SINGAPORE: There is a need to pay more attention to Singapore workers even as foreigners remain important in helping to “power” Singapore’s ...
SINGAPORE: There is a need to pay more attention to Singapore workers even as foreigners remain important in helping to “power” Singapore’s economy, said Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh in Parliament on Monday .
MOM had recently placed 47 companies on the Fair Consideration Framework watchlist for discriminatory hiring practices. A wealth management firm on the watchlist was found to have almost three-quarters of its professionals, managers, executives and technicians of the same nationality, he noted.“The obvious question is, how did those two companies get to those stages without MOM taking action before this?” asked Mr Singh.
To address the issue, Mr Singh listed several suggestions, including having MOM publish the name of “recalcitrant employers”."We can then understand the operating paradigm of such businesses and how they intend to make the transition to fair hiring practices," he added. "As it is unlikely that well-paying banking jobs are undesired by Singaporeans, the justification of these banks in hiring foreigners must be that they are unable to find enough Singaporeans with the needed expertise,” said Mr Singh.
“It is my view that such a decisive shift will fundamentally alter our understanding of meritocracy.”Mr Singh proposed the formation of more Select Committees, as some conversations in Singapore can “continue to be divisive” and require a “framework for reasoned conversation”. “These Select Committees must function as investigators, with no pre-determined agenda, hidden or otherwise. They must go where the evidence, obtained through submissions and witnesses, leads them,” he said.
“My assessment is that the public expects the WP and the opposition in general to play a constructive role in Singapore politics. It should advance the interests of all Singaporeans, whether they may be in the majority or minority on any particular issue, without fear or favour. However, he said the ability of WP MPs to carry out heir duties as the opposition depends on the quantity and quality of information shared by the Government in Parliament and released to the public, the resources given by the Government to analyse and use the information for the public’s benefit and the willingness of the Government to listen to and implement alternative ideas proposed.
“We must still look outward even as we continually search for a lasting modus vivendi which accommodates the domestic pressures of being economically open and the reality of the Singapore identity that evolves and crystallises as our nation matures.”
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