Dr Chee criticizes PM Wong for ignoring key issues of living costs and foreign worker influx
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- Dr Chee Soon Juan of the Singapore Democratic Party strongly critiques Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's recent National Day Rally, pointing out the absence of concrete solutions for two critical issues-rising living costs and the influx of foreign workers.
In his latest video, Dr Chee underscores the urgency for clear, actionable plans rather than vague promises, questioning whether PM Wong truly understands the struggles of ordinary Singaporeans given his privileged position.
He calls for a reversal of the country's dependence on cheap foreign labour and emphasizes the need for policies that genuinely improve productivity and make homeownership attainable for future generations.
Republished with permission from the Singapore Democratic Party
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that's why so many singles now in Singapore! too expensive, so stay single and take care of yourself!! foreigners are taking up jobs in Singapore while Singaporeans are struggling !!!
Many Singaporeans are singles because the men prefer to marry women from neighbouring countries. They are cheaper to maintain and additionally they are good taking care of their Singapore husband. Singaporean women can then choose to marry foreigners who come here to work and would be happy to get a PR or become citizen of the country.
@@westwoodlythe other side of the coin not mentioned is many women in sg have too much considerations due to the 5Cs because of the sg policies making them want this and that like they want their man to buy car which is world most insanely expensive and thus least valuable for money.
They want condos whose prices jacked up by foreigners, some are money launderers. They want eat atas foods prices skyrocket due to rentals. So they are into marriage with a crooked mind or incorrect thinking. So they either cannot find a partner they are satisfied with or they land in divorces due to unsatisfied needs of the 5Cs
Spot on.
@@antonette2113 no wonder more divorce cases than in LKY Era for lack of a better word. People are pressed or feel urgent or compelled to queue for the overpriced Public Housing. The marriage is not based on true love. But true love for flat and resale windfall. Opportunistic and Profiteer mentality. Furthermore, people have slowly realized the only true love is self love and the perceived love is temporal
@@westwoodly Singapore has many women who because of financial stability or ability has naturally evolved from a traditional female becoming a man in terms of abilities and independence. Men cannot find satisfaction when women no longer behave like traditional women. Just a neutral opinion. I could be wrong but I am also not saying this is right or wrong, good or bad.
Good speech these are really what Singaporean are worried about.❤
B/S & or snake oil more app lah. SDP can deploy its acolytes & sycophants to NO AVAIL.
I am a foreigner in my own country
Show your NRIC please - red, blue or green?
Different color of ic to identify true locals
Because you're
Many small businesses and local jobs will be lost during this LW administration..
Just wait and see.. its already happening .
The GST should not have been raised. But in raising it, there is no checks on suppliers’ profiteering from this hike. As far as productivity is concerned, most local SME bosses do NOT practice care and respect for their staff. I have heard of many cases where workers are treated poorly with little benefits but the bosses are driving big cars. These bosses then turn around to complain about high costs to the Government who in turn give them grants. And these grants are partly funded by the workers in terms of income tax and consumption taxes. Even old people who buy bread pays the GST for these types of grants. The government, through GLCs are also the largest landlords who charge sky high rentals, sometimes indiscriminately. Who cares about productivity with such rent-seeking mindsets and culture, direct from the top?
I take mrt and buses, but see so many big cars on the road. Are they all bosses?
@@jer2911.L my family members and their colleagues. Working in SMEs.
The reality is BE YOUR OWN BOSS then you can enjoy what ur bosses enjoy. There is nothing to complain about. You make it choice to work instead of doing business
@@viperdepezro The thing in Singapore is that feedback is always treated as complaint. May you always be happy on this sunny island and may you get what you wish for and wish for what you get.
Many small businesses and local jobs will be lost during this LW administration..
Just wait and see.. its already happening .
Lawrence Wong as PM works like a Corp person. Who raise the GST from 7 to 8 to 9%? Vote more alternative parties in. Send a strong signal!
But the voters are recalcitrant🤣
@sgcitizen1063 It's a wrong signal to a govt that works hard for its people
@@oyu7505 which gov does not work hard? Even toilet cleaners work hard but they are paid Peanuts. Even security guards risk their lives guarding a bank. But paid not world record.
Answer me a simple question: Is there gerrymandering?
@@oyu7505 this is a common misperception about working hard. Every one works hard and the rich naturally are disillusioned that it's because they work hard that got them the wealth and those who earn less are so because they work less hard. Understand?
Again, is there Gerrymandering? Y/No?
@LonganLee A negative mind is the evil!
The salaries of all government people should be reduced to help the poor
NB....SIAO LANG TOKING...
@user-st9sg5ud6q Running a restaurant business, CSJ easily earns a million. U shd ask him to reduce his earnings to help the poor or at least reduce the food prices to help the community. As for u, do u donate to the poor？
Not all govt people are slacking, only those on the top, they like to slack and blame the bottom people who are always working hard e.g ICA or SPF junior officers.... those on the top are the ones who need to be sacked or cut away big portion of salary.
U meant haidilao or dtf?
Better still, they should work for honour and prestige - not money. In other words, work for free like US President Donald Trump who was reportedly paid only US$1.00. Honour is something money cannot buy. (Their wife can support them financially) : )
HDB prices have reached insane levels and yet HDB declares that it is making a loss for every new unit. Worse, the floor areas are getting smaller and smaller. Is there any wonder mental illness cases are on the rise in Singapore??
I suggest that before LW makes anymore statements, let him be subject to the following for 12 months first, in order to let him see and feel first hand what life really is.
1) Cut his salary to just $2000 a month
2) Disallow him to get any loans from any party
3) Take away his car, get him to travel by bus and MRT
4) Make him stay in a 3-room HDB flat, and pay $300 in monthly mortgage.
5) Make him pay for his own household bills
6) Freeze all other incomes, including those of his wife
7) Assign 1 poor aged parent, and 1 young child to support.
Then see, how he feels. After this 1 year hands-on intensive life experience, he will probably become a better PM.
Alternatively you can switch places with him. You'll crumble into depression and anxiety even before you make your first speech
Would you prefer your own HDB flat to be of less value - or valued more? Would you prefer people saying you are living in "cheap" HDB flat? Nevermind, even if you are not thinking of selling it before 99 lease is up?
