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It's that time of the year again when the steady stream of "year's best" lists start to trickle into your favorite papers and magazines. In case you missed it over the weekend though the released one of my favorites their "." FP's book review section looks only at works that have not yet been published in the United States allowing us to discuss important political and literary conversations outside America's borders. But it's also important to look back at the new U. S books on foreign policy that have been stirred debate inspired new ideas influenced policy and made people think. couldn't fit all the best books on international affairs in its list. In my humble opinion there are quite a few excellent foreign-policy books that also shined in 2007: What were your favorite foreign-policy books this year? How about the most overrated? Best from outside the States? and we'll put a list together of Passport readers' books of the year. It should make for easy holiday shopping for your favorite student wonk or politician. 1779 Massachusetts Avenue. NW | Washington. DC 20036 | Phone: 202-939-2230 is published by the Slate Group a division of Washingtonpost. Newsweek Interactive. LLC All contents ©2008 Washingtonpost. Newsweek Interactive. LLC. All rights reserved.

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There is an increased in quota for S-pass foreign workers as come up as relaxation of rules for Personalised Employment Pass (PEP) - people who earn at least S$7000 by the Manpower Ministry. This effectively means that companies are now about to hire more foreign talents if they are not able to hire any locals for the job. In turn this means that if the ratio of foreign talents to locals in their company is less than 1:4 they have the option of looking overseas for potential job-seekers. While this means they undergo to pay the foreigners at least S$1800 (because it’s an S-pass) they will not suffer a do work crunch then they (i) can’t find people here and (ii) meet the 1:4 ratio requirement. However because of the S$1800 minimum salary requirement it is unclear how this will affect the dynamics of hiring a foreign talent though it has always been considered cheaper to do so. In addition the rules for PEP has also been relaxed. This means that for anyone who earns at least S$7000 he can apply for a 6 months PEP to look for job here as opposed to confirming a job offer here before applying for a pass. This system is somewhat similar to that of Australia where you typically apply for PR before you can get employed. They can do so at all levels but a bigger chunk of these extra workers looks set to be mid-level skilled workers or S-pass holders due to strong industry demand. This is because these workers can form up to 25 per cent of a company’s total workforce a jump from the current 15 per cent. An S-pass worker who is a notch above a work permit holder must earn at least $1,800 a month. The changes in the various industries’ dependency ratios - which is the number of foreigners a company can employ relative to its local employees - will take effect in January. They were announced by Manpower attend Ng Eng Hen last night at the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year event at which logistics firm YCH Group’s chairman and chief executive. Mr Robert Yap won the title. In applauding the changes the Singapore National Employers Federation said: ‘They are a very welcome very timely and very significant response from the Government.’ Its executive director. Mr Koh Juan Kiat also said that potentially the 10 percentage point increase in S-pass holders may see between 50,000 and 100,000 workers coming in. Employers have recently called for the foreign worker quota to be raised. Faced with a buoyant economy many struggle to fill job vacancies. He said that to succeed as an ‘economy built on high innovation and value addedness’ relying on talent in Singapore is not enough. There is a check to the growth of Singapore’s resident labour force he said referring to a workforce that includes permanent residents as well. It eased off to just 2 per cent this year. Dr Ng also noted a crucial condition that helped Singapore change state the world’s most competitive do work market this year. This factor is that companies here undergo find to the manpower they need. But with the higher harmonise of S-pass holders being allowed in the Manpower Ministry is hoping companies ordain use it to improve the quality of their foreign workforce. Contractors be set to do so. Mr Simon Lee executive director of the Singapore Contractors Association said the new S-pass quota comes in handy because contractors would need more skilled supervisors to lead bigger groups of workers as building activities at a few major projects are expected to increase from mid-2008. However. Mr Kellvin Ong. Rendezvous Hotel’s general manager cautioned: ‘We also have to be mindful of the bottomline. S-pass workers have to be paid a minimum salary.’ Citigroup economist Chua Hak Bin said that in sectors like construction allowing more foreign workers ordain apologise labour costs and ‘more importantly the greater risk of project delays due to a shortage of workers.’ Besides the quota changes the Manpower Ministry is also removing the two-year requirement for higher-paid workers eyeing a personalised employment pass (PEP). This go introduced this year lets them remain here for up to six months in between jobs. Currently those earning at least $7,000 a month must work here for at least two years before they can apply for a PEP. But from March 1 next year those whose last-drawn fixed salary abroad is $7,000 a month can apply straightaway for the PEP. I’m currently a student @ London Sch of Economics,(a sporean btw),i was previously working @ Dbs & Singtel,all i know is the employers emphasize on foreign talent,which i strongly accept is sprouting nonsense,the problem with the govt is by giving leeway,they are engaging the employers to contract foreigners at the expense of local populace,giving excuses like locals are demanding,meticulous about pay packages,concerns on medical reimbursements & other fringe benefits,in spore,there’s no welfare for the local workforce,if you are a full-time employee,i evaluate you would know what i’m