Strawberry Attitude and the Future of Sinkapore

[Mustank]

http://business.asiaone.com/print/news/edb-warns-slowdown-foreign-investments

 

EDB warns of slowdown in foreign investments

Tuesday, Feb 03, 2015

Chia Yan Min

My Paper

The big foreign investments that keep Singapore's economy humming are set to fall again this year.

The trend took hold ever since Singapore tightened its manpower policies and lost its attraction to companies that depend on cheap foreign labour. This year, the uncertain global outlook could dampen investments further.

In its latest forecast, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said that it expects to attract $9 billion to $11 billion worth of fixed asset investments and create 13,000 to 14,000 skilled jobs this year.

The targets are down from $11.8 billion worth of inbound investments last year, which is expected to eventually yield some 16,100 skilled jobs.

The slowdown started somewhat before that. Singapore attracted $12.1 billion worth of investments in 2013 while, in 2012, when labour policies had just started to tighten, it raked in investments to the tune of $16 billion.

This moderating trend reflects a "sharper focus on attracting projects that are in line with Singapore's stage of economic development, manpower policies and planned international commitments on carbon emissions", EDB said.

Apart from chasing new, high-quality investments, EDB will work closely with companies that already have operations here - including those that are looking to restructure or relocate. This would include handling the associated layoffs in a "planned manner" said EDB chairman Beh Swan Gin.

"In so doing we can work with unions so that workers who may be affected can be re-trained," said Dr Beh.

Even if companies shrink their footprint, the key is for their remaining operations here to be more productive, he said.

Singapore International Chamber of Commerce chief executive Victor Mills said Singapore remains an attractive investment destination and is being sensible in weaning itself off cheap foreign labour. But he asked for more flexibility.

"At the end of the day, there needs to be recognition that the local workforce doesn't want to do certain jobs," said Mr Mills. "The manpower policy needs to have a different approach for different sectors (and ease up on sectors which find it tougher to hire Singaporeans)."

DBS economist Irvin Seah added: "The EDB is being more selective with the types of foreign investment they bring in given the tight labour market here. Singapore is no longer aiming for high growth, but sustainable and quality growth. The type of foreign investments EDB brings in should reflect that."

Meanwhile, last year's investment reflected the changing landscape with the chemicals sector accounting for the largest chunk - about $2.6 billion or 22 per cent of the total.

The share from electronics was 13.6 per cent last year, sharply down from 26.9 per cent in 2013.

EDB said Singapore remains plugged into major growth trends in the electronics industry, such as the Internet of Things and cloud computing.

 

Edited February 3, 2015 by Mustank

[Jamesc]

http://business.asiaone.com/print/news/edb-warns-slowdown-foreign-investments

 

EDB warns of slowdown in foreign investments

Tuesday, Feb 03, 2015

Chia Yan Min

My Paper

The big foreign investments that keep Singapore's economy humming are set to fall again this year.

The trend took hold ever since Singapore tightened its manpower policies and lost its attraction to companies that depend on cheap foreign labour. This year, the uncertain global outlook could dampen investments further.

In its latest forecast, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said that it expects to attract $9 billion to $11 billion worth of fixed asset investments and create 13,000 to 14,000 skilled jobs this year.

The targets are down from $11.8 billion worth of inbound investments last year, which is expected to eventually yield some 16,100 skilled jobs.

 

 

Hot money come complain.

 

Hot money don't come also complain.

 

Anyway do we really want companies that want to employ cheap foreign labour?

 

If companies want cheap labour, please go to Africa, enjoy their cheap labour

 

and lower rentals.

 

What we want is companies that employ high value local labour.

 

[Mockngbrd]

Geylang no more foreign investments?

[ins1dious]

Geylang no more foreign investments?

 

haha +1

 

always seeing the bigger picture

[RadX]

Teen complains on Twitter about starting new job -- then her boss sees it and does this

Posted on 11 February 2015 | 9220 views | 0 comments

PHOTO:Twitter

Source: Elite Daily

Social media is all the rage these days. It is hard to find anyone who does not browse through Facebook, Instagram or Twitter once in a while.

It is exactly because of that that you should take note of what you post.

A woman in England posted rather nasty things about a job she just got hired for on Twitter.

Because of that, she got sacked even before she set foot into her new workplace.

She posted this on the social networking site: “Ew I start this f*** a*** job tomorrow,” and followed up with a row of thumbs down emoticons.

Her would-be boss saw the tweet and replied: “And… no you don’t start on the FA job today! I just fired you! Good luck with your no money, no job life!

Take a look at the hilarious texts in the gallery below.

[Chowyunfatt]

 

Teen complains on Twitter about starting new job -- then her boss sees it and does this

Posted on 11 February 2015 | 9220 views | 0 comments

PHOTO:Twitter

Source: Elite Daily

Social media is all the rage these days. It is hard to find anyone who does not browse through Facebook, Instagram or Twitter once in a while.

It is exactly because of that that you should take note of what you post.

A woman in England posted rather nasty things about a job she just got hired for on Twitter.