Why cut to 2,000 dollars? The average salary in SG is 5,783, and the median is 5,197. We are doing better than you think.
Additionally, the point on HDB making a loss, that's literally what HDBs are---government-subsidised housing. HDB prices are rising NOT because HDB increases prices to make profit... It's much more complicated than what you think.
HDB prices are at insane prices because of the greedy sellers, please be clear about this! All prices of HDB start off about the same at affordable 6 fig prices. Years later, those owner who feel their flats are located in prime locations or overlooking nice views etc will want to sell them at a premium. For younger people who wanna just blame others for their housing problems, start with your own parents. If the generation before you do not ask for million dollar prices for their HDBs, you too won't be paying million dollars for such resale flats. It's a free market, if you want to assign blame, blame the fellow greedy Singaporean instead! Be objective, not every issue is the fault of the govt!
Price is like that because they added land value into the sale price to make it look like they loose money. Land is allocated to them not bidded in open market with estate developers. Remove LV from the price and you see that they are never in the reds.
Inflation ! Cost of living really toooo much toooo high! Bto flats pricing are raising more n more too! Medicals,transport n now even HAWKER FOOD are ALL shooting up too! Rentals are forever KILLING miserable profits. This is all tooooo much la!
IKR!!!!
Singapore's high cost of living....citizens are struggling to get by,....not getting ahead!
I am a born and bred Singaporean who served my NS and pay my dues. I disagree with your statement. The comment of "reducing the influx of foreigners" is too wide and ambiguous. Do you have your stats? What 'level' of foreigners?
We need foreign labour for construction, shipping and F&B. without these 'influx', Singapore cannot function as we don't have sufficient manpower locally.
I do know of many foreign MNCs who was coaxed by our EDB to invest in Singapore and created many jobs for our locals. But in return, they needed a certain number of EPs to bring in their core team. Do we tell them No? Or see the silver lining that by getting in these foreigners (they pay taxes), many other jobs will be created?
There are also another segment of foreigners who bring new knowledge, skills, expertise that will improve our industry, and up our status internationally. We say we selectively bring in these talents.
Our birth rates is not sufficient to replenish our work force. We all know of peers who will not marry, or not have children (or have more than 1 kid) regardless of how much the govt dishes out. These are dynamics / mentality of our population that are many dimensional which cannot be solved that easily. Do we let the population age and let our workforce reduce over time? I say we bring in foreigners of similar culture and embed them in our society.
bigger & better industries + bigger workforce = higher GDP
We can only do these if we have good and appropriate immigration policies.
I applaud your tenancity in Singapore politics. But I suggest you shift your sole focus from 'bringing down the government', to actions that better our society and community at large. Thank you.
Wow! U talked just like the pap elites. Totally brain washed by the pap elites 😢
@darrenlow4358
The population growth is too much lah.
And the stress is too much too.
I prefer life under LKY. So what if are a developing country?
Lack of babies? Why? Stressful and costly to have baby
Spot on! Some people cannot analyse the whys.
30% of income for bills, rentals is insane... 😅😢😮
I 50% income for 4D and Toto ... still hopeful.
If You think renting a house or a room is insane , than work harder to own a house. Don’t rent.
On the point about "Check the inflow of foreign workers, and raise the productivity, do the job better, so that one worker can eventually do two workers' job". It is not as simple as he said
As it stands now, most companies are already overloading each of their employees with 2 or more workers' worth of workload. Employees, especially front-liners, are given more tasks and responsibilities, and are expected to work beyond their stated working hours in the name of service. Many other employees are expected to be on 24-hours standby. Does that mean productivity has gone up?
Hell no! Continuously staying late or on 24 hours standby for work is actually counter-productive, as it increases the risk of burnout for employees. Productivity means increasing the rate of output in the same amount of time, either through skills development/upgrading and/or with the help of technology. But companies must be willing to invest in their employees and technology, and compensate their employees well. Not merely squeezing their employees dry.
And there are just some jobs that most SIngaporeans shun, eg construction, customer service, funeral service, nursing, domestic help, cleaning service, waste management, and F&B, etc.
How do you expect to check the inflow of foreign workers in these critical sectors that few Singaporeans want to go into? Unless Singaporeans can check their own mindsets about jobs, companies would have to hire more foreign workers. And given that foreign workers can work longer hours at cheaper rate, Singaporeans will almost always lose out, if companies only want cheap labour that can work longer hours, instead of really investing in employee's development, skills and productivity.
The fact that our birth rate is declining is not helping, either. It means that our local workforce is continuously shrinking in an aging population.
Therefore, both companies and Singaporean employees need to have a serious mindset change. Otherwise, it's all just talk.
Mr. CHEE IF Singapore is so difficult to live with this high cost living how come you can afford to have two high end Restaurants in Prime district..
Dr Chee hard work attitude. Respect him, he doesn't believe in handsout.
Restaurants have to provide something tangible in return for your money but you obviously decide who to part your money with - you are in control.
But could you decide how much you would like to pay for your house loan, utilities bills, town council fees, salaries for the politicians in power, school fees, coe and car prices?
And could you even decide who are the right politicians to be voted in to fight for your rights?
Answer is as clear as day and night so you need not answer to the questions posed to you.
@@choonhockong8215 Hard work and determination are virtues to emulate. Chee should also be a principled politician - absorb the GST in his restaurants so that the prices can be lowered. The heartlanders will appreciate that and enjoy what he has to offer.
Why don’t you ask the ministers this question?
He would have made more money if he had not joined the opposition.
We are paying a price for being a "successful" country.
Stress stress stress !!
"Ah Kong" has always been telling you nothing is for free in Singapore - not even the air you breathe. Which would you prefer - stress because you are rich, or stress because you are poor. Stress you work harder. No stress you relek
westwoodly
I just want to lead a happy stress free live. No need to be rich. Just have enough money to lead a simple life
@@steventay5834 Interesting. What is a "simple life" in Singapore? Even Planet Earth is stressed.
@@westwoodly
Simple life : live in HDB and take public transport. Do a simple admin job. Earn $3000 a month. This is my definition of a simple life
Migrate migrate migrate
Why isn’t anyone thanking the government for the work done during Covid? Which other government comes close? Don’t be forgetful..it is always easy to be the critique, isn’t it?
