“Local” engineers become “S’poreans”?

April 5, 2016

6 in 10 engineers are S’poreans?

I refer to the article “6 in 10 engineers hired are Singaporeans: MOM” (Channel NewsAsia, Apr 5).

It states that “There were 122,500 people employed as engineers as of June 2015, of which six in 10 were locals”.

“Locals” become “S’poreans”?

How come “locals” in the quoted Parliamentary reply can become “Singaporeans” in the title of the subject news report?

Why not disclose the statistics for all sectors instead of on a piecemeal basis?

How many S’poreans?

How many of the “locals” are Singaporeans?

In this connection, an estimated 550,000 new PRs and citizens were granted from 2007 to 2015.

How many engineers are unemployed?

Reciprocate trust with transparency?

Since the people have given their trust and mandate – shouldn’t we reciprocate by being more transparent?

Leong Sze Hian

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Leong

Leong Sze Hian has served as the president of 4 professional bodies, honorary consul of 2 countries, an alumnus of Harvard University, authored 4 books, quoted over 1500 times in the media , has been a radio talkshow host, a newspaper daily columnist, Wharton Fellow, SEACeM Fellow, columnist for theonlinecitizen and Malaysiakini, executive producer of Ilo Ilo (40 international awards), Hotel Mumbai (associate producer), invited to speak more than 200 times in about 40 countries, CIFA advisory board member, founding advisor to the Financial Planning Associations of 2 countries. He has 3 Masters, 2 Bachelors degrees and 13 professional qualifications.