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Number of foreign PMETs continues to increase
Meanwhile, the number of foreign PMETs (EP and S Pass holders) continues to increase unabated. In the last 5 years since 2009, the number of foreign PMETs has risen 77% from 197,000 to 349,000 (as at end 2014).
Even after the last general election in 2011 – when the governing PAP received the lowest percentage of valid votes in the history of Singapore – the number still increased by 21% from 289,300 to 349,000, over the last 3 years.
Indeed, many foreign PMETs are grateful to the Singapore government for helping them to land a job in Singapore.
At the funeral procession of Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew last Sunday (29 Mar), Kirrily Hoare, 38, an Australian expatriate who has been working in Singapore for 18 months, patiently waited by the road for Mr Lee’s hearse to pass by.
She told the media, “Nothing will deter us on this day. I am here to pay my last respects to a great man who made this possible and welcomed me to his country.”
Sadly though, more local PMETs, especially the older ones, are finding it difficult to get suitable work in Singapore. Many end up underemployed – driving a taxi or working as a security guard.
Even younger Singaporeans in the their early 30s are driving taxis, a phenomenon seldom seen in the past.
Perhaps Singaporeans should thank LTA for not giving foreigners a licence to drive taxis
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?204103-Foreign-PMET-number-up-77-over-last-5-years&goto=newpost).
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Number of foreign PMETs continues to increase
Meanwhile, the number of foreign PMETs (EP and S Pass holders) continues to increase unabated. In the last 5 years since 2009, the number of foreign PMETs has risen 77% from 197,000 to 349,000 (as at end 2014).
Even after the last general election in 2011 – when the governing PAP received the lowest percentage of valid votes in the history of Singapore – the number still increased by 21% from 289,300 to 349,000, over the last 3 years.
Indeed, many foreign PMETs are grateful to the Singapore government for helping them to land a job in Singapore.
At the funeral procession of Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew last Sunday (29 Mar), Kirrily Hoare, 38, an Australian expatriate who has been working in Singapore for 18 months, patiently waited by the road for Mr Lee’s hearse to pass by.
She told the media, “Nothing will deter us on this day. I am here to pay my last respects to a great man who made this possible and welcomed me to his country.”
Sadly though, more local PMETs, especially the older ones, are finding it difficult to get suitable work in Singapore. Many end up underemployed – driving a taxi or working as a security guard.
Even younger Singaporeans in the their early 30s are driving taxis, a phenomenon seldom seen in the past.
Perhaps Singaporeans should thank LTA for not giving foreigners a licence to drive taxis
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?204103-Foreign-PMET-number-up-77-over-last-5-years&goto=newpost).