In case u dunno…b*llions or tr*llions have been kept aside for any ‘emergency’ here……🤣🤣🤣
So not a surprise that time…….🤪
@@user-gv8jy1wu3w If you asked which government comes close? Then we will also ask which country Ministers are paid more than a million?
I am not saying PAP is a bad government. Neither am I saying they are good government
Vote Only If;
1. Your Quality of Life has been improved over the last 5 years
2. Good Paying Jobs prospective are good and secured for you.
3. You have more money to spend.
4. Your Children Future is secured and protected.
5. You can afford the expensive hospital or are provided with Real FREE Medical Benefits.
6. You can easily afford the 99 years leasehold Public Housing without burning away more than half your lifetime [and your wife] of saving.
Vote Wisely.
Apologists and IB will try to confused people by asking them to compare with Malaysia or Ethiopia. But this is a trick and unfair and unjust comparison.
To CORNER them, make the debate clear upfront that the only fair and accurate way to measure Singapore leader performance is to compare how SG was with how SG is now since 5 years ago. So the strategy is to confront them to not weasel their way out of failures and fiasco by comparing with lousy countries where leaders lowly paid. Tell them to compare SG with SG as the only fair apple-to-apple comparison. This will corner them as they have no where to weasel out.
Five years ago:
1. Costs were low
2. Life was not as stressful.
3. No adultery by leaders
4. No $3B record filth money laundering in sg.
5. No awareness of the perceived short jail term for the $3B.
6. No SimplyGo fiasco.
7. No ERP2 fiasco.
8. No gst hike and hike.
9. No Extreme inflation of daily necessities
A. No record $1M++ Public housing.
I can go on and on.
Even if won't VTO, let's help create more Opposition seats in parliament just to get even a bit
@@LonganLee It's like saying vote the oppo if I get free house, free medical n $1m salary!
@@oyu7505 sorry, this shows your IQ not at the level deserving further debate
The next you know is MORE GST and other Tax Hikes and Hikes by the PAP for PAP yet another "Increase Spending Expenditures" to build MORE infrastructures to bring in MORE foreigners to displace More Singaporeans from Good Paying Jobs.
Example will you allow your money to be used to Displace your own childrens from Good Paying Jobs? Over the many years of building and tax hikes, have they delivered on their promises? Are you better off today? If NOT, why continue to build and build and pay and pay for others to displace YOU while benefitting the rich to secure their wealth and assets? If you are not better off today then it is Time to Rethink.
Many small businesses and local jobs will be lost during this LW administration..
Just wait and see.. its already happening .
Instead of bashing the government, why not come up with some positive solutions to halt the depopulation in Singapore if you are so against foreigners? The legitimate question is : what are we gonna do about the thinning of our population?
Dr Chee, you are absolutely correct. We must fight for our right for the sake of our future.
You already have your rights. Fight for what rights ?
Yes, please absorb the GST in his restaurants and reduce to price to affordable Hawker Centre prices.
Many small businesses and local jobs will be lost during this LW administration..
Just wait and see.. its already happening .
Is it time to vote for Dr. Chee.😊
How to reduce influx of foreigners in Singapore? - Make foreigners Singapore citizens.
That is what the government has done and will continue to do!
@@YogicSeeker of course everything comes with a catch , we shall see 😆
Target 10million.
I observed now that the hdb estates playground, parks are flooded with rowdy foreign children screaming and running like monkeys. The Punggol Park children playground is occupied by foreign children playing cricket games and endangering children at the playground. Even the open space usually occupied by sr citizens doing qi gong exercise has to give way to these foreign children playing cricket games. I am an elderly man passing by and on one occasion was nearly hit by the cricket ball.
Cannot lah...nobody will rent the HDBs and condos from Sporeans
@@choonhockong8215Well said
After this video, $300 vouchers given out to silenced the crowd again haha. Just realised conservancy fee went up by $7 this month for 5 room.
I really scare when every time Gov give money.. wondering what's next going up?
The pattern is the same...
@@Jamal-rg6br They give because they wanna take back more next time...also GE coming, so now all the MP all come out wayang.
Money in money out😂
@Jamal-rg6br 0:05
Well said.
4 room $70.50 mthly conservancy fee if didnt pay on time go court is a crime if didnt pay 😡 i seen old people got jail b4 last time
The PM’s attitude to the escalating HDB price issue is to accept and allow HDB prices to continue to rise, i.e. do not regulate and just let the market take its course. Instead, the PAP’s solution is to continually increase the subsidy and grant to cosmetically make HDB prices appear affordable. This is not addressing the root of the problem but to throw more (gimmicky) grants and subsidies at buyers. Singaporeans will eventually regret when they sell their flats down the road because the government will crawl back the grants and subsidies given to you at the point of purchase. Surely, this is NOT confronting and addressing the root causes of escalating HDB prices, which are supply side issues; the decision by HDB to stop providing a “valuation price” that formed the basis on which buyers and sellers ultimately agree on a cash over/under valuation transacted price; and stem the influx of foreigners which drive rental prices (including HDB rental prices) up. I do NOT think LKY ever conceived the HDB flat as a mean to obtaining passive rental income.
Only know how to tok and tok and tok, you have GOOD alternative?
Maybe one shld stay, not just visit HK, China and most other countries. They have zero PUBLIC housing. Their govt sells land to Pte developers and wash their hands clean. Go look at what they're getting? We're blessed with public housing. Most citizens in other countries couldn't get married becos no house. Does that happens here? So don't be a "frog in the well".
It just seems that no matter what, the government cares more about itself, ensuring it doesnt lose out. Lots of tapes here and there, for all the little moves.
Next year general election, we vote them out. By that way, they'll make improvement.
The best improvement Hussain Bolt, the fastest sprinter, is if he Compares himself with himself yesterday. If he compares with lousier runners , he will never break record. So, when policies fail, someone will say, at least better than other countries. You can corner them by saying it's not proper comparison to compare different countries because almost every parameter is different. SG today must be compared with SG 4 years ago or something like that. SG leaders are paid uniquely different than all the other "mediocre" leaders. Who has the cheek to compare with lowly paid leaders when they are paid extremely handsomely?
