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How might we help Singaporeans be more accepting of foreign workers in our society?

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Singaporeans need to be more understanding and accepting because the intake of foreign workers is inevitable given the current state of Singapore in order to ensure that our economy is still up and running

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Singaporeans, government, foreign workers

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When did the problem occur? Is the problem related to time?

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When did the problem occur? Is the problem related to time?

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2010

“Unfortunately this has meant that in the 2000s and 2010s, just when foreign workers are moving into the front view of Singaporeans’ consciousness for the first time due to the government’s decision to flood the market with foreign workers, Singaporeans are already well-trained in racial stereotyping. They’ve had a lifetime’s training,” says Barr.

http://thediplomat.com/2014/02/singapores-foreigner-problem/

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Singapore

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Why is it important to fix this problem?

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Why is it important to fix this problem?

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It is important to fix this problem if not, Singaporeans will feel that they themselves are being treated as foreigners in their own country, thus slowly loosing their sense of belonging to Singapore. Singaporeans may migrate to another country since they do not feel that their presence in Singapore is valued by the government. Singapore would thus lose highly skilled workers which would affect the economy.

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This is put growing strain on jobs, housing and infrastructure, and raised fears about the dilution of the Singaporean national identity.

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Singaporeans accepting the fact that having foreign workers in our society is inevitable to keep our economy going.

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1.Fair Employment (Consideration) Framework.
2.TAFEP (Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices)
3. Shorter intervals for mrt/bus arrivals
4. building more homes

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What are the possible causes of the problem?

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What are the possible causes of the problem?

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1.singaporean working adults to ageing population ratio not equal. not able to support the pioneer generation
2. low birth rate to replace parents
3. singaporeans not willing to do labour work
4. singaporeans are only willing to jobs with high pay

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There is a great influx of foreign workers.  Foreigners now make up about 38 percent of the total population of 5.3 million.

http://thediplomat.com/2014/02/singapores-foreigner-problem/

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The new policy, called the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF), requires all employers to consider Singaporeans fairly for job vacancies. They should only hire an expat if no suitable Singaporeans apply within two weeks. The rules only apply to jobs paying less than $12,000 Singapore dollars per month (about £5,850) and to companies with 25 staff or more.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/11205536/Foreigners-are-taking-our-jobs-complain-Singaporeans.html

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We have made quite a number of measures over the last few years to do this. We have the Fair Employment (Consideration) Framework. We have the TAFEP (Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices), which is the committee to look at complaints in case there has not been fair employment. We have got schemes to help our PMETs specifically to upgrade themselves to master the skills, get into their jobs and I think that we also have schemes to help the PMETs who are displaced because if you are 40, 45 years-old, middle-aged, PMET, you lose your job, it is not so easy to find a similar job in another.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/i-owe-singaporeans-a/2023914.html