Malaysia Star, 3 May 2011
SINGAPORE: Chee Leong cannot help but feel a tinge of resentment at the number of mid-level foreign professionals in the country.
He is earning S$2,500 (RM6,051) a month but feels he could be making a lot more if there are not so many foreigners who are prepared to do his job for less.
“They are suppressing our wages.
“An employer can employ a Chinese or Indian national with the same qualification as I have and pay them less because the foreigners are willing to accept that.
“I have to fight with them for jobs. I am starting to feel like a foreigner in my own country,” Chee Leong said. Full story