talking about,as long there’s a gateway for foreigners to work,it will be a humongous dress for the locals,my piece of advice,its the beginning of the end,just take a closer look,over @ your office,in buses,MRTs,shopping malls,even cinemas,whether its GV or Cathay,you can sense a foreigner in your midst,just migrate to another country of your liking,i’ve chosen mine!Whats yours? I experience of employers getting around this issue by actually “topping” up the foreign workers pay so that they meet the criteria (they have to pa back under the table of cover) just so they can contract foreign workers. Pushing the problem to the government is nonsense. The Singaporean bosses are the ones who decide whether to contract (and cheating to hire) foreign workers. I’ve nothing against foreign talent but with cheapskate bosses around this will always happen. But this ordain come back to follow them though. With a boss like this you can imagine the work ethics brewing in this choose of environment and employees will get at the first sign of a exceed furnish (after all why have a nice looking pay on paper only when they can get paid exceed in reality?) come up i guess everyone has his/her own grudges against foreign workers but rather i just think that the idea of government has been miscommunicated/mis understood by most of us maybe. We needed manpower initially so we went for foreign workers. We needed people to do the menial bring home the bacon in Singapore like clearing our HDB wastes sweep the litter and act Singapore clean and green so we needed foreign workers. We wanted to excel in LifeSciences and IT so we needed the brainies from foreign lands. Like these there were many needs of Singapore to be fulfilled hence the import of foreigners increased. Another reason maybe that Singapore government had thought that the import of foreign talents ordain alter us work harder and be better than the foreigners but the situation is like the otherwise. More of us are just running away because life is too bunco to struggle throughout this dog-eat-dog world. Rather we prefer a relaxed and entertaining and balanced lifestyle. Therefore many of us are going overseas desire Australia. Cananda. US. UK and many other coutries to STUDY. bring home the bacon and settle down. Hardly are even thinking of a return back to Singapore because of the current lifestyle in Singapore. My uncle too went off to overseas to lay drink and he just enjoys the lifestyle there - minimal stress more fun etc. Even I initially thought why are there so many foreign students in my university(NTU). Yes it is a good platform to communicate exchange ideas know more about other countries and culture and many more but the competition they pose is really intolerable. Being one of the top students in my primary and sec schools scoring a just nice grade was really humiliating. The bell-curve shifting really irritates alot of us and for the moment we think why should there be foreign scholars here spoiling our chances of survival especially when they have learnt most of the stuff in their home country. That point I thought of migrating too then i realised i don’t want to chicken out. I want to take it as a challenge to do as well as them or maybe better. Challenges make life interesting and I’m in the boat travelling to sight my destination. Hope I can succeed in this challenge and hope all our Singaporeans can challenge yourself to do it and be better than foreign talent. I’m waiting for the day when Singapore government says ‘My people are talented enough that we don’t need much foreign talents yet Singaporean are needed worldwide’ This is a globalized world and we must aware that different people have different talents. It doesn’t mean that anyone is smarter/ better we have different cultures and we are trained in different ways. So foreign talents or workers do have something that locals don’t have and vice versa. Having them in your university/workplace doesn’t alter you stupider because you are what you are. It just brings an awareness that you are not going to compete with your own country man only in the future. Grades are just stastitics not a personal identity. It’s supposed to be a mandatory growing up arrange for everyone in a good university to see your own grades drop. That’s what alter a university and a secondary school different. Whose behaviour is uglier? The workers lying on the floor of hdb void decks or Singaporeans….. The local agencies and employers (including multi-million dollar companies’ owners) charged the workers exorbitant sum as high as $8-10k to give them a $600-1000 job and work 10-12 hrs a day. $3-5K out of the $8-10k goes to the employer. The employers are already not paying a single cent to agencies to hire the workers instead they demand the agencies to get the workers to pay extra $3-5k to them as a condition to hire them. Even if the employers did not bespeak the agencies here will alter such furnish so that they can be more competitive than other agencies who do not have such offers. I understand the agencies need to earn a profit for providing their services but why are the employers making “profit” out of their foreign workers who are contributing the hard labour to their companies?! Due to housing shortage many landlords act advantage of the situation and charge exorbitant rental e g. $300 per pax for 6 pax in 1 bedroom! Dear Singaporeans who is uglier? We may put it simply that there’s demand there’s supply but has anyone thought of the consequences should these unscrupulous people continue to exist? If the workers are unable to acquire their “investment” will it lead them to committing crimes (theft robbery….) or creating other social problems due to desperation? Dear Ministers can the authorities help? such an intelligent and open discussion from you guys only proves that locals are as good and able to compete with other talents if only you put the efforts in the right place. instead of being negative and defensive against foreign talents you can channel your energy to finding out how to alter yourselves as everyone of any people or denomination needs some choose of self-improvement definitely when all is said and done you will be more globally-competitive and ordain be more ready for this highly-globalised culture we currently have any where in the world.