Vote them out, and let someone else who can do better take the job lah.
Still need them around to make whatever improvement?
ha ha, vote them out and vote who in to make improvement ? Talk is cheap , man. We all had to rememberd we are not a big nation with resources. Two or Three terms with a Joker like Donald Trump as leader , can will still survive? For us, wrong leaders for two terms will drove us back to where we are . For me, I had tasted life in the 50s, 60s and 70s and I am sure our future generation do not want to taste the life I had been through.
@@SK-2175 you are talking cork because vote against does not mean you can vote them out. Voting is our right provided by the Constitution. So even lawyers cannot do anything about it
@@SK-2175 so you are saying there should be no Elections or Ban Elections from the Constitution?
Can he name the socalled “couple of policies made by sdp” instead of just saying? Otherwise it can just BS?
This PM got time to play guitar and sing wonderful tonight. Wat a joke 😅
Chee SJ seemed to have the magic wand that could solve all the challenges and problems that Singapore and Singaporeans face with a wave of his hand. Singapore would then no need for the thousands of Malaysian crossing into Singapore to do jobs, Singaporeans will be doing all the constructions of housing and roads and mrt lines. How fortunate Singapore would be to have such a Prime Minister who see all these serious problems can be solved with ready made easy solutions. Now, where can I buy cheap chickens to cook my chicken rice?
Sorry you can only buy the expensive chicken currently because the person in power doesnt have the magic wand you claim , perhaps you can realise the cheap chicken after you allow him to have the power to use his wand i supposed. For now , stick to your expensive chicken and stfu 😂
Btw, Lawrence Wong & Lee Hsien Loong also don’t have a “Magic Wand” too. So at the end of the day, what is your point? 🤷🏼♂️🤔
@@yeohockthiam9310 Ok, make it simpler for you. The two prime ministers have never shied away from saying the challenges are tough given the small size of the country and dependence on external circumstances. What they can do is to mitigate the effects with whatever means they can. Eggs, chicken and rice will still have to be imported - and cost more. Chee SJ on the other hand seems to claim he has a magic wand which he would draw out from his pocket to solve the challenges facing the country. Simply, he is suggesting that Singapore can prosper without depending on foreign workers, bringing cost of living down by growing own rice and vegetables - or raid the national reserves. Any kids can say that.
I think u just simply don’t understand the meaning of productivity improvement. Look at japan, Germany and Switzerland
@westwoodly
Why PAP let COE prices go up to $100k? They can build more roads if they want. Can build underground.
Dr Chee , the right choice in GE2025 ! ✌️
Fully agreed but the residents of BB are blind by the puppies
There notthing we can do.....thing will not be the same again.........
We need political magicians who can solve all problems the country with a wave of the magic wand in Dr Chee's hand. The hand that can also dip into the vast savings in the nation's reserves.
As usual BB will be part of Jurong GRC to stop him from contesting
My ex student posted on FB that she went for election official training. GE should be soon.. in 2024 not 2025
Dr Chee should leave such problems to the Government and concentrate his effort to bring back his protege Amos Yee from US jail by pushing the UN Human Rights dept...hahahaha
Dr Chee, i wonder how many poor citizens can afford to dine in your fancy restaurants?
Easy answer, tens of thousands of businesses and residents will move to JB come 2027 when the MRT line is extended to JB. No more congested causeway. Get a bicycle, park at Bukit Chagar station vicinity and commute to Singapore. I see a tsunami coming....most SMEs will migrate as rentals, wages, overheads are much cheaper in JB. Once we can commute without the hassle of the causeway, the equation will change drastically. Singaporeans unfortunately will lose out even more...no need to bring in Malaysians...hire them in JB at wages much lower than in Singapore (as rentals for housing is also much cheaper, food and transportation, etc. are all cheaper). Yes, cost will drop but so will jobs...far fewer jobs. For Singaoreans...start your own business in JB. If you are waiting to be hired in 2027...good luck.
"'...for me, the past three decades. I'm wise not to give birth to a family here. Otherwise, my family will be the future victims of slavery.!!!"'☝️🙄😬🤨
Singapore needs more wise people like you not to have babies. The island is already so crowded. Go somewhere to be a foreign talent and take jobs from the local people - and become a slave driver there.
Yes it happens to other countries too. The government is not doing enough to support family growth.
Was your our parents "wise" to give birth to you?
@@chiapohjoo5283"'Hmmm...!!!"'🙄🤔 U're right bro.! Absolutely right bro...!!!☝️👍✊️🤛🤜👊🤝👏😉
@@westwoodly"'Hmmm...???!!!"'🙄🤔 It's only during the 70s, 80s but not the 90s'...!!! Especially when the late LKY opens SGP to the rest of the world and "sold" us all out...!!!😳🙄😬🤨
Too many foreign talent taken away our jobs hope LW reduce foreign talent. Government funding support not enough if we still live without jobs
Fat hope they are thinking $$$ only. Best VTO
foreign 'talent'
@@robertlim8042well said
Hahaha the PM is not ignoring they are already doing their best , compare that with msia
Do not think productivity increase will solve employing less foreigners. In fact Productivity can only be achieved via automation or Workers being pushed harder and harder . Automation not only reduce the dependent of foreign workers but also mean retrechmentof local workers and even engineers. Pushing workers harder and harder will stress them more and more and we all know the consequences of both scenarios . So , we need to manage it and come to a balanced solution which is easier said than done. I am an Industrial Engineer over my whole life career for 45 years and I know a bit about productivity and its issue. Not so easy Dr Chee.
The moment they have preference to hire foreigners (Cheap but good enough) they will freeze headcount and eventually, remote the entire technical / production department to the target (usually india) and left with just product managers in Singapore. Retraining workers are useless... career switch to a business management role is something more practical. All technical skilled jobs will be lost eventually sadly. No matter how highly skilled you are (Phd or even professionally), there is no future if the entire department is removed away haha...
