No need for Singaporeans in Singapore anymore

Singaporeans are only good for populating the army which has never gone to war.

‘Singaporeans biggest threat to Singapore’s growth’

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Singapore’s citizens are the biggest threat to national growth, said analysts at Goldman Sachs at an annual wealth conference yesterday, held in Marina Bay Sands.

Speaking at a panel discussion about emerging markets in Asia, the analysts agreed that the increasingly vocal citizenry in the once-orderly island has disrupted economic growth for 2013 and will continue to be a drag on the economy for years to come.

“Let’s be honest here. Does Singapore need Singaporeans? No. The children are taken care off by foreign domestic helpers, the hawkers are Malaysian (PRC Chinese), the buildings are constructed by Bangladeshis. All Singaporeans are good for are populating the army, which has never gone to war!” said emerging markets specialist, Thomas Money.

Money pointed out that Singapore’s only comparative advantages against its competitors were location, and immigrants. He proposed slowly phasing out Singaporeans so they would be unable to interfere with pro-growth government policies.

“I love the country, but I really can’t stand the people and their disgraceful sense of entitlement. The weather’s great, the gastronomy scene is livening up in Marina Bay Sands, and the women are gorgeous. But the xenophobia on the island is extremely troubling. Without foreigners like myself who bring in capital without paying taxes, Singapore would not be where it is today. And no Singaporean ever thanks us for gracing their backwater island with our presence and cash.” “If things don’t improve, I might just pack up and leave.”

Other analysts on the panel also noted that as Singapore grew at an astronomical pace under a soft-authoritarian regime, the only way to preserve the country’s economy, is to regress democratically.

“I’m quite ashamed of Singaporeans too,” said commodities specialist Chao Hee Lang who is a local and a weekend volunteer at a migrant workers NGO.

“All this xenophobia and hatred… No wonder Lee Kuan Yew once said that only educated people should be able to vote. People like myself, who can see that freedom is not always a good thing.”

“God bless the foreign workers. Without them working at ridiculously low wages, we would never get anything done. And yet, no one is grateful to them for doing us a favour!”

The panel discussion was chaired by Acting Ministry for Economic Affairs, Mr Jin Jue Lui who reassured the audience that the government was already working on a plan to reduce the proportion of native citizens in the population to about 50% by 2030.’

When I first read the article I was naturally annoyed. How dare these people talked about Singaporeans in these ways and that Singaporeans are really not needed in this country. Oops, I mean city or is it hotel? On reflection, I think they made perfect sense. From the cleaners in the foodcourts to the top leaders, none of them are needed, really.

As for the cleaners, they are old, slow and not cheap. They can be easily replaced by the CBF foreign workers. The construction workers are all foreign workers, and so are the retail and sales staff, and the nurses. The doctors too are increasingly being recruited from overseas.

In the PME categories, banking and finance are now nearly all filled by foreigners from the West and India, or at least in top and middle management. And don’t have to say about the IT industry as probably 90% are from India. They dominance in this industry has made Java and C programming language obsolete. The new language used is Tamil.

For the top political leaders, why is there a need for them and to pay them such a huge salary to prevent them from corruption. Remove this profession and there will be great savings. No need to pay for the fear of corruption. And no need to pay for life long pension in the millions to keep them from being corrupt while in retirement.

What is left that the Singaporeans are deserving to be here? Producing babies. But they failed miserably in this. They can’t produce and for those who can, they are demanding a ransom from the Govt. What for paying them so much when the ICA could bring in plane loads of whatever colour and creed, whatever age group, and all hungry, willing to work and exceptionally talented. Isn’t it so much cheaper, efficient and effective to just import the heads for the needed workers to service the economy?

I think the only thing that is of value in the Singaporeans is the properties they owned, private and public flats. Why not encouraged them to sell at a good price to foreigners and move them to JB, Batam or Lijiang or perhaps some paradise in India? As for the private property owners, they could sell their properties in the tens or hundreds of millions and could even buy Buckingham Palace in the cheap. Then all these people can have their Tea Parties to make merry in Hyde Park or any parks in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA or anywhere. No need to kpkb in Hong Lim Park.

Seriously, Singaporeans are no longer needed in Singapore. As for the NSmen, what is there to defend when Singaporeans are not needed and the country populated by foreigners and their companies and businesses. Talking about this, in the 60s and 70s when there were no jobs, we invited the MNCs here to create jobs for jobless Singaporeans. Today, Singaporeans not only did not want to work, they are also expensive. It is more economical and productive to import factories and companies here, lock, stock and barrel, with their foreign employees. Cheap and good and fit the CBF model. They can hire 100% foreign staff, not an issue.

