I'm on the NEL right now on a Sunday evening traveling from Sengkang towards Harbourfront. Sitting on one row of the seats is a group of "China Chinese", and on the opposite row is another group of Bangladeshi workers (presumed so because of their attire)
Standing together with me squeezing and trying to balance on the faulty train are my fellow Singaporeans.
Crowded out?
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How am I to be sure that those Chinese and Indian/Bangladeshi people are actually foreigners and not one of my local friend's parents holding Singapore citizenship (therefore Singaporeans)? Or even if they are, aren't they not contributing to the prosperity our economy is experiencing? If you are earning because you are contributing, aren't they supposed to enjoy some form of privilege in exchange of the effort they are putting in for OUR country as well?
Disagree? We don't need such foreigners? Then why don't you start giving birth?! Think about it, who are the roots of our problem? We ourselves! The government had put in so much effort to encourage population growth through natural replacement but it ain't working and so they brought in foreigners to help us sustain our economy; shouldn't we thank them instead of discriminating? "No, the government should take care of our own citizen!" Nope. Not if it affects the country's survivability. What our government is doing is precisely "speak less, do more" they're saving the effort on explaining how important it is to ensure sustainable economy for something more productive like actually doing it. If a business is dying because their employees are incompetent and bringing in experts from elsewhere can ensure its continuous operation, then isn't it irrational not to do so?! And to say less, it is a company that started off with an all-embracing policy to begin with; now the only thing we are embracing is exactly what would have starved off our grandparents.
What you want is a bottom-up policy where citizens should come first because you are still bragging about the contributions our forefathers did. What the government is doing is a top-down approach in maintaining our much-needed economic stability by bringing in people who are not delusional about past results/comfort and are willing to do exactly what our forefathers did (albeit an easier task of maintaining instead of pioneering)
Stop blaming the governing organization for providing solutions to a problem we have created ourselves! If you think this meritocratic system is being unfair to you, you have two options: leave and be discriminated elsewhere; or solve the underlying root problem you've created.
Overcrowded? Not exactly. This economy requires this amount of labour endowment (with these skill sets) to sustain, regardless of the resource being imported or home grown. We can never get a seat on the train; you either leave it to those foreigners, or our own future generation.