@@Magurosenbei I do not agree at all that all Technical skilled jobs will be lost eventually. Hello, technical skills encompass a very wide area than you think - Product design , Quality system , Automation , project management and Business Development . In my technical career spanning 45 years and in Product Design, Quality , Toolings , Project management and Business Development functions . And all these are skills in the above areas not taught at University particularly post graduate like masters or PhD . Perhaps some in the bachelor programme but the bulk is via actual practice in industry . Honestly, I do not think India had skilled Engineers in most of the areas I wrote . Not even China, where I worked from 2006 to 2019. We still need to send Engineers and Managers to manage these functions in our overseas factory. There are still a lot of Singaporeans highly skill in these areas and these will not be managed remotely like what you wrote. That is the reason why Singapore still train many technicians and Craftmen in their Poly and Techical institute , not Doctors or PhD . I am very sure that Singapre is not only left with Product Managers only.
@@SK-2175 You will be surprised. 😀 In the financial tech sector. Things don't go according to your narrative.
Hello I know that although I am in the Technical line.
Support Mr Chee!
Pointing out flaws instead of offering solutions. So easy for opposition to try their luck.
First of all this is a domestic difficulty of having your local labour force. The young and school leavers with diploma, degree would want to secure a job in the field of their studies...Question...are they willing to go into contructions, municipality, service industry...??? Your aspiration to be a high income fully develope nation with cost will get no one thinking about having lower end jobs.
Looks like mindless complaints and quoting our PAP leaders words out of context again, IMDA and MHA should seriously investigate this and issue POFMA against the culprits. Our Singapore Government led by our PAP leaders have NEVER failed to deliver on their commitments to our nation, what's the problem with our PM drawing 200k salary??? Elon Musk received Billions !!!
You’re cancelled! Supporter!
Should get CSJ to debate a local influencer and see whether what he say really matter or just his imagination.
Founding Father Lee has passed on many years, what he said is history now and non-binding to any of the leaders or successors. Similarly, whatever said by the ex-PM Lee was also history which the current leaders and successors have no obligations to follow through. Its a new PM new government now, fresh piece of paper to start off, so there's no right no wrong until results are seen over time. Lets see how it goes.
Too many PRs and new citizens in S’pore.
My Late Grandmother Once Said This To Me >>>> *Please Treasure & Cherish, Singapore's Founding Father. After He Is Gone, Singapore Will Never Be The Same & It Will Definitely Become An Unlivable Country, For Most Singaporeans To Live In, Eventually* . . . My Goodness, Whatever She Said, Has Turned Out To Be The Truth & Nothing But The TRUTH!!!!! It's Really Absolutely DEVASTATING When Singaporeans, Like Me, Keep Getting Asked This Extraordinarily IRRITATING QUESTION, Day After Day >>>>>>>>> *WHERE ARE YOU FROM*???? The Local Identity Has Been Destroyed & It Has Been Destroyed By Absolute Greed, Sheer Selfishness & Utter Irresponsibility!!! I Used To Look Forward To National Day . . . . Very Sadly . . . & Very Unfortunately . . . *I NO LONGER DO BECAUSE ENOUGH IS TRULY, TRULY ENOUGH*
Singaporean government must cut their own salary to help out with the economy and not increase their own Salary instead. This is so mess up.
The same old nonsense. Cut ministers salary and all the problems will go away. Ask your own boss to cut your salary because it's far too high compared to neighbouring countries.
@@westwoodlyneighbour came here to get paid..
If his boss cut his pay and at same level put it $1000..
Who have plenty of money?
Don't forget neighbour getting times 3.45 🤭
People making noise here, go ask the opposition, if they become the govt. what can they offer? Free hold hdb? No ERP, no COE, no GST, free medical, free education? SG getting expensive, see what n how you spend on. Open your eyes and look at those restaurants, even on weekdays. Most has to Q up to get in, no? Isn't that a good indicator? It's very EZ for opposition here, like Dr Chee. Just "play to the gallery" and throw the spanner in whatever the govt does. Any Tom, dick or Harry could do it. So what does Dr Chee propose? Any alternatives?
I am not saying Dr Chee got a solution, but he simply mean that follow what LKY had mentioned....I am not taking side, but to be fair, it should be the ones who are been paid to do the job, Dr Chee is not even MP or been paid...why should he proposed anything if someone can just copy his solution for free....its freedom of speech, Dr Chee is saying how he feel...Can people make a speech? If not, what should he says, everything is good? U feel everything is good? What is the point of having opposition? You may be living a comfortable life, but let those speak out too...
@@adriantan688 I'm not against the opposition but what have they contributed? by appearing just before GE? You said it, not just me, WE are all having good lives. Maybe you prefer a Micky Mouse govt to pamper every citizens' needs?
@AndrePHK your whole paragraph is already against oppo...Dr Chee is not even an MP, what do u expect from him to contribute? For free? You are out of the topic by saying we want to be pampered...he is talking about high cost of living...we didn't expect freebies, and actually I dont need...he representing a certain percentage of Singaporean who can't meet ends need who has been working very hard....those are not free loader...
Agreed. What had they done? Words not trustable when he kena pofma before.
@ilink06 another monkey asking same question... then what has Iswaran, former minister done...your stupidity is not my problem...
It's easy to give a Ra Ra speech and quietly avoid the real issues.. 😜
Everyone, including myself, also struggles for the high cost of living. What Dr. Chee said was true!
Many small businesses and local jobs will be lost during this LW administration..
Wow. Proposals by new pm need to be welcomed by SDP.
for those who have been happily benefitting from the PAP priviledge (ministers, mayors, businessmen) say gd bye to that soon... time to pack up and start finding somewhere else to leech.
By the way, how’s European countries and our neighbors performance? Have Chee compared and present his analysis? 😅
dont bother about the 30% dude...70% vote for pap....they like col voucher....and many other voucher. the govt dont suck them how to give free voucher. the 30% dont like voucher then give back lol cowpeh cowbu...govt point gun at yr head to vote for pap meh? kanina
In some ways foreigners also keeps costs lower. Labour for example. Foreigners would accept a lower pay to carry out labour work and if they weren’t doing it, Singaporeans would have more jobs, yes? That’s true but that Singaporean would want a much higher pay and therefore increasing operation costs. All costs would eventually make its way down to consumers and inflation would rise. On your next trip out, take a look around and imagine if all labour workers were Singaporeans and try to work out the % of operational costs increase.
