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Posts tagged with "foreign talent"
Vivian’s Sleight of Hand: Blaming S’poreans for PAP policies
Jun. 27 | Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Vivian Balakrishnan certainly pulled no punches in the week gone by. In an adjective laden tirade, he referred to some Singaporeans as “small-minded, unfair and very very selfish”. What did Singaporeans...
Jobstreet – Jobs for foreigners
Feb. 4 | Letter to TOC by: Andrew Michael Teo Hi, I had just visited the Jobstreet website and I was astonished to see many of the jobs which can be performed by our very local PMETs are being DIRECTLY TO FOREIGNERS by DIRECT EMPLOYERS and Recruitment Agencies. I...
RP: Don’t address issues by only looking at symptoms
Jan. 25 | Donaldson Tan / Photo courtesy of Boris Chan Panellists – from left to right – Tony Tan, Hazel Poa, James Gomez, Justin Ong, Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Peter Li, Jason Soh Last Saturday, the Reform Party’s Seminar on Education attracted a...
TOC Blog Feature: The expats will rule Singapore
Dec. 30 | From the website, Adam Khoo’s Philosophies And Investing Insights: I have a prediction. My prediction is that in a couple of years, the expatriates (from China, India, US etc…) will rule Singapore. They will increasing take on more leadership roles...
Why must we join the ‘war’ for talent?
Dec. 14 | Fiona Lim I refer to the Straits Times article “Singapore ‘must join the war for talent” (11th Dec 2009). Singapore government’s unabashed enthusiasm for the State’s alliance with foreign capital does not present itself more clearly than...
Is Singapore a better place without foreigners?
Nov. 21 | The following is a comment posted on TOC by “AAA”, under the article, “How Singapore appreciates a PRC who tried to integrate”. The author of the comment describes himself as a “PRC scholar”. TOC tried to get in touch with him but our email...
New citizens outstripping net increase of existing citizens?
Oct. 1 | Leong Sze Hian I refer to the article “Singapore population of 4.99m is older, more likely living alone” (CNA, Sep 28). Page 11 of the recently released 72-page Population Trends 2009 – narrative on “Population Size and Growth”...
Winning the hearts and minds of orphans
Sep. 22 | Breaking News: Another prominent news publication ends up on the chopping block: Dow Jones to close Far Eastern Economic Review in December — Straits Times Khairulanwar Zaini In forking out $10 million to ‘promote integration between immigrants...
Lessen dependence on foreign labour
Sep. 21 | Gilbert Goh It must be tough for the authorities to figure out a sustainable manpower deployment strategy when it comes to the complex issue of aiding local businesses to make profits through the hiring of foreign workers. Not only is this a time bomb...
Foreigners? “We have been calibrating the inflows,” says NPS
Aug. 29 | The following is a letter by Ms Quah Ley Hoon, Director, National Population Secretariat, to questioned raised in the media about the influx of foreigners. (Straits Times Forum Page, 29 August 2009) I REFER to the letters on the subject of foreigners...
TOC Special Feature: Foreign Talent policy remains contentious, and for reason too
Aug. 18 | Pritam Singh / Founder of OpinionAsia.com The overall perception is of a poorly articulated, poorly communicated and poorly understood FT policy that incites questions of loyalty, nationhood and national unity for native Singaporeans. The Straits Times’...
