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21-03-2014, 12:10 PM
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Angmoh keyboard warriors joined in the steal jobs issues.
Let's hold an unofficial debate with the Angmoh vs Sinkies @Hong Lim Park. Instead of protest kick start some refreshing ideas bring FTs vs Sinkies to debate openly.
No point behind facebook kpkb both sides.
I am sure open debate will draw more crowds then ever!
Hello, Where is Gilbert?????
Who says Sinkies are daft? See, corner angmohs to argue and angmoh kenna sangkok and tio chak leow.
http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/03/21...oreans-part-1/ (http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/03/21/an-ang-mohs-caucasians-view-of-singaporeans-part-1/)
"I think some British expats living and working here still feel that colonial rule exists here in some form."
We’ve probably heard or read of what Ang Mohs (Hokkien dialect for Caucasians) living and working here think of us, notably the Singaporean workers. Most have been uncomplimentary and some downright rude like Anton Casey, for example. We’ve been termed as whiners and moaners and unappreciative of how well the PAP Govt has run Singapore. Last night I managed to put this theory to the test in a series of debates on Facebook (FB) with an Ang Moh executive and a few other fellow Singaporeans. Of course one shouldn’t necessarily believe all that’s written by someone in their FB profile or pages, but for arguments sake, let’s just take his as genuine. His name is Terry Knight and this is his FB profile.
The debate started over a thread about a PRC (Chinese national) bus driver involved in an accident at River Valley Road and another about the Budget’s supposedly lack of protection for local PMETs. Essentially he took offence to a Singaporean’s reply that opening the floodgates has brought cheaper but unskilled PRC drivers, other foreign workers (FWs) and foreign talents (FTs), whose presence made it impossible for Singaporeans to work or survive in such fields or other industries. They were stealing jobs from right under our noses because the Govt allowed it to happen. I’ll reproduce some of the arguments, comments and replies made from the PRC thread below (Part 1). The comments from the other thread will be posted in a day or two (Part 2).
To simplify things, I’ll use abbreviations and correct the spelling, grammar mistakes and edit some of the replies for brevity, but because the debate was quite extensive, I had to break it into two parts. Some comments I think it better to reproduce wholly as they reflect genuine feelings on the ground, which is much better than just me giving my views in a blog entry. He’s TK, the other Singaporeans will have their initials like FG, OLW, AL and my replies – Me.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?177593-Open-debate-HLP-Angmoh-vs-Sinkie&goto=newpost).
Angmoh keyboard warriors joined in the steal jobs issues.
Let's hold an unofficial debate with the Angmoh vs Sinkies @Hong Lim Park. Instead of protest kick start some refreshing ideas bring FTs vs Sinkies to debate openly.
No point behind facebook kpkb both sides.
I am sure open debate will draw more crowds then ever!
Hello, Where is Gilbert?????
Who says Sinkies are daft? See, corner angmohs to argue and angmoh kenna sangkok and tio chak leow.
http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/03/21...oreans-part-1/ (http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/03/21/an-ang-mohs-caucasians-view-of-singaporeans-part-1/)
"I think some British expats living and working here still feel that colonial rule exists here in some form."
We’ve probably heard or read of what Ang Mohs (Hokkien dialect for Caucasians) living and working here think of us, notably the Singaporean workers. Most have been uncomplimentary and some downright rude like Anton Casey, for example. We’ve been termed as whiners and moaners and unappreciative of how well the PAP Govt has run Singapore. Last night I managed to put this theory to the test in a series of debates on Facebook (FB) with an Ang Moh executive and a few other fellow Singaporeans. Of course one shouldn’t necessarily believe all that’s written by someone in their FB profile or pages, but for arguments sake, let’s just take his as genuine. His name is Terry Knight and this is his FB profile.
The debate started over a thread about a PRC (Chinese national) bus driver involved in an accident at River Valley Road and another about the Budget’s supposedly lack of protection for local PMETs. Essentially he took offence to a Singaporean’s reply that opening the floodgates has brought cheaper but unskilled PRC drivers, other foreign workers (FWs) and foreign talents (FTs), whose presence made it impossible for Singaporeans to work or survive in such fields or other industries. They were stealing jobs from right under our noses because the Govt allowed it to happen. I’ll reproduce some of the arguments, comments and replies made from the PRC thread below (Part 1). The comments from the other thread will be posted in a day or two (Part 2).
To simplify things, I’ll use abbreviations and correct the spelling, grammar mistakes and edit some of the replies for brevity, but because the debate was quite extensive, I had to break it into two parts. Some comments I think it better to reproduce wholly as they reflect genuine feelings on the ground, which is much better than just me giving my views in a blog entry. He’s TK, the other Singaporeans will have their initials like FG, OLW, AL and my replies – Me.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?177593-Open-debate-HLP-Angmoh-vs-Sinkie&goto=newpost).