Chee has two restaurants and planning to open more. So what is he talking about property and rent expensive 😅or foreign labour cost expensive 😂
Why when Election is near then you show up? For the past 2 years, I didn't see you on TH-cam..
Many want to leave sg eventually if they cannot find a job at old age or just realise they deserve a better life than the stress of sg. We hope malaysia will adopt some
Singaporeans. Many Companies have or are shifting to malaysia
LW had said earning a high salary contributes to a higher cost of living. Ok. How much amount do LW think is high? Next, for example, if he says $5000 is considered high, now let check how many Singaporean are earning a $5K salary and how many foreigners are earning a $5K salary. And also, what is the population of foreigners in Singapore? They are approximately 1.4 million or more foreigners working in Singapore since 2022. Do they contribute to the high cost of living. And who influx them into Singapore?
I agree dr chee please continue to spread ur words
Why he don't offer cheap food from the restaurant he owned to ease living cost.
Cost of living has increased in all countries in the world.
You deserve the government you voted for.
If the gov js one we never voted for, is that our gov only by law and not in spirit? I not sure
Yes, we do, and it is the best govt in the world. Or you prefer Myanmar, Malaysia or US govt?
@@thuuundder6661 how do you measure that ? Based on Perception? How do you actually measure and compare when all countries are different?who audited all the statistics and claims? In every country, supporters of their gov all say their leaders the best in the world. So how?? How do you compare when they are highest paid but others not? The only way to compare fairly is compare SG since the last GE with SG today. Is sg worse than before? Tell me how do you compare? Who independent of the establishment audited the GDP? You tell me. Answer this simple question . Is there Gerrymandering in Singapore? Answer me, which of your eyes audited the SWF? So what are you basing on? Strait Media news?
Dr Chee can only criticize... Old man, don't be too bitter and envious/jealous over other people successes... The reason people don't elect you as leader is because you yourself are incompetent, you can only criticize but provide no sound solution.
CSJ is at it again, cherry picking issues with half-truths. We all heard the speech by PM Lawrence Wong, and he did address the improvements to Skillsfuture to upskill Singaporeans. So why do you CSJ insist that you heard nothing about "labour productivity" in the speech? As for cost of living, the speech also covered support and allowances for the unemployed to upskill and housing grant improvements etc. These help especially the least fortunate in our society, so why do you insist that nothing is done to help with the rising cost of living? Ultra-selective hearing you have, this one.... the force is not with you, clearly so.
Dr Chee, you keep bringing up old and tired issues-lah. Yes, you will get some listening ears. The rest of us have moved on. Rising cost-of-living increases in SG have been with us for many decades! Nothing new. The solution for everyone is to upskill, reskill, retrain, overhaul your brain, and keep on improving.
There is no point in harping on the Government every time. PM Lawrence Wong is already doing whatever it takes to help every Singaporean affected by the rising costs in Singapore. The whole world is in this situation. Not only us.
We don't buy your argument anymore.
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Mr Dude... For foreigners issue, cannot LW cannot do anything. Remember before LHL passed the baton to LW, LHL already highlighted the importance of hiring foreigners into SG. So foreigners issue LW really cannot touch already. So sorry Mr Dude!
Important topics which were not discussed during the NDP rally. I hope these can be addressed soon.
For my own opinion
1) if you do not wish foreigner to take over singapore you will need to pay higher salary to support Singaporeans worker but employer will suffer
2) many Singaporeans will not accept dirty or hard work that is why employer need foreigner to take over the job
3) there is no choice because everything is increase and cost of living also increase if the gov does not increase singapore will fall behind like other country with example malaysia with low exchange rate
With this option singaporean only can choose either suffer now for batter generation or fall behind and suffer later with high living cost for your generation
@@LeeKamFu I do agree with some comments that narrated the outcome of the condition. I do hope the manager of the country should have the potentials of navigating and lead us to a better perspective despite encountering all dangers in a stormy sea of disasters. A captain of a sea should know how to make the wisest decision.
Good comment, i am indian.. you know both side. Wisdom reply by your side
P.a.p copy opposition ideas.
Vote in more opposition into Parliment🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬
More oppos will slow down the country's progress because they will all be busy opposing and this also means the current oppos are not strong as ppl want more oppos.
If you wanted to make Singapore from First Class to third world country then you may proceed to vote them without hesitation.😊
Just said for the sake of talking repeat nothing good happens from opposition. If without PAP probably will be the same as Pakistan and Bangladesh. 😢 Fools are fooled by Chee.
Just food alone, the increase is over 20% if you use a 5 year chart instead of a YOY. Don't believe me, do your own research.
Other countries within the region did experience inflation but not as insanely high.
Something must be very wrong now 😢
Singapore has limited space, with continuous influx of outsiders to live and work, Singapore will not be able to absorb any more people, let alone space for new roads and buildings
Lee kwan yew time the people are diffrent from the people we have now
Cant blame the corporates. They must balance foreign and local talent.
HR Planning on a macro level is difficult to do. In some industries thete are ample
Locals. In others there are so many foreigners.
If Dr. Chee was PM he will also pay himself 200k a month justifying this by what came before.
The analysis provided here effectively identified the root cause of the unease many of our fellow citizens are experiencing. As a result, the government now finds it necessary to allocate a budget to address our collective well-being, which was previously in a much better state.
Personally, I currently work with foreigners and permanent residents, and I rarely encounter fellow citizens in the workplace. It seems that higher management continues to hire foreigners, making it difficult for our own citizens to gain exposure to skilled jobs and advance in their careers. Meanwhile, foreigners come and go, leaving behind a void that is then filled by yet another foreign worker.
Despite our strong education system, we seem unable to perform the jobs that are being handled by foreigners from third-world countries. This raises the question: where is the gap? How can Singaporean citizens gain exposure to high-demand jobs and climb the career ladder? I’m willing to work hard, earn more, and pay more, but we need to address these underlying issues.
Sir what is your proposed solution then?
