Tag Archives: FT

The fear is inherent on the Bangladeshis, as they often live in crowded, cramped conditions - and their families thousands of miles away who want them to return home. So, as most consider their stay in Singapore, a question does need answering. With the potential exodus of the Bangladeshi workers, with many of them working in the construction industry, will the industry then be affected with a lower number of workforce? A very big lesson here to not be overly reliant on foreigners to fill jobs. When the shit hits the fan many of them will want to go back to their country, as evidenced by this CNA report.

An FT from Zambia with 8 years experience in IT infrastructure management and has a degree in Computing has had difficulties looking for a job in Singapore. Would you like to help him?

Former secretary-general of the National Solidarity Party (NSP) Lim Tean has posted on Facebook in response to remarks by Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam's on the campaign victory of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Our reader was unhappy that SIA insisted to charge him US$50 for his Baptism name to be inserted into his ticket details. He also claimed double standards in not doing the same for Caucasian clients.

Our reader complained about an FT stall owner who placed his drinks just beside a phone shop, making him have to deal with unnecessary questions by his customers.

A drunk 44 year-old Australian man, Jason Peter Darragh, has been jailed 6 months and 2 weeks for fighting with several police officers in Changi Airport early this year.

A foreign student residing in Singapore submitted a video of her landlady launching a vicious attack against herself after a rental dispute.

A Malaysian woman thinks Singaporeans lack class and etiquette after seeing a sales promoter chide a foreigner for "testing" out the product. She thought the promoter was uneducated in doing so. She also said that Singapore is highly dependent on foreigners even though it pretends otherwise.

After 4+ years, I've decided to say goodbye to Singapore. I thought the other "exit interview" posted here a while back was interesting, so thought I'd do my own. There is probably some overlap.

According to the netizen, the Indian family had bought a pair of shoes on Friday but were trying to exchange the shoes 2 days later on Sunday. They claim that the shoes were the wrong size. When the staff refused to exchange the shoes for hygiene and other reasons, the man and his wife became aggressive.