Consistent rhetoric that “foreign talent” create more & better jobs for S’poreans: Just look at the statistics?

Consistent

1) 1.08m workers’ real pay never or hardly increased, in the last 2 decades?

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2) Negative -0.08% p.a. real decrease in minimum income last 21 years, for Retail Service & Sales workers!

https://www.facebook.com/laoliang/posts/pfbid02AZe8Vrm9izVZ8TK3URrVoVcKT5n8agSCuJnnjvjcXHrEwVVm1JtxKUANJgg7e1ZLl

3) 380,000 local PMEs jobs growth = 380,000 foreign PMEs converted to new PRs, & counted as local PMEs jobs growth 2005 to 2020?

635,533 new PRs granted 2005 – 20

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4) How many of the 575,300 local jobs growth from 2005-2020 were to S’poreans –

748,300 Foreign workers growth?

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5) Workforce: 55% (est.) non-native S’poreans?

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#SGIssuesThatMatter

 

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About the Author

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.