the Landed PR scheme which gives Singapore PRs to foreigners who have never stepped foot on Singapore.

  “The agent kept selling Singapore to me and persuaded me to take up Singapore PR as the application for Canada work visa takes a long time. I refused. Singapore is not an attractive place at all. I rather stay put in Taiwan than to relocate to Singapore. At least it is a democracy here and we enjoy basic political freedoms. Who will be so stupid to bring up their children in a one-party dictatorship like Communist China? I know it is difficult to go to Canada, but I am willing to wait for 10, 20 and even 30 years to go there, otherwise I will just remain here,” he quipped, obviously not having a favorable impression of Singapore.

  Prospective immigrants should observe how the PAP government treats its own citizens first before deciding whether to take up Singapore citizenship.

  Under the PAP’s repressive rule, Singaporeans have no civil or political rights at all. We cannot criticize its leaders who are wont to sue for defamation; we cannot protest against its policies and neither can we vote them out of office as the electoral process is engineered to keep them in power forever.

  To those Taiwanese who are reading this, is this the kind of country you want to bring up your children in? Will you trade your human rights for a few hundreds dollars?

  Remember: if the PAP can so blatantly hire you to work in Singapore to make life miserable for native Singaporeans, it will be your turn one day too.

  TR April 8, 2010

• Avfyrais satkäring

  8 Apr 10, 15:57

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• Avfyrais satkäring

  8 Apr 10, 16:02

  Health care, technology, culture, creativity is the large star States to Taiwan to get people pay thousands of job openings more than 3 percent

  Updated:2010/04/08 03:00 Zhang Shuting / Taipei

  China Times �Zhang Shuting / Taipei】

   

  Singapore to Taiwan to recruit a large scale! Star Government designed to recruit professionals from overseas departments "linkSingapore"The officials Zuodi Taiwan pointed out that thousands of job openings has been released to the medical field as the bulk Moreover Star State is particularly bullish on Taiwan's technology industry, the cultural and creative industries, personnel quality, IC, animation and online game expertise This time it will beCareersOne of the main objectives. Treatment part of basic salary higher than Taiwan's average salary at least two or three.

   

  "Contact Singapore" is the only set by the government for overseas personnel dedicatedJobsWebsite in January this year, a new revision. Contact Singapore executive director HUANG Xiu-juan special visit to Taiwan yesterday that the country in recent years, satellite technology, manufacturing are quick to take off, but the manpower shortage, the urgent need to seek the reinforcement of foreign elite.

   

  HUANG Xiu-juan stressed that there are about 5 to 60,000 Taiwanese working in Singapore, because of language and culture similar to Taiwan in Star State has very strong ability to adapt.

   

  Moreover, the satellite industry and state officials are also quite sure that the process of Taiwan to cultivate talent and high quality, so the local government has called on the Taiwan people, to Singapore as a springboard to open an international perspective.

   

  She further pointed out that the "Contact Singapore" website to provide clean energy, precision industries, biotechnology and other industries and 18 industry profile job openings. Star State this year because there are at least three comprehensive government hospitals opened, the government estimated that within two years, will add 4,500 staff, including 1,000 recruited from overseas, so now the "Contact Singapore" in more than a thousand jobs , medical, nursing, pharmacists highest proportion of related work.

   

  As for the economic lifeline of Taiwan is considered the technology industry, market, according to Nov. 11 Job Bank information in the database that Taking â—‹ â—‹ å…«å¹´ fresh graduate engineer who, for example, Taiwan's starting salary is three, 40 thousand yuan However, the country star out of the starting salaryNT55,000 to 66,000 yuan, much of the work experience of three to five years, with more than 100,000 yuan monthly salary.

   

  HUANG Xiu-juan also bluntly, the solid foundation of Taiwan's technology industry, the most popular country star, currently the local area on the IC design talent, will only increase, not decrease, excluding performance bonuses and dividends, provide the industry this year would be treated better than in the past market.

   

  In addition to health care, industry, cultural and creative industries (such as animations, online games) is the wave of talent "to get people in war" focus. According to statistics, the lowest order of artistic creative personnel, animator, starting salary of about NT 4 to 50,000 yuan (Singapore dollars from 1800 to 2200) between; if three to five years work experience, salary, there NT 150 thousand yuan (RMB 7000 yuan in Singapore) or higher.

• Fallen-Angel

  8 Apr 10, 17:15

  What? I thought they wanna close the 'gates' on them? =.=

• Dondontan

  8 Apr 10, 17:20

  Originally posted by Fallen-Angel:

  What? I thought they wanna close the 'gates' on them? =.=

  
  Don';t believe in lies.

   

• Rock^Star

  8 Apr 10, 17:53

  This is a way to ensure the racial mix. All this shit is going to backfire on the govt.

• multipleviews

  8 Apr 10, 18:07

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

  This is a way to ensure the racial mix. All this shit is going to backfire on the govt.

  
  i believe it's crucial to maintain the status quo of racial composition...

• CheckmateA1

  8 Apr 10, 18:48

   Investment Company in Singapore offers Manager job to foreigners only

  http://www.transitioning.org/2010/04/07/investment-company-in-singapore-offers-manager-job-to-foreigners-only-2/

• Fuck PAP & Lee Kuan Yew

  8 Apr 10, 20:06

  This PAP government now has become a completely useless entity in Singapore.

  It has rendered itself totally hopeless.

