I think enough but not the majority of the foreign workers hate the government. That night most of them were just staring at what happened and probably as stunned as us.
Now the DPM and Home Minister is going head to head of this hatred with more police power? Good luck to him. We better learn to use more local labor in a highly productive and knowledge intensive way before we run out of time. History taught us that using force against force only buy time. It does nothing for peace and only the appearance of peace.
I am noticing a trend of the PAP government refusing to take responsibility. The inability and unwillingness to face the truth.
As for foreign workers from the subcontinent, I think this government is stealthily trying to copy Dubai. Just watch. I will come back this this post sometime later to check.
I hate to say this, but over the last few years, maybe even a decade, our govt has not generated any new ideas but copied them from other govts, all in the name of best practices. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteYup, mindless implementation of outsourcing, privatization, trickle down economics, and labour globalization in Singapore in the guise of best practices.
ReplyDeleteRemember about 4 years ago when they were trying to build a hostel at Serangoon Gardens? How they assured us of the safety. How they put the onus on us to embrace the foreign workers. How they tried to push the argument that our ancestors came from the same place.
ReplyDeleteAnd now? They're still asking us to do the same while they impose draconian rules (restricting Thaipusam celebrations and freedom of movement) which discriminate against these people to an extent which even those who complained about the workers' hostel at Serangoon Gardens aren't capable of.