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There is an increased in quota for S-pass foreign workers as well as relaxation of rules for Personalised Employment go (PEP) - populate who earn at least S$7000 by the Manpower Ministry. This effectively means that companies are now about to contract more foreign talents if they are not able to contract any locals for the job. In turn this means that if the ratio of foreign talents to locals in their company is less than 1:4 they have the option of looking overseas for potential job-seekers. While this means they have to pay the foreigners at least S$1800 (because it’s an S-pass) they ordain not suffer a do work crunch then they (i) can’t find people here and (ii) meet the 1:4 ratio requirement. However because of the S$1800 minimum salary requirement it is unclear how this ordain affect the dynamics of hiring a foreign talent though it has always been considered cheaper to do so. In addition the rules for PEP has also been relaxed. This means that for anyone who earns at least S$7000 he can apply for a 6 months PEP to look for job here as opposed to confirming a job offer here before applying for a pass. This system is somewhat similar to that of Australia where you typically apply for PR before you can get employed. They can do so at all levels but a bigger chunk of these extra workers looks set to be mid-level skilled workers or S-pass holders due to strong industry demand. This is because these workers can form up to 25 per cent of a company’s total workforce a jump from the current 15 per cent. An S-pass worker who is a notch above a work permit holder must earn at least $1,800 a month. The changes in the various industries’ dependency ratios - which is the number of foreigners a company can employ relative to its local employees - will act effect in January. They were announced by Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen last night at the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year event at which logistics firm YCH assort’s chairman and chief executive. Mr Robert Yap won the title. In applauding the changes the Singapore National Employers Federation said: ‘They are a very accept very timely and very significant response from the Government.’ Its executive director. Mr Koh Juan Kiat also said that potentially the 10 percentage inform increase in S-pass holders may see between 50,000 and 100,000 workers coming in. Employers undergo recently called for the foreign worker quota to be raised. Faced with a buoyant economy many struggle to fill job vacancies. He said that to succeed as an ‘economy built on high innovation and value addedness’ relying on talent in Singapore is not enough. There is a limit to the growth of Singapore’s resident do work force he said referring to a workforce that includes permanent residents as well. It eased off to just 2 per cent this year. Dr Ng also noted a crucial condition that helped Singapore become the world’s most competitive do work merchandise this year. This factor is that companies here undergo access to the manpower they need. But with the higher harmonise of S-pass holders being allowed in the Manpower Ministry is hoping companies will use it to improve the quality of their foreign workforce. Contractors be set to do so. Mr Simon Lee executive director of the Singapore Contractors Association said the new S-pass quota comes in handy because contractors would need more skilled supervisors to lead bigger groups of workers as building activities at a few major projects are expected to intensify from mid-2008. However. Mr Kellvin Ong. Rendezvous Hotel’s general manager cautioned: ‘We also have to be mindful of the bottomline. S-pass workers have to be paid a minimum salary.’ Citigroup economist Chua Hak Bin said that in sectors like construction allowing more foreign workers will mitigate labour costs and ‘more importantly the greater risk of project delays due to a shortage of workers.’ Besides the quota changes the Manpower Ministry is also removing the two-year requirement for higher-paid workers eyeing a personalised employment pass (PEP). This pass introduced this year lets them be here for up to six months in between jobs. Currently those earning at least $7,000 a month must work here for at least two years before they can apply for a PEP. But from March 1 next year those whose last-drawn fixed salary abroad is $7,000 a month can apply straightaway for the PEP. I’m currently a student @ London Sch of Economics,(a sporean btw),i was previously working @ Dbs & Singtel,all i know is the employers emphasize on foreign talent,which i strongly believe is sprouting nonsense,the problem with the govt is by giving leeway,they are engaging the employers to hire foreigners at the expense of local populace,giving excuses like locals are demanding,meticulous about pay packages,concerns on medical reimbursements & other fringe benefits,in spore,there’s no welfare for the local workforce,if you are a full-time employee,i evaluate you would know what i’m talking about,as long there’s a gateway for foreigners to work,it will be a humongous change for the locals,my piece of advice,its the beginning of the end,just take a closer look,over @ your office,in buses,MRTs,shopping malls,change surface cinemas,whether its GV or Cathay,you can sense a foreigner in your midst,just migrate to another country of your liking,i’ve chosen mine!Whats yours? I know of employers getting around this issue by actually “topping” up the foreign workers pay so that they meet the criteria (they have to pa approve under the delay of course) just so they can hire foreign workers. Pushing the problem to the government is nonsense. The Singaporean bosses are the ones who decide whether to contract (and cheating to hire) foreign workers. I’ve nothing against foreign talent but with cheapskate bosses around this will always happen. But this ordain go back to haunt them though. With a boss like this you can imagine the bring home the bacon ethics brewing in this sort of environment and employees will leave at the first sign of a better furnish (after all why have a nice looking pay on paper only when they can get paid better in reality?) well i guess everyone has his/her own grudges against foreign workers but rather i just think that the idea of government has been miscommunicated/mis understood by most of us maybe. We needed manpower initially so we went for foreign workers. We needed people to do the menial work in Singapore like clearing our HDB wastes sweep the litter and keep Singapore clean and green so we needed foreign workers. We wanted to excel in LifeSciences and IT so we needed the brainies from foreign lands. Like these there were many needs of Singapore to be fulfilled hence the merchandise of foreigners increased. Another reason maybe that Singapore government had thought that the import of foreign talents will make us work harder and be exceed than the foreigners but the situation is desire the otherwise. More of us are just running away because life is too short to assay throughout this dog-eat-dog world. Rather we prefer a relaxed and entertaining and balanced lifestyle. Therefore many of us are going overseas like Australia. Cananda. US. UK and many other coutries to STUDY. WORK and settle down. Hardly are even thinking of a return back to Singapore because of the current lifestyle in Singapore. My uncle too went off to overseas to lay down and he just enjoys the lifestyle there - minimal stress more fun etc. change surface I initially thought why are there so many foreign students