Costs of living is a problem everywhere in the world, and not just in Singapore. I remembered one guy complained that he is earning 10K a month and cannot save . Of course lah, he rented a Condo, buy a expensive car , eat at posh restaurant, many classes for his children, massage for his wife, and and and. And in a way, we all need to help to control cost. Coffee shops selling coffee for S$ 1.50 , they also buy. Should boycott such profiteers. Make your own coffee at home or at least drink it in Government hawker centr @ S$1.10. Do not eat Prawn noodle at S$ 6.00 a bowl. Many hawker cenre still selling them at S$ 4.50. I can go on and on . The mindset is that we are expecting the Government to care of practically everything under the sky . God will provide food for everyone, but he will not drop them into your nest . You had to work hard for it. Coming to MP and PM getting high salary . Dr Chee , you can also aspire to earn similar salary . No one is stopping you . Propel youself into MP material and then perhaps one day PM . I am not being sarcastic but it is a fact. No one is stopping you.
“Costs of living is a problem everywhere in the world ..." yes, "everywhere" indeed but there is only ONE most expensive city in the list and that's Singapore (according to Julius Baer's The Global Wealth and Lifestyle Report 2024). So apparently we have a BIGGER problem here because we are the most expensive city.
And seriously, nobody in the 21st century "expecting the Government to care of practically everything under the sky . ". I don't know what give you that thought. This is not the 80s or 90s. The people is a lot more educated now. But we don't expect the govt to be the creator of our daily "cost of living" problems.
@xthene . U say SG is the most expensive city in the world, but u dont say SG has little or no resources. U say the govt creates the cost of living, which isn't true, but u dont say the measures by the govt n help to the ppl. Ur views r biased!
@@xthene Hello, I do not how you are engaged to the ground . I was borned in 1953 and I can remember my starting salary was about only S$ 365 per month graduating from the poly. I started work in 1972 and had to wait almost 10 years to buy my first flat . Now , a fresh graduate out of U wanted to buy a BOT flat , and laments that it is too expensive to buy ! All the surveys on cost of living is skewed to foreigners living in another country. I do not know if you ever eat in a hawker centre in which a plate of Chicken rice is still available at around S$ 3.50 . And if you compared this at a restaurant frequented by expatriate, you will know why we are the most expensive. If I want a beer, I will buy an Anchor beer from NTUC and drink it while watching premier league . The same can of beer in a Pub or coffee house will tell you the gap. Another aspect when people talk about cost of living , they often neglect the earning power of the people in Singapore. I worked and lived in China for many years. One bowl of noodle perhaps is 15 to 20 RMB which is roughly S$ 3 to S$ 4. But an average Chinese Engineer graduate earns perhaps now 4000 to 5000 RMB , which is about 800 to 1000 S$. And I am sure you know that Singapore U graduate earns around S$ 4000 , which is 5 times more . So in that direction, the bowl of noodles in China is costly as compared with Singapore. I hope I had given some areas in which we need to look at before following the crowd to sing the Song that Singapore is the most expensive city ( for the general population ) . If that is the case, all our technicians and workers ( I mean Singaporeans) earning around S$ 3000 will be dead by now. If we live according to our means , we still can go by .
@@oyu7505 I almost died from laughter reading your comments.
"U say the govt creates the cost of living .... " ...errrrr... did I say that? Which part of my statements said that?
Let me repeat my original statements:
"But we don't expect the govt to be the creator of our daily "cost of living" problems."
" ...but u dont say SG has little or no resources. " ....errrr.... it's a common sense many of the cities (and even many of the countries) lack natural resources like oil and water and have to import overseas or via other neighbouring cities (regions).
We are not the only one.
Ooops ... in case you do not have these common sense ... just to name a few: cities like Hong Kong, Tokyo, Taipei, Bern, Vatican City ... and actually even the countries themselves - Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland, Italy, Vatican City ... and the list goes on ...
Is Chee selling cheap food - or least affordable food - at his fancy restaurant? How much is he selling his coffee - $1.10? i doubt I can afford to eat at his restaurant.
They copy SDP ideas,lol,
As well as WP.
How to not let them weasel their way out of a failure, fiasco or flaw : The best improvement Hussain Bolt, the fastest sprinter, is if he Compares himself with himself yesterday. If he compares with lousier runners , he will never break record. So, when policies fail, someone will say, at least better than other countries. You can corner them by saying it's not proper comparison to compare different countries because almost every parameter is different. SG today must be compared with SG 4 years ago or something like that. SG leaders are paid uniquely different than all the other "mediocre" leaders. Who has the cheek to compare with lowly paid leaders when they are paid extremely handsomely?
So, SimplyGo, ERP2, "Affordable" public housing which has past $1m etc. Corner them by telling them not to compare with other country but compare apple with apple. This will corner them and they will be in trouble.
CSJ is making some good points until he mentioned abt the PM"s pay of 200000 per month. He is accusing the PM of not understanding the people just because the pay is 200000.
Tolong tolong tolong, do not make such meaningless accussation when making a speech. Focus on how u can help Singaporeans in your speech. Focus on where the PAP has not done enough, how SDP could have done better etc.
Do not attack the personality or character of your opponent. Worse still, these sort of attack is so baseless and proofless!! And tbh, it is so stupid and disgusting!
Apart from complaining with faux gravitas what are your actual recommendations to better Singapore? We do not need a rabble rousing demagogue, especially in such globally uncertain times. The question is how can we do better together, and not what someone is doing wrong or how right you were all along. Prove your merit by suggesting action steps, not just complaining in a way that suggests personal vendetta rather than an actual heart for the nation as a whole.
If Dr. Chee becomes PM, Singapore will be done.
We lived in Singapore for 17 plus years. Wow, that was a big eye opener. Singaporeans are so obedient and eager to please the government. With the shockingly high prices, there would be riots on the streets in other countries. But not in Singapore. The country reminds me of an ant colony.
Without the ants, there will be no colony. Without the bees, there will be no honey. You want to be so disobedient, it's your choice. Carry a placard "I want to be a dissident" outside the Istana Gate.
Why have you stayed for 17years? You stayed while the going was good to your advantage and now when cost of living is up, you are throwing shades? Well, thank goodness it’s only 17 yrs. Time and system has filtered you out.
@@cymei60 No, we left in 2013, long before the cost of living crisis. There are so many thing wrong with Singapore, I don't know where to start.
@@michaelshih8163 so many things wrong with sg yet you stayed 17yrs. Just as well you are gone.
