Frankly, I was slightly surprised at the strong reaction of Singaporeans towards Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s comment on the issue of foreign talents: “Foreign talent allows Singaporeans to punch above its weight” (Yahoo Singapore 22 Jul). I just checked today that there were about 1,500 comments on the Yahoo Singapore website and most were anti-foreign talent. The article must have been read by more than 30,000 Singaporeans.
I remembered working in Central Singapore CDC few years ago and we used to get instructions to delete the database for those who remained on the unemployment list for more than six months – regardless of whether they are working or not. This showed plainly that the unemployment statistics collected is flawed and there are more people unemployed than officially recorded. Full story