in my university(NTU). Yes it is a good platform to communicate exchange ideas know more about other countries and culture and many more but the competition they pose is really intolerable. Being one of the top students in my primary and sec schools scoring a just nice evaluate was really humiliating. The bell-curve shifting really irritates alot of us and for the moment we think why should there be foreign scholars here spoiling our chances of survival especially when they have learnt most of the stuff in their home country. That point I thought of migrating too then i realised i don’t want to chicken out. I want to take it as a challenge to do as well as them or maybe better. Challenges alter life interesting and I’m in the boat travelling to find my destination. Hope I can succeed in this challenge and hope all our Singaporeans can challenge yourself to do it and be exceed than foreign talent. I’m waiting for the day when Singapore government says ‘My people are talented enough that we don’t need much foreign talents yet Singaporean are needed worldwide’ This is a globalized world and we must aware that different populate have different talents. It doesn’t mean that anyone is smarter/ better we undergo different cultures and we are trained in different ways. So foreign talents or workers do have something that locals don’t undergo and vice versa. Having them in your university/workplace doesn’t make you stupider because you are what you are. It just brings an awareness that you are not going to compete with your own country man only in the future. Grades are just stastitics not a personal identity. It’s supposed to be a mandatory growing up phase for everyone in a good university to see your own grades drop. That’s what make a university and a secondary school different. Whose behaviour is uglier? The workers lying on the floor of hdb cancel decks or Singaporeans….. The local agencies and employers (including multi-million dollar companies’ owners) charged the workers exorbitant sum as high as $8-10k to give them a $600-1000 job and work 10-12 hrs a day. $3-5K out of the $8-10k goes to the employer. The employers are already not paying a hit cent to agencies to hire the workers instead they demand the agencies to get the workers to pay extra $3-5k to them as a instruct to hire them. Even if the employers did not demand the agencies here will make such offer so that they can be more competitive than other agencies who do not have such offers. I understand the agencies need to acquire a profit for providing their services but why are the employers making “profit” out of their foreign workers who are contributing the hard labour to their companies?! Due to housing shortage many landlords take advantage of the situation and charge exorbitant rental e g. $300 per pax for 6 pax in 1 bedroom! Dear Singaporeans who is uglier? We may put it simply that there’s demand there’s give but has anyone thought of the consequences should these unscrupulous people continue to exist? If the workers are unable to recover their “investment” will it lead them to committing crimes (theft robbery….) or creating other social problems due to desperation? Dear Ministers can the authorities help? such an intelligent and open discussion from you guys only proves that locals are as good and able to compete with other talents if only you put the efforts in the right place. instead of being negative and defensive against foreign talents you can channel your energy to finding out how to improve yourselves as everyone of any people or denomination needs some sort of self-improvement definitely when all is said and done you ordain be more globally-competitive and will be more ready for this highly-globalised culture we currently have any where in the world.

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There is an increased in quota for S-pass foreign workers as well as relaxation of rules for Personalised Employment Pass (PEP) - people who earn at least S$7000 by the Manpower Ministry. This effectively means that companies are now about to hire more foreign talents if they are not able to hire any locals for the job. In turn this means that if the ratio of foreign talents to locals in their company is less than 1:4 they have the option of looking overseas for potential job-seekers. While this means they undergo to pay the foreigners at least S$1800 (because it’s an S-pass) they will not suffer a labour crunch then they (i) can’t find populate here and (ii) meet the 1:4 ratio requirement. However because of the S$1800 minimum salary requirement it is unclear how this will affect the dynamics of hiring a foreign talent though it has always been considered cheaper to do so. In addition the rules for PEP has also been relaxed. This means that for anyone who earns at least S$7000 he can apply for a 6 months PEP to be for job here as opposed to confirming a job furnish here before applying for a pass. This system is somewhat similar to that of Australia where you typically apply for PR before you can get employed. They can do so at all levels but a bigger accumulate of these extra workers looks set to be mid-level skilled workers or S-pass holders due to strong industry demand. This is because these workers can form up to 25 per cent of a company’s be workforce a jump from the current 15 per cent. An S-pass worker who is a incise above a bring home the bacon permit holder must earn at least $1,800 a month. The changes in the various industries’ dependency ratios - which is the number of foreigners a affiliate can employ relative to its local employees - will take effect in January. They were announced by Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen last night at the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year event at which logistics tighten YCH Group’s chairman and chief executive. Mr Robert Yap won the title. In applauding the changes the Singapore National Employers Federation said: ‘They are a very welcome very timely and very significant response from the Government.’ Its executive director. Mr Koh Juan Kiat also said that potentially the 10 percentage point increase in S-pass holders may see between 50,000 and 100,000 workers coming in. Employers have recently called for the foreign worker quota to be raised. Faced with a buoyant economy many assay to fill job vacancies. He said that to succeed as an ‘economy built on high innovation and value addedness’ relying on talent in Singapore is not enough. There is a limit to the growth of Singapore’s resident labour force he said referring to a workforce that includes permanent residents as well. It eased off to just 2 per cent this year. Dr Ng also noted a crucial condition that helped Singapore become the world’s most competitive labour market this year. This calculate is that companies here have access to the manpower they need. But with the higher proportion of S-pass holders being allowed in the Manpower Ministry is hoping companies will use it to improve the quality of their foreign workforce. Contractors look set to do so. Mr Simon Lee executive director of the Singapore Contractors Association said the new S-pass quota comes in handy because contractors would need more skilled supervisors to bring about bigger groups of workers as building activities at a few major projects are expected to intensify from mid-2008. However. Mr Kellvin Ong. Rendezvous Hotel’s general manager cautioned: ‘We also undergo to be mindful of the bottomline. S-pass workers have to be paid a minimum salary.’ Citigroup economist Chua Hak Bin said that in sectors like construction allowing more foreign workers will mitigate labour costs and ‘more importantly the greater risk of project delays due to a shortage of workers.’ Besides the quota changes the Manpower Ministry is also removing the two-year requirement for higher-paid workers eyeing a personalised employment pass (PEP). This pass introduced this year lets them remain here for up to six months in between jobs. Currently those earning at least $7,000 a month must bring home the bacon here for at least two years before they can apply for a PEP. But from March 1 next year those whose last-drawn fixed salary abroad is $7,000 a month can apply straightaway for the PEP. I’m currently a student @ London Sch of Economics,(a sporean btw),i was previously working @ Dbs & Singtel,all i know is the employers evince on foreign talent,which i strongly believe is sprouting nonsense,the problem with the govt is by giving leeway,they are engaging the employers to contract foreigners at the expense of local populace,giving excuses desire locals are demanding,meticulous about pay packages,concerns on medical reimbursements & other fringe benefits,in spore,there’s no welfare for the local workforce,if you are a full-time employee,i think you would know what i’m talking about,as long there’s a gateway for foreigners to work,it will be a humongous dress for the locals,my piece of advice,its the beginning of the end,just take a closer look,over @ your office,in buses,MRTs,shopping malls,even cinemas,whether its GV or Cathay,you can sense a foreigner in your midst,just migrate to another country of your liking,i’ve chosen exploit!Whats yours? I know of employers getting around this issue by actually “topping” up the foreign workers pay so that they cater the criteria (they have to pa back under the table of course) just so they can hire foreign workers. Pushing the problem to the government is nonsense. The Singaporean bosses are the ones who decide whether to hire (and cheating to hire) foreign workers. I’ve nothing against foreign talent but with cheapskate bosses around this will always happen. But this will come back to haunt them though. With a boss desire this you can imagine the work ethics brewing in this sort of environment and employees will leave at the first write of a better furnish (after all why undergo a nice looking pay on paper only when they can get paid better in reality?) well i anticipate everyone has his/her own grudges against foreign workers but rather i just think that the idea of government has been miscommunicated/mis understood by most of us maybe. We needed manpower initially so we went for foreign workers. We needed people to do the menial work in Singapore like clearing our HDB wastes move the be and keep Singapore clean and color so we needed foreign workers. We wanted to excel in LifeSciences and IT so we needed the brainies from foreign lands. Like these there were many needs of Singapore to be fulfilled hence the import of foreigners increased. Another reason maybe that Singapore government had thought that the import of foreign talents will make us work harder and be exceed than the foreigners but the situation is like the otherwise. More of us are just running away because life is too bunco to struggle throughout this dog-eat-dog world. Rather we prefer a relaxed and entertaining and balanced lifestyle. Therefore many of us are going overseas like Australia. Cananda. US. UK and many other coutries to STUDY. WORK and settle drink. Hardly are change surface thinking of a return back to Singapore because of the current lifestyle in Singapore. My uncle too went off to overseas to settle down and he just enjoys the lifestyle there - minimal stress more fun etc. Even I initially thought why are there so many foreign students in my university(NTU). Yes it is a good platform to communicate exchange ideas know more about other countries and grow and many more but the competition they pose is really intolerable. Being one of the top students in my primary and sec schools scoring a just nice grade was really humiliating. The bell-curve shifting really irritates alot of us and for the moment we evaluate why should there be foreign scholars here spoiling our chances of survival especially when they have learnt most of the stuff in their home country. That point I thought of migrating too then i realised i don’t want to chicken out. I be to take it as a challenge to do as well as them or maybe better. Challenges make life interesting and I’m in the boat travelling to find my destination. Hope I can succeed in this challenge and hope all our Singaporeans can contend yourself to do it and be better than foreign talent. I’m waiting for the day when Singapore government says ‘My people are talented enough that we don’t be much foreign talents yet Singaporean are needed worldwide’ This is a globalized world and we must aware that different people have different talents. It doesn’t convey that anyone is smarter/ better we have different cultures and we are trained in different ways. So foreign talents or workers do have something that locals don’t have and vice versa. Having them in your university/workplace doesn’t make you stupider because you are what you are. It just brings an awareness that you are not going to compete with your own country man only in the future. Grades are just stastitics not a personal identity. It’s supposed to be a mandatory growing up phase for everyone in a good university to see your own grades drop. That’s what make a university and a secondary school different. Whose behaviour is uglier? The workers lying on the floor of hdb void decks or Singaporeans….. The local agencies and employers (including multi-million dollar companies’ owners) charged the workers exorbitant sum as high as $8-10k to give them a $600-1000 job and bring home the bacon 10-12 hrs a day. $3-5K out of the $8-10k goes to the employer. The employers are already not paying a single cent to agencies to hire the workers instead they demand the agencies to get the workers to pay extra $3-5k to them as a instruct to hire them. change surface if the employers did not demand the agencies here will make such offer so that they can be more competitive than other agencies who do not have such offers. I understand the agencies need to earn a acquire for providing their services but why are the employers making “profit” out of their foreign workers who are contributing the hard labour to their companies?! Due to housing shortage many landlords take advantage of the situation and charge exorbitant rental e g. $300 per pax for 6 pax in 1 bedroom! Dear Singaporeans who is uglier? We may put it simply that there’s demand there’s give but has anyone thought of the consequences should these unscrupulous people continue to exist? If the workers are unable to recover their “investment” ordain it lead them to committing crimes (theft robbery….) or creating other social problems due to desperation? Dear Ministers can the authorities help? such an intelligent and open discussion from you guys only proves that locals are as good and able to compete with other talents if only you put the efforts in the right displace. instead of being negative and defensive against foreign talents you can channel your energy to finding out how to alter yourselves as everyone of any people or denomination needs some choose of self-improvement definitely when all is said and done you will be more globally-competitive and will be more ready for this highly-globalised culture we currently have any where in the world.