• TERMINATOR4000

  8 Apr 10, 20:13

  wait a minute!!!!if they employ and pay dudes from taiwan at suchhigh salary..it will only be in the public sector that would be paying the bill as the private sector prefers cheaper salaried workers.

  and then u will see the gov asking people for $$$$ and raising taxes,,,gst and saying pay for the best and all those rubbish spouting outa their smelly fishy mouth again!!!

  they can pay $10,000/mth of course to a foreigner doing clerical work....but that money will come out from you.

  it  wont come out from any ministers for sure.

• Fuck PAP & Lee Kuan Yew

  8 Apr 10, 20:18

  Singaporeans how to survive in future with this type of government such as PAP?

  I don't see any future with PAP government. They are useless and hopeless.

• TERMINATOR4000

  8 Apr 10, 21:09

  taiwanese will run back to taiwan as usual as they arent that dumb or stupid as spore gov already knows!

  but question is...why is gov doin this??/some Public relations act on taiwanese perhaps.....that spore is a bank??to show off to the taiwanese that they are willing to give $$$$$.

  but the taiwanese arent that stupid not to probe deeper for the money given as they will compare with the singaporeans .and as usual the gov will bring in sporeans who arent clever in the taiwanese midst to show that spore really needs taiwanese and will pay plenty for them.

  to make them feel like they are the chosen ones is most likely the strategy.but what about the taiwanese companies who are not gov linked in spore....they  have employed singaporeans in their midst and do know singaporeans are as varied as their own taiwanese.

  chances are that the taiwanese will earn enough n run off after 10 years after getting enough  $$$$

  how does one paint a gorilla to look like a swan?

• In_Between_Days

  8 Apr 10, 23:28

  Originally posted by multipleviews:

  
  i believe it's crucial to maintain the status quo of racial composition...

  u can take that so called status quo and shove it up yur ass..

• F.raon.I.R

  8 Apr 10, 23:32

  what's new?paying millions for them to screw up the employment market locally.Enjoying millions in their pockets?how would they realise the ground isses that honest sporeans are facing?

  maybe next week we'll see this sort of employment move in africa?

• Dondontan

  8 Apr 10, 23:46

  Originally posted by F.raon.I.R:

  what's new?paying millions for them to screw up the employment market locally.Enjoying millions in their pockets?how would they realise the ground isses that honest sporeans are facing?

  maybe next week we'll see this sort of employment move in africa?

  
  It is more like a hatred of one man can spur many to employ foreigners instead of locals. 

  PAP is white elephant.  They are expensive and useless

• one36

  9 Apr 10, 00:02

  there are many sporean PMETS in spore out of jobs.  why not employ them ?

  i know of ex- general manager scrambling for blue-collar jobs. 

  why fatten foreigners' wallets and help them lay path for a better future as stepping stone ?  what about our own people ?

  my heart cries out for sporeans. 

• Dondontan

  9 Apr 10, 00:11

  Originally posted by one36:

  there are many sporean PMETS in spore out of jobs.  why not employ them ?

  i know of ex- general manager scrambling for blue-collar jobs. 

  why fatten foreigners' wallets and help them lay path for a better future as stepping stone ?  what about our own people ?

  my heart cries out for sporeans. 

  
  That is what they want, employ foreigners to replace locals.    To them, lky, locals are not better than foreigners.    That is why he has been condemning locals to other countries and media.    HE is biting the hands that feed him.   Don't fit to be our leader.   

• Louis888

  9 Apr 10, 07:41

  PAP Go Eat Shit and cow-dung!

• Arapahoe

  9 Apr 10, 08:06

  i guess they maybe they concluded that taiwan are socially closer and friendly to Sing....

  but just an observation from the requirement that mention......this is a clear violation of taking entry levels job. junior position and executive level. and Junior managers level.

  I don't see why a singaporean cannot filled these positions?  

  The starting pay ranges from NT55,000 ($2,431) to NT66,000 ($2,917). Those with three to five years of experience can expect a starting pay of more than NT100,000 ($4,420) (1 Taiwanese dollar = S$0.0442)

   

• Rock^Star

  9 Apr 10, 08:32

  even if the taiwanese can speak mandarin and hokkien, they would never trade taiwanese citizenship for sg man......they have all those beautiful sceneries, girls who can act cute and flawless complexion (and friendly!), democratic and exciting govt haha.

• Dondontan

  9 Apr 10, 10:45

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

  even if the taiwanese can speak mandarin and hokkien, they would never trade taiwanese citizenship for sg man......they have all those beautiful sceneries, girls who can act cute and flawless complexion (and friendly!), democratic and exciting govt haha.

  
  Where politics is concerned the people in Taiwan generally have a more mature approach to it.

• Fallen-Angel

  9 Apr 10, 11:08

  Most Singapore citizens are well verse in English & Mandarin. They sway sway have to find somebody who lacks of the knowledge of either one. Buay Tahan you know?

• one36

  9 Apr 10, 11:20

  i have no idea why govt has this perception that sporeans are not good enough compared to foreigners.  when they keep saying that they hire based on merit, how do they prove that indeed the foreigners they hire are indeed better ?

  people always think that pastures are greener on the other side.  dump so much money giving out scholarships to foreign students, employing foreigners when locals are unemployed.   it's sickening, really sickening

• skythewood

  9 Apr 10, 11:24

  Did i see source: wikipedia?

• Dondontan

  9 Apr 10, 11:28

  Originally posted by skythewood:

  Did i see source: wikipedia?

  
  I went to take a look at the online Taiwanese newspapers, the article of the recruitment is there.   YOu can go search for it.