One Pass: Are Singaporeans becoming bit players in a foreigner-packed future? -

There is a disconnect between what the government is trying to project and what some Singaporeans believe – that they are becoming bit players in a foreigner-packed future.

From the government’s viewpoint, it should be a no-brainer. Which part of the Let Us Be A Global Hub dream did Singaporeans not understand?As Sengkang GRC MP Jamus Lim found out in a recent walkabout in Sengkang GRC, he met two residents with two different sets of anxiety that helped explain what the rest of us can actually witness right in front of us in our daily lives.

This fear was further corroborated by his impression that many foreign nationals working here tended to favour their own countrymen, further alienating Singaporeans when they seek at job at home. For him, this is an unbelievable state of affairs; in other countries, it is the migrants that drove the Ubers and Grabs, but it seems to be the other way round here.”

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