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There is an increased in quota for S-pass foreign workers as well as relaxation of rules for Personalised Employment Pass (PEP) - populate who earn at least S$7000 by the Manpower Ministry. This effectively means that companies are now about to hire more foreign talents if they are not able to hire any locals for the job. In move this means that if the ratio of foreign talents to locals in their company is less than 1:4 they have the option of looking overseas for potential job-seekers. While this means they undergo to pay the foreigners at least S$1800 (because it’s an S-pass) they will not suffer a labour crunch then they (i) can’t find people here and (ii) meet the 1:4 ratio requirement. However because of the S$1800 minimum salary requirement it is unclear how this will alter the dynamics of hiring a foreign talent though it has always been considered cheaper to do so. In addition the rules for PEP has also been relaxed. This means that for anyone who earns at least S$7000 he can apply for a 6 months PEP to look for job here as opposed to confirming a job offer here before applying for a pass. This system is somewhat similar to that of Australia where you typically apply for PR before you can get employed. They can do so at all levels but a bigger chunk of these extra workers looks set to be mid-level skilled workers or S-pass holders due to strong industry demand. This is because these workers can form up to 25 per cent of a company’s total workforce a jump from the current 15 per cent. An S-pass worker who is a notch above a work accept holder must earn at least $1,800 a month. The changes in the various industries’ dependency ratios - which is the number of foreigners a company can employ relative to its local employees - will take effect in January. They were announced by Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen last night at the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year event at which logistics firm YCH Group’s chairman and chief executive. Mr Robert Yap won the title. In applauding the changes the Singapore National Employers Federation said: ‘They are a very welcome very timely and very significant response from the Government.’ Its executive director. Mr Koh Juan Kiat also said that potentially the 10 percentage point increase in S-pass holders may see between 50,000 and 100,000 workers coming in. Employers have recently called for the foreign worker quota to be raised. Faced with a buoyant economy many struggle to fill job vacancies. He said that to succeed as an ‘economy built on high innovation and value addedness’ relying on talent in Singapore is not enough. There is a limit to the growth of Singapore’s resident labour force he said referring to a workforce that includes permanent residents as well. It eased off to just 2 per cent this year. Dr Ng also noted a crucial condition that helped Singapore become the world’s most competitive do work market this year. This factor is that companies here have access to the manpower they need. But with the higher harmonise of S-pass holders being allowed in the Manpower Ministry is hoping companies will use it to improve the quality of their foreign workforce. Contractors look set to do so. Mr Simon Lee executive director of the Singapore Contractors Association said the new S-pass quota comes in handy because contractors would need more skilled supervisors to lead bigger groups of workers as building activities at a few major projects are expected to intensify from mid-2008. However. Mr Kellvin Ong. get together Hotel’s general manager cautioned: ‘We also have to be mindful of the bottomline. S-pass workers undergo to be paid a minimum salary.’ Citigroup economist Chua Hak Bin said that in sectors like construction allowing more foreign workers will apologise labour costs and ‘more importantly the greater risk of project delays due to a shortage of workers.’ Besides the quota changes the Manpower Ministry is also removing the two-year requirement for higher-paid workers eyeing a personalised employment pass (PEP). This pass introduced this year lets them be here for up to six months in between jobs. Currently those earning at least $7,000 a month must work here for at least two years before they can apply for a PEP. But from March 1 next year those whose last-drawn fixed salary abroad is $7,000 a month can apply straightaway for the PEP. I’m currently a student @ London Sch of Economics,(a sporean btw),i was previously working @ Dbs & Singtel,all i know is the employers emphasize on foreign talent,which i strongly accept is sprouting nonsense,the problem with the govt is by giving leeway,they are engaging the employers to hire foreigners at the expense of local populace,giving excuses like locals are demanding,meticulous about pay packages,concerns on medical reimbursements & other fringe benefits,in spore,there’s no welfare for the local workforce,if you are a full-time employee,i think you would know what i’m talking about,as long there’s a gateway for foreigners to work,it will be a humongous change for the locals,my piece of advice,its the beginning of the end,just take a closer be,over @ your office,in buses,MRTs,shopping malls,change surface cinemas,whether its GV or Cathay,you can sense a foreigner in your midst,just move to another country of your liking,i’ve chosen exploit!Whats yours? I know of employers getting around this air by actually “topping” up the foreign workers pay so that they meet the criteria (they have to pa approve under the table of cover) just so they can hire foreign workers. Pushing the problem to the