Foreigners bring jobs to you: LKY

Foreign workers steal your jobs? No, they bring jobs to you.

Back in 2011 when there was a backlash because of foreign workers, Mr Lee Kuan Yew still said the same thing: foreign workers bring jobs to Singaporeans. Take it from Ah Gong. He always had Singapore's interest in everything he did.

Without access to highly skilled workers, investors will not come here. If investors do not come here, there will be no jobs for you.

The Singaporean is a confident man/woman who takes steps to improve himself/herself, not afraid of competition because he/she cannot become a global leader if he/she is afraid of global competition.

That is who you are: confident and not anxious. Have a positive attitude and seize the opportunity to learn from the best and those who are better.

Singaporeans, is this what you want? To drive investments away and together with it, the jobs as well?

Singaporeans, is this what you want? To drive investments away and together with it, the jobs as well?

Your noise will be heard far and wide.

The Government has to strike a balance. In striking this balance, they take into account 3 factors:

1. The needs of our industries and enterprises.

2. The needs of our workers of this generation.

3. The opportunities for our children in the next generations.

When you send the wrong signal and turn investors away, not only your jobs will be impacted, the good jobs the government wants to create for the young who are still in schools, and those yet to be born will be impacted as well.

There are Singaporeans with valid concerns to be addressed but there are far more people with a political agenda who, on a daily basis, are on social media to stir the negative sentiments such as pointing out the number of errant companies flagged for discriminatory hiring practices.

Tell you what, the fact that you even get to know that such discriminatory practices exist means that there is monitoring of the situation by the authorities. And yes, the process can be refined and that is being looked into.

Those who continue to stir the negative sentiments against foreigners are not doing Singaporeans any favour. Their agenda is political.