Do You See/Feel Immigrants From China Helping Singapore?

• Adriw7878

  8 Jan 18, 09:45

  Hmmm .... don't call me a racist with this thread. I really want to know if immigrants from China contributing to a 'better Singapore ... in terms of ideas and inventions not only taxes'

• FireIce

  8 Jan 18, 16:19

  dont know what u are trying to drive at but their presence here is already a contribution to the economy

• FireIce

  8 Jan 18, 16:19

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• TehJarVu

  8 Jan 18, 17:48

  why oni targeting at mmigrants from China

• Adriw7878

  11 Jan 18, 12:13

  In Singapore's earlier days, Malaysian Chinese were preferred immigrants. Now, Singapore a cosmopolitan city-state I find immigrants from China had harder time to assimilate into country.

• Crazymilo

  11 Jan 18, 12:47

  seriously, it very much depend on which levels you are looking at.
  there are many low entry jobs that very little Singaporean want to fill it up, you just look at any foodcourts and some retails at the neighbours will do, mostly are fill up by them. alhought they may not even get a job in their hometown, but they are willing to take up the hardship here away from their home.
  
  Take a look at the high net worth, there are many low profile millionaires from their China in Singapore, setting up, aquiring local business creating jobs for locals too.
  example: tution centres.
  
  We just need to work harder to create a value for ourself.
  Even if there is no foreigners here, you will be competing with the others fellow Singaporean.

  But 1 truth thing is, living standard is rising too fast for us to catch up. Only the rich will get richer, middle class and below will suffer.

   

   

• Giorson Parsey

  26 Feb 18, 21:30

  China Needs More Foreign Talents   The fast growing Chinese economy calls for higher requirements for expatriate employees, which means more rigorous standards will be required in educational backgrounds and professional qualifications for applications for work permits in China. At a recent national working conference on foreigners' employment management in Shenzhen, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security decided to revise China's Expatriate Employment Regulation. Formulated in 1996, the regulation is outdated in some respects particularly after China entered the WTO and a large number of foreigners started working in China. As in other industries, the employment market for foreigners has to comply with international practices. "Many foreign countries adopt very strict criteria in granting work permits for foreigners, based on the principle of protecting local job seekers," said Li Yuan, vice director of the Foreign Employment Service Center under the Shenzhen Municipal Labor and Social Security Bureau. As business competition is more severe, the mounting employment pressure has become a big problem, particularly in the commercial centers of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. In Shenzhen, the special economic zone has made great strides in opening up and is attracting more foreigners to work in the city. So far there are more than 6,000 expatriates working in Shenzhen and the number is expected to increase more dramatically in the next few years. Revising the less strict approval standards for work permits for foreigners has become an urgent task. Participants at the conference agreed that those with senior management experience or technical expertise were welcome, while there will be much higher entry requirements for positions that Chinese employees can be trained to do. "For jobs like repair workers or pancake chefs, there is no need to employ many of them, as Chinese employees can also do it well after training," said Ding Yanyan, an official with the Shenzhen Foreign Employment Service Center. (Article not by giorson parsey) So not only Singapore need FT.. China too.

• Tmp.i5.2017

  17 May 18, 10:21

  nice post