SG Complains

Unfortunately it’s pretty hard to stop people from talking or commenting or murmuring bad thoughts about others.

The only way to clear bad vibes is to require both hands to clap.

This need very much the help of foreigners to merge with Singaporeans in all levels to better integrate them.

I have colleagues from Vietnam and Malaysia and I made effort to talk to them in the common language English so that nobody will feel left out.

I even try to learn some of their languages ….simple words like “beautiful”, “I want”, “yes”, “no” and some jokes…will make things more easier.

Singaporean need to align with people from overseas and align doesn’t mean agreeing with them…but as long everyone achieve the same goal…prosperity, health, love, equality and possibly a better life.

However, this may not calm the problems of fear or hatred by people who themselves or family members losing jobs to cheaper workers from overseas.

There are more and more people out there jobless because being replaced by workers who don’t mind getting lower pay then Singaporeans and eventually there won’t be any rich Singaporean….anymore.

I am pro-unity to foreigners but I do accept that there will be a problem in the near future as jobs will be hard to come by…in Singapore.

Jobless Singaporean will display more public displeasure to fellow PR or visitors from overseas due to the fact of survivability and misconception unless the Government make a effort to calm the locals to give them proper jobs and better policies to benefit Singaporeans.

The key to integration is communication. We talked and compare belief, hobbies, food and more.

You will be surprised that there are many things that we are very much in common.

Our fear, taste of food or craving for technology.

Some have different stand in different issues but as long we can align with each other instead of disagreeing…or outright arguing.

Step back and look at ourselves and we share suggestions to improve status quo instead of holding grudges.

Those who stay in living quarters who supposedly work as lower income workers such as cleaners, study mama, construction workers, movers, rubbish collectors, aluminum can collectors, tree planters, grass cutters and many other manual labors are part and parcel of Singapore unique work force.

Without them, we shall be the same as other countries…who don't have the green & clean environment and end up like rubbish dumps.

I hold a certain respect for these workers and will assist them when they are in need not out of pity but with honor.

They just need certain change in their public manners and behaviors to gain acceptance by the general population.

Personally, I am free thinker hence festival or culture is not important to me but what is important is respect, trust and friendship.

We should treat everyone like friends instead of outcast.

This living quarters or bunks are seriously eroding the integration of these workers with the public because they are all grouped into one single unit and unacceptable behaviors became acceptable within their group and becomes harder to change.

Things like sitting on the floor at MRT, talking rudely and loudly, violent attacks at anyone who complain at them, illegal trades like selling smuggled smokes or VCDs/DVDs, drugs, drinking at void decks, littering, dirty toilet hygiene like squatting at toilet seats making the SEAT dirty, prostitution, cheat or scam people hard earn money and many other unpleasant behaviors that most locals "THINK" that these people are associated with.

However, I do believe anyone can do the above regardless of their nationality hence cannot really blame these people at all.

The times are very bad now so we should actually work TOGETHER to resolve our differences to achieve similar goals which is to survive, prosperity, happiness and health.

The question is how loyal will they be when crisis strikes.

1. Will they return to their own country?

2. Will they stay and fight for their citizenship?

It's pretty hard to determine what they might do.

What I feel is all who are Permanent Residents or Local Singaporean should enjoy the same benefits.

Those in the process of waiting for approval of citizenship should have ways to contribute back to Singapore to get the PR status for the same benefits.

Those who violate the laws in Singapore does not gain my respect or their rights to have the same treatment by the government, corporation and people.

This however depends on their citizenship status.

Employment pass holder & Work permit holders unfortunately need time to gain citizenship to get similar benefits.

The challenge now is to retain Singaporean talents age 30 to 55 from migrating overseas with all their CPF money.

The social challenges is great as more and more inequalities and differences felt in public and in their jobs.

My personal perspective is there are less Singaporean then foreigners in public right now and soon be totally run over by foreigners.

Singaporeans have to join them as part of the international society or face the situation of being the minority of our own country.

There should be more integration, socialize, mix-nationalities marriages and fair treatment of PR & Singaporeans.

For those who comes here to fight for citizenship should know the challenges and work hard for the chance to stay here.

Obviously, the future in Singapore will be harder during crisis but there is still hope.

The problems is how will the foreigners change the social integration of the generally mild mannered population of Singapore?

The stress and depression level will increase over time and the mix of more foreign beliefs their ways to resolve problems in their own methods may means more challenges ahead.

Singaporean generally don't do illegal stuff but that also means taking less risk to be innovative.

Singapore government is the key component in creating such behavior by setting too much regulation, licenses and laws to curb risk taking.

The influx of foreigners may change that limitation in the near future.

Singaporeans are indeed pampered.

Please read my forum,

http://forums.asiaone.com/showthread.php?t=16102#8

I do agreed that we should integrate with any nationality and embrace them as our own.

In times of crisis, there are nobody different as we are of the same race – human.

Let’s be sensitive and help each other in such crisis and dark ages.

Let’s also pray for the safety of all the people in Mumbai.