3Boys:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"3Boys\"]
quote-\"Diamond_heat\"
In my opinion, no matter how big your population is once you have demotivated ppl..it's not a good sign as no motivation = no innovation = no product = no growth./quote

Are our people so easily de-motivated these days?

I get the sense that we have all gone limp......

and impotent

Nebbermind:

3Boys:

I get the sense that we have all gone limp......

we are an aging population mah!! :rotflmao:

david59:

It is more than meets the eyes. How easier for a Singaporean who went overseas and contact TB than a bunch of foreign workers illegally squeeze into a overcrowded accommodation by the unscrupulous employer, living in such unhygienic condition?

Many foreign workers have poor hygience practices back home. When you have such a massive population of them in Singapore, I wonder how thorough r they educated about hygience in clean Singapore? Maybe MOH can reveal what percentage of the TB cases are from the foreign workers?

3Boys:

Diamond_heat:

In my opinion, no matter how big your population is once you have demotivated ppl..it's not a good sign as no motivation = no innovation = no product = no growth.

Are our people so easily de-motivated these days?

I get the sense that we have all gone limp......

verykiasu2010:

special report


'But even if I offer that amount, I can't get a local to join,' said Mr Goh, who placed an advert recently for an engineering job that attracted just six Singaporeans out of 160 applications.

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_727332.html

verykiasu2010:

3Boys:

[quote=\"Diamond_heat\"]
In my opinion, no matter how big your population is once you have demotivated ppl..it's not a good sign as no motivation = no innovation = no product = no growth.

Are our people so easily de-motivated these days?

I get the sense that we have all gone limp......

3Boys:

Diamond_heat:

In my opinion, no matter how big your population is once you have demotivated ppl..it's not a good sign as no motivation = no innovation = no product = no growth.

Are our people so easily de-motivated these days?

I get the sense that we have all gone limp......

3Boys:

I get the sense that we have all gone limp......

Diamond_heat:

In my opinion, no matter how big your population is once you have demotivated ppl..it's not a good sign as no motivation = no innovation = no product = no growth.

MadScientist:

Similarly for DF.

Nebbermind:

limlim:

it is precisely bcoz SG is too clean and locals have gotten used to the clean environment and their immune system weakens..

So when there is a threat the immune system cannot cope. It's something like, pple who don't exercise regular cannot run far when they are suddenly required to do so. more likely to get injured/clamps etc..

This is not a fair comments.

The nearest I came across TB was when my foreign colleague came and informed me that one of his flat mate contracted TB and although he was not infected, the whole bunch need to report for checkup regularly for x mths.

The other TB occassion which I remember was some maid who was sent to some home for recup and was later found dead on the road.

So I believe TB did not happen to us SG due to our poor health and immune system.

limlim:

it is precisely bcoz SG is too clean and locals have gotten used to the clean environment and their immune system weakens..

So when there is a threat the immune system cannot cope. It's something like, pple who don't exercise regular cannot run far when they are suddenly required to do so. more likely to get injured/clamps etc..

Strparent:

What is the punishment to for those companies that earn commission by bring in workers, and then throwing them aside when there is no more work ? What is the recourse for those workers who paid thousands upfront to get here, only to be forced home without earning enough even to cover their money, against their will ?

first world country, my foot. Now I know why there was a report that USA consider Singapore on the blacklist for human trafficking and slavery.

Strparent:

This scheme of getting obscene payments by importing foreign workers has been in existent since 15 years ago at least. Come on, MOM does not know before, only recently realise ? zzzzzzzz

works like a scam , imho. but the foreign levy income is good enough for some it seems. This levy is presently at $380 per foreign labourer, and some of these labourers sell their land, farm, loan, to pay the agents commission ranging from $4k to $9k , just to come here to work decently with income of abt $650 to $800 per month. Honest hardworking people, but manipulated by unscrupulous agents , many of which are Singaporeans. So, who are the trash ? Why no protection for these genuine workers ? Go figure...... this is the world we are in now.

http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/01/a-19th-century-page-from-a-21st-century-draft/

http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/01/%E2%80%9Ci-hope-singapore-government-punish-them%E2%80%9D/

http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/01/toc-expose-repatriation-companies/

What is the punishment to for those companies that earn commission by bring in workers, and then throwing them aside when there is no more work ? What is the recourse for those workers who paid thousands upfront to get here, only to be forced home without earning enough even to cover their money, against their will ?

first world country, my foot. Now I know why there was a report that USA consider Singapore on the blacklist for human trafficking and slavery.