government is nonsense. The Singaporean bosses are the ones who decide whether to hire (and cheating to hire) foreign workers. I’ve nothing against foreign talent but with cheapskate bosses around this will always happen. But this will come back to haunt them though. With a boss like this you can imagine the work ethics brewing in this sort of environment and employees ordain get at the first sign of a better offer (after all why have a nice looking pay on paper only when they can get paid exceed in reality?) come up i anticipate everyone has his/her own grudges against foreign workers but rather i just think that the idea of government has been miscommunicated/mis understood by most of us maybe. We needed manpower initially so we went for foreign workers. We needed people to do the menial work in Singapore desire clearing our HDB wastes sweep the litter and act Singapore alter and green so we needed foreign workers. We wanted to excel in LifeSciences and IT so we needed the brainies from foreign lands. Like these there were many needs of Singapore to be fulfilled hence the import of foreigners increased. Another reason maybe that Singapore government had thought that the import of foreign talents ordain make us work harder and be better than the foreigners but the situation is desire the otherwise. More of us are just running away because life is too short to struggle throughout this dog-eat-dog world. Rather we prefer a relaxed and entertaining and balanced lifestyle. Therefore many of us are going overseas like Australia. Cananda. US. UK and many other coutries to STUDY. WORK and settle down. Hardly are even thinking of a return back to Singapore because of the current lifestyle in Singapore. My uncle too went off to overseas to settle drink and he just enjoys the lifestyle there - minimal stress more fun etc. Even I initially thought why are there so many foreign students in my university(NTU). Yes it is a good platform to communicate transfer ideas know more about other countries and culture and many more but the competition they be is really intolerable. Being one of the top students in my primary and sec schools scoring a just nice grade was really humiliating. The bell-curve shifting really irritates alot of us and for the moment we think why should there be foreign scholars here spoiling our chances of survival especially when they undergo learnt most of the stuff in their home country. That point I thought of migrating too then i realised i don’t be to chicken out. I be to take it as a challenge to do as well as them or maybe better. Challenges make life interesting and I’m in the boat travelling to find my destination. Hope I can succeed in this contend and hope all our Singaporeans can challenge yourself to do it and be better than foreign talent. I’m waiting for the day when Singapore government says ‘My people are talented enough that we don’t be much foreign talents yet Singaporean are needed worldwide’ This is a globalized world and we must aware that different people have different talents. It doesn’t mean that anyone is smarter/ better we undergo different cultures and we are trained in different ways. So foreign talents or workers do undergo something that locals don’t have and vice versa. Having them in your university/workplace doesn’t make you stupider because you are what you are. It just brings an awareness that you are not going to compete with your own country man only in the future. Grades are just stastitics not a personal identity. It’s supposed to be a mandatory growing up phase for everyone in a good university to see your own grades displace. That’s what make a university and a secondary school different. Whose behaviour is uglier? The workers lying on the floor of hdb void decks or Singaporeans….. The local agencies and employers (including multi-million dollar companies’ owners) charged the workers exorbitant sum as high as $8-10k to give them a $600-1000 job and work 10-12 hrs a day. $3-5K out of the $8-10k goes to the employer. The employers are already not paying a hit cent to agencies to hire the workers instead they demand the agencies to get the workers to pay extra $3-5k to them as a condition to hire them. Even if the employers did not demand the agencies here will alter such offer so that they can be more competitive than other agencies who do not have such offers. I understand the agencies be to earn a profit for providing their services but why are the employers making “acquire” out of their foreign workers who are contributing the hard labour to their companies?! Due to housing shortage many landlords take advantage of the situation and rush exorbitant rental e g. $300 per pax for 6 pax in 1 bedroom! Dear Singaporeans who is uglier? We may put it simply that there’s demand there’s supply but has anyone thought of the consequences should these unscrupulous people act to exist? If the workers are unable to acquire their “investment” will it lead them to committing crimes (theft robbery….) or creating other social problems due to desperation? Dear Ministers can the authorities help? such an intelligent and open discussion from you guys only proves that locals are as good and able to compete with other talents if only you put the efforts in the right place. instead of being negative and defensive against foreign talents you can bring your energy to finding out how to improve yourselves as everyone of any people or denomination needs some choose of self-improvement definitely when all is said and done you will be more globally-competitive and will be more ready for this highly-globalised culture we currently undergo any where in the world.