So, did I make my point clear, that there is really no need for Singaporeans anymore?

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Chua Chin Leng aka redbean

* The writer blogs at http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/

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No need for Singaporeans in Singapore anymore

Las Vegas Sands Corp. Expands Its "Green" Meetings Program

LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwired – Apr 5, 2013) – Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS), the world’s premier developer and operator of integrated resort destinations, continues to set the industry standard in developing sustainable business practices with a significant expansion of its custom Sands ECO360 Meetings program. New offerings include “Green Meeting Concierges” to guide the entire sustainable meeting planning process, “Sands ECO360 Event Impact Statement” — a report to track a meeting’s sustainability performance, and the option to add community engagement events to the meeting experience.

The Sands ECO360 Meetings program was created specifically to help Las Vegas Sands’ meeting and convention customers fully leverage the company’s award-winning investment in sustainable building and business practices. Meeting organizers interested in hosting a “green” event now have the option of working with one of Sands’ Green Meeting Concierges, trained and dedicated professionals who will seamlessly integrate Sands’ standard sustainability practices into meeting events for the minimum environmental impact. Sands’ Green Meeting Concierges also use the new Sands ECO360 Event Planning Tool to work closely with clients to customize their programs, often innovating and implementing new practices to help them meet individual sustainability goals. 

Another new option is the “Sands ECO360 Event Impact Statement,” which clients can request for their event. The report details performance against a myriad of sustainability metrics, including a carbon footprint calculation, utility consumption, recycling and waste diversion, sustainable food and community benefit.

“Our clients have a growing interest in conducting business in an environmentally responsible way, and they are asking us for more solutions to help them minimize impact on natural resources,” said John Mims, senior vice president of worldwide sales and resort marketing at Las Vegas Sands Corp. “The Sands ECO360 Meetings program continues to provide Sands’ best-in-class environmental practices, but we are now delivering more customization to meet our clients’ individual goals.”

Launched in September 2011, the Sands ECO360 Meetings program is part of Sands’ overall sustainability program, the Sands Eco 360 Global Sustainable program, introduced in March 2010. The program integrates Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s best practices, technologies and methodologies in the area of sustainability across all properties. Sands ECO360 Meetings program comprises three key focus areas: high-performance facility, standard sustainable meeting practices and green meeting options. Many of Sands’ facilities have received third-party environmental certifications, providing a foundation for a successful green meetings program. Further, all meeting clients benefit from Sands’ standard sustainable meeting practices, which are fully integrated into operations and include resource conservation procedures (e.g. equipment and lighting shut down in unoccupied spaces), paper reduction programs, waste diversion, indoor air quality management, and responsible purchasing. The customizable program offers additional options to clients, including serving sustainable food and using sustainable decorations, the ECO360 Event Impact Statement and community volunteering programs. The Sands ECO360 Meetings program has been implemented in Las Vegas Sands’ global properties in the United States, Singapore and Macao, and the meeting customers will receive consistent services worldwide. 

“Sustainable practices are an unquestioned business trend, yet they represent great complexity for many organizations,” said Michael Luehrs, president of the Green Meeting Industry Council and a sustainable business advisor for MeetGreen. ”The team behind the Sands ECO360 Meetings program is an exemplary example of leadership from which the hotel and meetings industry can directly benefit. Innovative, creative, persistent and inspired, the comprehensive and easy-to-use tools and resources they have developed save event planners valuable time and energy. Their clear commitment to customer service is evident in their exuberance and an on-going investment in staff training that has resulted in a deep expertise that is virtually unparalleled in the hospitality sector.”

ABOUT LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
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THE VENETIAN® and THE PALAZZO®, Five-Diamond luxury resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, and SANDS® Bethlehem in Eastern Pennsylvania are the company’s properties in the United States.

MARINA BAY SANDS® is the company’s iconic Integrated Resort in Singapore’s downtown Marina Bay district.

Through its majority-owned subsidiary Sands China Ltd., the company owns a portfolio of properties on Macao’s COTAI STRIP®, including THE VENETIAN® Macao, Four Seasons Hotel Macao, and Sands Cotai Central, a 13.7 million square foot 6,400-room Integrated Resort. The company also owns the SANDS® Macao on the Macao Peninsula.

Las Vegas Sands is committed to global sustainability through its SANDS ECO360 program and is an active community partner through its various charitable organizations.

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Las Vegas Sands Corp. Expands Its "Green" Meetings Program