Ignorance is bliss

Many have asked me why I choose to help migrant workers instead of our own aged or kids, which I have in the past, but somehow I feel that the way we treat our foreign workers here in Singapore is just too shameful to speak of and we really need to raise awareness to the ignorant.

Yes, we were just praised by Bernie Ecclestone on Straits State Times, who last year called Singapore GP the "jewel in F1's crown", that the country once again put on a great show.

Fantastic job, no complaints. Every year is a big improvement, and next year it'll be better."

Indeed business was roaring from St James to Harry's Bar at F1 Rocks. In such times, I find it a necessity to remind everyone though ignorance is a bliss, progress of our nation should not come at all cost. I leave you with an actual video clip which will probably not be seen in our State media and a great journalistic new media article follows. Do watch the clip before reading.



And you wonder why Singaporean shun the readily available job of a construction worker.


I would think S$10 million dollars to be spent on integrating foreign talent immigrants as suggested by Minister for Community, Youth and Sports Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, should be better spent on teaching such companies including our Ministry of Manpower on how to treat humans with respect or at least provide proper housing and sanitation.

Which brings me to another point on such wanton suggestions of wasteful taxpayers dollars. Why should money be spent on new citizens who might treat Singapore as a playground/hotel? Does Australia or Britain have policies or grants on teaching new immigrants how to speak proper English or how to integrate with the society? The filtering should have been done at the beginning to prevent the square pegs from trying to fit into a round hole and not be polishing or turning the cube into a ball, not especially when it has already been squeezed in. This is growth at all cost...and us taxpayers bearing even such integration costs. An obvious ill-thought immigration policy now being willfully corrected.