@@cymei60 It is for mutual benefit. We were so happy when we hopped on the plane and left. For one thing, it would be less hot and humid at home. The kids were so happy that we were leaving, they couldn't sleep and when I went to their room at 3am to get them ready for an early Delta flight, they were all dressed up ready to go.
Stop targeting on the PM’s salary! As someone who runs the whole country, he rightfully deserves the pay and even more! Please have some respect!
A hawker stall at bedok Centre sell for $480K to $500k , it is crazy expensive, the stall was from $25 rental to maybe now $230 for first owner and if subsequently sold to second owner, the rental is $950 and maybe more .
What if productivity growth is no longer enough? Can we be two times, three times more productive than our regional counterparts to justify the cost of business here? Productivity cannot be the only yardstick we go by in the future. Telling us to think out of the box, but this single word has been the sticking point for the last 30 years.
If you believe that the influx of foreigners is merely to fill labor gaps, you are mistaken. The deeper strategy is to dilute the local population, reducing the influence of anti-PAP voters. At the same time, the government systematically increases its loyal base by extending kindness, support, and privileges intended for native-born citizens to these new arrivals. This tactic subtly shifts the demographic balance in favor of those who will uphold the current power structure.
That’s what happening in Europe now. They have an inorganic immigration crisis that destroy their culture and economy.
Don't think Malaysian "Cheap" foreign labour is not as "Productive" as the local Singaporean as quoted by the video speaker himself . Sparks confusion 😮
Er...MY workers are not cheap.
No. Of foreigners cited does not have pmet and non pmet differentiation. What if the inflow of foreigners shown in the chart is meant to cater for the increasing number of constructions required - btos, park connectors, upgrading of 5g to 6g network etc. Are singaporean really displaced by foreigners in good job roles or is it simply that we are too picky about what we want.
What is cost of living definition? Is it based on wants or needs or both? I can want to buy a tesla and because of the COE, do I then cite that cost of living is high? I am sure PAP can do better with some policies but I think perhaps if you want say that their policies are not sound, get the factual information first, criticise and propose better policies for consideration. Not stoke unnecessarily anger amongst Singaporeans
In the first place, the damned government must get out of all businesses. It cannot be the business regulator and business operator at the same time. That practice is the grandest C.O.I. - Conflict Of Interest.
NTUC is the prime example. That is why its prices are always never lower than others; and who pockets all the profits ???
it should not be the lowest, but fair.
if it focus on lowest then with enough capital you can screw smaller players over.... see who can tank the loss longer is the final winner.. with a fair price, you can fix certain things at a certain price so that the biz wont go bankrupt
Any has seen the COMPASS scoring scheme for E Pass? Is it useful to ensure fair employment for Singaporean?
Talk rubbish just to make everyone happy. Find a solution to solve manpower problem.tons of job Singaporean not willing to do even higher pay.
Ask your wife to be a stay home maid
Or ask your childrena to clean HDB block every day. Including weekend 😊
Support Dr Chee! He has the true heart for the people, instead of an over obsession with profits.
No way I will support someone who only NATO so far..........
Dr Chee is complaining but what are his solutions? NONE.
PAP was against Chinese education but was covered up with "Speak Mandarin Campaign".
The cost of living problem in SG has existed since 2010s and people are expecting LW to solve this problem under his leadership. I say good luck to the people who believe in him.
Transformation of garmen from Dragon to snake lor ^_^ Just take the garmen word with a pinch of salt, cause it's all over the garmen sector, the bosses said something then the lowly officers will do the things and get blamed for mistakes. Have you seen a garmen boss come out and admit their own mistake?? NO, not even one! They all hide behind the bigger bosses and blame the lowly officers. The first step of transformation is to cut away all these highly paid garmen sector bosses and increase the productivity or alternatively give them more work and same pay.
Dr Chee do you give discount for jobless Singaporean who dine at your restaurant
😂 if u r joking tts kinda nice
Otherwise u r kinda cheap. Go look for coupons, this is political discussion.
Jobless Singaporean want to eat at restaurant? Wait Dr VB scold you, should eat at hawker centre..........but soon cannot afford also, imagine rental at hawker stall can be higher than some restaurants......you know what to do?
Shouldnt you be askin why are there so many jobless singaporean in the first place instead of requesting another fellow citizen to provide financial support or discount, who is not doing their job here ?
Ty Mr Chee for ur concern on us.Look at Changi Airport...so many homeless Singaporean. HDB price are unacceptable. If 10yrs ago till now, the house went 50% more...our pay shld be the same.
Looking for local construction workers. You get the opportunity to suntan a lot, work out with heavy loads, work with heavy equipment for long hours and get to live your life at the edge (on high rise building) for a pay of $1500 or less. Work 6 full days a week. We are looking for locals who are selfless enough to forgo their aspiration to get high paying and comfortable jobs and willing to put SG first to make the change. Let make our construction sector less dependent on foreign talent.
I dont see any articles of singaporean complaining or protesting construction job taken away from them leh , tell you what, even malaysian also avoid construction job and all done by bangala , so now you want other people son do construction job and give up better prospect job for your measly pay , why not start from your own son , knn talk so much jiao wei ....
@@nicklove3047 according to the video isn’t it about cutting down on influx of foreigners workers meh? Construction sector have a very big bulk of foreigners. Isn’t it logical to think that by directly replacing them with locals will improve the situation no? How about f&b and retails also a lot of foreigners too? Which I think potentially cover more than 60% pool of foreigners work force in sg.
@@jameschan1585 which part of the video did Dr Chee championed to kick away these foreign construction workers or cleaners you talking about ? And where is the massive protest or articles from singaporean who are after these jobs you highlighted, with that said, arent foreign workers still holding these roles and who is protesting ? Lastly, are you willing to let your son work as a construction worker for someone company assuming he can do a more comfortable office job ?
@@nicklove3047 influx of foreigners labour? So construction labour are not included ah? I didn’t mention anything about what protest you are talking about. Which part I say it?
@@jameschan1585 you have not answered my question when did Dr Chee championed to remove these foreign labourers in the video? Isnt there no protesting or complaining these jobs taken away from them isnt it or you could prove otherwise? Lastly, are you willing to let your son be a cleaner or construction worker to support your cause to cut down influx of foreign labourer instead?