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12-02-2014, 12:40 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
I am Caucasian and married to a local Singaporean.
Today I am facing unemployment again in Singapore after an 18-month contract.
I am paid about SGD $4700 a month. While you may feel that is substantial, the work ends after only 18 months; and I have more than 25 years of experience in my field and two earned degrees from Western schools including an M.A.
My experience here is that it is very difficult for foreigners to obtain a job in Singapore that is fairly compensated (especially a permanent job) and matches the skills and experience of the expat — even as some of the money coming into the country is, ironically — foreign investment derived from outsourced Western jobs and roles.
I also am aghast at the depth and extent of the racism which is practiced here.
Other countries also practice discrimination (including my home country Canada) when it comes to hiring foreign talent.
However, the ‘racism’ that is practiced in those countries is a thimbleful compared to that practised in Singapore by the Han Chinese (who are the de facto majority).
Clearly, Singapore is practicing a depth and degree of racism by the local powers that be (the Han Chinese) that is far beyond what any other first world western country practices.
- See more at: http://www.transitioning.org/2014/02....lGT6yygI.dpuf (http://www.transitioning.org/2014/02/12/canadian-pr-of-four-years-who-earns-4700-laments-about-racism-in-singapore/#sthash.lGT6yygI.dpuf)
But why doesn't he take his SPG and go back to Canada?
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?174796-Ang-Moh-complains-of-racism-against-FT-s&goto=newpost).
I am Caucasian and married to a local Singaporean.
Today I am facing unemployment again in Singapore after an 18-month contract.
I am paid about SGD $4700 a month. While you may feel that is substantial, the work ends after only 18 months; and I have more than 25 years of experience in my field and two earned degrees from Western schools including an M.A.
My experience here is that it is very difficult for foreigners to obtain a job in Singapore that is fairly compensated (especially a permanent job) and matches the skills and experience of the expat — even as some of the money coming into the country is, ironically — foreign investment derived from outsourced Western jobs and roles.
I also am aghast at the depth and extent of the racism which is practiced here.
Other countries also practice discrimination (including my home country Canada) when it comes to hiring foreign talent.
However, the ‘racism’ that is practiced in those countries is a thimbleful compared to that practised in Singapore by the Han Chinese (who are the de facto majority).
Clearly, Singapore is practicing a depth and degree of racism by the local powers that be (the Han Chinese) that is far beyond what any other first world western country practices.
- See more at: http://www.transitioning.org/2014/02....lGT6yygI.dpuf (http://www.transitioning.org/2014/02/12/canadian-pr-of-four-years-who-earns-4700-laments-about-racism-in-singapore/#sthash.lGT6yygI.dpuf)
But why doesn't he take his SPG and go back to Canada?
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?174796-Ang-Moh-complains-of-racism-against-FT-s&goto=newpost).