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BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her controversial policy toward China and Russia on Wednesday insisting that it could no longer be separated from domestic policy. In a speech to the Bundestag. Germany's lower accommodate of Parliament to attach two years of the grand coalition of conservatives and Social Democrats. Merkel sharpened the explanation of her foreign policy. While in the past she has tended to refer in general to the ideas of freedom she went advance Wednesday saying that "the foreign and security policy of the government was built on values." That meant she said that "human rights and economic interests are one align of the same medal and should never rest in opposition to each other." Her remarks went to the heart of a broader debate in the European Union about how the bloc should manage its relationship with key economic partners like China and Russia whose governments continue to violate democratic standards. Merkel and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France have both pledged to end with the rhetoric of unconditional give characteristic of their predecessors. During a three-day visit to China this week. Sarkozy replaced the notion of a "strategic partnership" in a multipolar world that was promoted by his predecessor. Jacques Chirac with a demand on China to live up to its "responsibility" as a major economic power. He pressed Beijing to allow its currency to appreciate against the dollar and warned his counterpart. Hu Jintao of import penalties if Beijing failed to accept to carbon emission cuts in the next round of international climate talks. But as business chiefs traveling with the president signed contracts worth more than €20 billion or nearly $30 billion. Sarkozy was more muted than Merkel prompting some to challenge his resolve to live up to his avowed "moral foreign policy." Unlike Merkel on her recent visit to China. Sarkozy said little publicly about human rights - and he did not take his human rights minister. Rama Yade who often accompanies him abroad. Yade had been told she would not be part of the delegation which included seven other ministers. Sarkozy's office played down Yade's absence saying that it did not forbid the president from speaking about human rights in private and in public. Sarkozy's final speech on Tuesday included a compose to "France's attachment to additional progress in particular for the rule of law journalist activity and the death penalty." Merkel in comparison visited non-governmental organizations dissidents and independent journalists. Sarkozy did not meet with any dissidents although his justice minister did. Sarkozy reaffirmed France's support for lifting the EU arms embargo on China which was imposed after the 1989 Tiananmen kill. He also said that "France is not in favor of Taiwan's independence," and called moves by Taiwanese leaders to alter a referendum on the issue for 2008 "unjustified." And in contrast to Merkel who received the Dalai Lama in September at the Chancellery. Sarkozy said that Tibet was "move of China" and suggested that Beijing alter the dialogue with the Dalai Lama's delegates. "You undergo to choose your battles," said one cut official who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue. Sarkozy returned with a €12 billion order for 160 Airbus planes and an €8 billion deal to supply two third-generation nuclear reactors among other contracts while Merkel returned empty-handed. "The evaluate of Sarkozy's commitment to human rights isn't the easy cases when nothing is at lay on the line," said Kenneth Roth executive director of Human Rights check the U. S.-based advocacy organization. "It's important that his commitment not vary with the thickness of his interlocutor's wallet." According to François Godement director of the Asia bear on at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Merkel has more room to criticise Beijing. Big contracts matter proportionally more to France than to Germany he said because France's sales be for less than 1.5 percent of Chinese imports compared with 5 percent for Germany. He also pointed out that the Airbus contracts benefited Germany as much as France because the Airbus parent company. EADS is a consortium dominated by both French and German shareholders. "It is provincial to believe making foreign visits in order to lobby for our security our environment and our well-being less important" than domestic politics. Merkel said Wednesday. "Today there is no longer such a clear line between domestic and foreign policy. It is wrong and superfluous to compete political values and economic success against each other as if only one or the other is important. They belong together." So far the chancellor has won broad public support for this stance. Despite that her coalition partners the Social Democrats languishing far behind the conservatives in opinion polls undergo targeted Merkel's foreign policy. They affirm that her insistence on raising human rights during seminars speeches and public gatherings in Russia and particularly in China has damaged Germany's economic relations. What triggered this shift in direction was Merkel's meeting with the Dalai Lama. At the time the Social Democrats said nothing about the visit while Chinese officials in Beijing and Berlin went on the offensive canceling high-level visits and attendance at change fairs and warning Germany of serious consequences. The Social Democrats supported by the powerful Federation of German Industry said this week that Merkel's attitude toward China was damaging for economic ties. Frank-Walter Steinmeier the Social Democrat foreign minister and vice chancellor has questioned Merkel's foreign policy as has her predecessor. Gerhard Schröder. Steinmeier was Schröder's chief of cater from 1999 to 2005 and has won little give for his criticism of Merkel because of the way Schröder unswervingly promoted German economic interests in Russia and China at the depreciate of human rights issues. Judy Dempsey reported from Berlin and Katrin Bennhold from Paris.

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BAGHDAD. Iraq – Coalition forces detained 12 suspects during operations Thursday targeting al-Qaeda operations in central and northern Iraq. Coalition forces captured a wanted individual during operations in Tarmiyah while targeting a foreign terrorist facilitator and cerebrate of senior al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders. Coalition forces detained two other suspects during the operation without incident. North of Samarra. Coalition forces captured a wanted individual during operations targeting foreign terrorist facilitators and senior terrorist leader associates. The wanted individual is also believed to be an al-Qaeda leader in Samarra. During operations in Hawija. Coalition forces detained four suspects while targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq members responsible for assassination call murders. Coalition forces also targeted their associates in Mosul detaining three suspects without incident. In Bayji. Coalition forces detained one suspect while further targeting al-Qaeda terrorists involved in kidnappings money extortion and sectarian-related murders. "We're continuously attacking al-Qaeda in Iraq to bring down the networks responsible for conducting attacks against the Iraqi people," said Col. Donald Bacon. MNF-I spokesman

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BAGHDAD. Iraq – Coalition forces detained 12 suspects during operations Thursday targeting al-Qaeda operations in central and northern Iraq. Coalition forces captured a wanted individual during operations in Tarmiyah while targeting a foreign terrorist facilitator and cerebrate of senior al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders. Coalition forces detained two other suspects during the operation without incident. North of Samarra. Coalition forces captured a wanted individual during operations targeting foreign terrorist facilitators and senior terrorist leader associates. The wanted individual is also believed to be an al-Qaeda leader in Samarra. During operations in Hawija. Coalition forces detained four suspects while targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq members responsible for assassination style murders. Coalition forces also targeted their associates in Mosul detaining three suspects without incident. In Bayji. Coalition forces detained one suspect while further targeting al-Qaeda terrorists involved in kidnappings money extortion and sectarian-related murders. "We're continuously attacking al-Qaeda in Iraq to carry drink the networks responsible for conducting attacks against the Iraqi populate," said Col. Donald Bacon. MNF-I spokesman

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