“You still cannot reconcile the fact Singaporeans don't want the jobs front line blue-collared and service jobs you reserve for them. You just watch the industry deck of cards collapse and stem entrepreneurism,” he added
SINGAPORE: Food guru KF Seetoh left a pointed commentary regarding Singapore’s manpower crunch in a May 27 9Saturday) Facebook post, writing, “You are actually sighing relief when folks get retrenched and fill up other jobs they may not want.
The piece quotes Ms Jaya Dass, the managing director of Asia-Pacific permanent recruitment company Randstad as saying, “As tech companies let go of people, there is a small window for other industries to absorb the kind of talent they would usually be priced out of or unable to find enough .”manpower quota rules as “stifling…3,6,9 locals to one foreigner who wants the job.”
Mr Seetoh also compared it to ”forcibly holding your breath, till you go blue, then scream you cannot breathe. Ownself slap ownself and cry pain.” “You still cannot reconcile the fact Singaporeans don’t want the jobs front line blue-collared and service jobs you reserve for them.“Rethink manpower laws,” the food guru also urged, writing, “Bring in talented foreigners will ya..like your grand or great grandparents..who will nurture local future talents like you la.
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