Job creation is not a simple matter of getting rid of the foreign workers, and all the jobs will go to Singaporeans.
THE PAP Government helps the Singaporean worker remains competitive and employable through training, upgrading, and lifelong learning, so that he has the skills to match the jobs on offer.
The PSP has focused only on numbers.. Not once have they encouraged the worker to upgrade themselves or pick new skills. It shows that they do not have a real concern for the Singaporean workers.
The Singapore economy requires 3.4 million people to support the entire breadth and depth of activities.
The local workforce is just 2.3 million. Get rid of the 1.1 million (tens of thousands) foreign workers, and YOU will be jobless.
By remaining open and providing businesses with the access to global expertise, the Government has anchored many good jobs for Singaporeans that could have gone elsewhere.
𝐏𝐒𝐏 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬, 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.
Between 2010 and 2020, EP and S pass holders grew by about 110,000.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐌𝐄𝐓 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝟑𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝.
The PSP assumes that if we reduced the number of foreigners here; then all these jobs will automatically go to Singaporeans.
In a Facebook post, Leong Mun Wai said that we can get rid of 'tens of thousands' of workpass holders and he thinks Singaporeans can fill these jobs.
"But that thinking is fatally flawed," Lawrence Wong said.
"First, we already have more than 25,000 PMET vacancies today, with many companies still looking to hire.
With so many companies having difficulties filling these vacancies, how would we find people with the relevant skill-sets to take on the additional “tens of thousands” of jobs that Mr Leong thinks can be created by getting rid of the foreigners?"
