Tag Archives: Unemployment

There is no truth that Singaporeans cannot do the jobs of these Foreign Trash. Let me quote you a very good example. A Singaporean with a 20 years of experience in a major American bank went through two interviews in Temasek and still could not land a job.

The government claims that it is those jobs that Singaporeans do not want to do which are replaced by foreigners. They claim that it is those tech-specific jobs that Singaporeans cannot do. Really? You mean no Singaporean in my company would love to be the GM of a new department? You mean that all the young students in polytechnics and universities cannot be trained to have tech skills for a digital Singapore?

Do you think the ComCare assistance is helping Singaporeans "tide over a difficult phase"?

I refer to the article “Unemployment rate at 3.1% as of June 2017; Employment rate continues to increase” (Channel NewsAsia, Nov 30).

A few SIM students weigh in on unemployment in Singapore. What do you think?

Our contributor questions the decrease in number of households receiving financial aid despite the increase in unemployment and economic downturn. What's going on? Is the Government doing enough to help those who are needy but do not fall under Comcare's criteria?

A taxi driver shared this funny but sad encounter during one of his trips from Singapore's iconic Marina Bay Sands to their condominium.

A family struggling with unemployment has been unable to pay their Service and Conservancy charges. Instead of helping them, the Town Council billed them massive penalty and legal fees amounting to $970 - this amount is even higher than the actual conservancy charge they had to pay!

Singapore should stop its liberal foreign labour policies which have caused rising unemployment and under-employment amongst Singaporeans.

In 2016, employment growth was 10,700 for locals and 5,700 for foreigners. In 2015, employment growth was 700 for locals and 31,600 for foreigners. About 35 per cent (estimated) of the total undergraduate and graduate student enrollment in our public universities are non-Singaporeans. Most of the foreign students are required to stay and work after their graduation for at least three years. Why do we allow practically anyone in the world to come as tourists – apply for jobs and stay when they find one? On the average – 30,000 new permanent residents (PRs) and new citizens have been granted per year. If it is still the average of 20,000 new citizens and 30,000 new PRs a year – does it mean that the estimated number of new citizens and new PRs granted from 2007 to 2016, may be about 194,000 and 409,000, respectively? As there were only 10,700 locals’ jobs’ growth last year – if the new PRs and new citizens granted last year was also about 30,000 and 20,000, respectively – how many of the 10,700 locals’ jobs went to Singaporeans?