Because of that, she got sacked even before she set foot into her new workplace.

She posted this on the social networking site: “Ew I start this f*** a*** job tomorrow,” and followed up with a row of thumbs down emoticons.

Her would-be boss saw the tweet and replied: “And… no you don’t start on the FA job today! I just fired you! Good luck with your no money, no job life!

Take a look at the hilarious texts in the gallery below.

 

 

"Dumb ... Dumb ... Dumb ... Another One Bites The Dust ..."

[Zze121]

Very much reflect from a Senior to what his junior is behaving.

Be it parents to kids, teachers to students, or media, kids will copy watever others are doing or talking.

Their exposure is much more than in the past.

 

[GLZT]

I think most parents don't want their children to go through hardship like them. So end up pamperinf them. Just take this as a life cycle, I don't think there are any sure work solution for the nation as a whole. When shit happens, humans will adapt, be it strawberries or not.

[Camrysfa]

PRC students getting expelled in US schools growing.....

 

A survey of more than 1,600 Chinese students in the United States,

from high school students to doctoral candidates,

showed that low GPAs, academic dishonesty and low attendance

were the top three reasons for dismissal,

according to a report released recently by the company.

Chinese students today are mostly from well-off families and are often sent overseas because they failed to be admitted to a good school at home.

 

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/1812115/roughly-3pc-chinese-students-us-expelled-low-grades-academic

 

As more wealthy and middle-class Chinese families send children abroad for what they believe is a better standard of education, a rising number of Chinese students are facing the threat of expulsion through difficulties in adapting to Western schooling.

 

About 8,000 Chinese students were expelled from American schools in the past year, according to a Pittsburgh company specialising in overseas education services.

 

Most were expelled because of a low grade point average (GPA) – as were most local students who were expelled. But academic dishonesty and rule violations among Chinese students also have been on the rise, said Andrew Chen, chief development officer of WholeRen Education, a consultancy for Chinese students in the US.

 

A survey of more than 1,600 Chinese students in the United States, from high school students to doctoral candidates, showed that low GPAs, academic dishonesty and low attendance were the top three reasons for dismissal, according to a report released recently by the company.

 

The 2015 “White Paper on Dismissal Issues of Chinese Students in the US” shows that 58 per cent of students surveyed were expelled from school because of low GPAs.

Academic dishonesty accounted for 23 per cent, while low attendance was the reason for nearly 10 per cent.

 

While dismissals due to low GPAs and low attendance had dropped, academic dishonesty and rule violations each rose by 1 per cent.

 

“Chinese students don’t take their academic studies seriously enough,” Chen said. “Many of them are irresponsible or short-sighted, or choose the wrong way to achieve high scores, or had no idea that they actually need to credit others when citing their sources.”

 

Poor academic discipline back in China was mainly to blame, he said.

“Most Chinese parents have a top-school complex,” he said, “They spare no effort to get their kids into the top 100 universities, sometimes even by making up records.”

 

Chen said that roughly 15 per cent of Chinese students in the US failed to graduate last year, including the 3 per cent of students who were expelled.

 

According to a 2014 report by the Institute of International Education, the mainland remains the largest source of foreign students in the US. Of the more than 274,000 enrolled for the 2013-2014 school year, about 8,000 were expelled, Chen said.

 

Unlike those studying in the US 20 years ago, who were mostly poverty-stricken and had to work hard to win scholarships, Chinese students today are mostly from well-off families and are often sent overseas because they failed to be admitted to a good school at home.

They are not as talented as the best students at home and face the disadvantages of culture shock, a language barrier and other reasons.

“In comparison, students from India speak English, and American society also gives much support to Africans students,” Chen said.

[Yewheng]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDJGTGBgFc4

 

This is so funny and yet so real that it happened everywhere. 

 

Thought of sharing this as a reminder and hopefully strawberry gen or durian gen of whatever we called it don't degrade to do things only they are certified. That for something that is common sense but they just scared this scared that said not able to do and not taking any initiative to do things.

Edited September 1, 2016 by Yewheng

[RadX]

A must see

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/VineSurvivor/videos/1232136226872420/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

[SuPerBoRed]

last time is buay gan buay tua han...  

 

now is tio gan = mummy/daddy gan you jialat jialat...

[Westkid]

And as an accompanying part,when they die they are going to be buried in a website for rememblance.Want to revisit them is instantaneoues,just the cremating part still physical.

[Jamesc]

I think too much blame goes to the parents for misbehaving young adults. Sometimes the strawberry generation themselves have to take responsibility. Many of them are not angels and leech their parents and society. I believe part nurture (30%) but mostly nature (70%). Some people are just born manipulative and selfish and lazy. No amount of teaching by the school or parents is gonna help. So next time when you see such a strawberry or young criminal, try not to blame the parents too much. Next time observe how kids play and you will notice the ugliness of human nature is there for all to see - the parents don't even have to teach them. Some kids are highly competitive and want to win at all expense, some kids cheat to win, some are manipulative and don't "friend" others etc, some cry and manipulate the parents to buy toys, some bully other kids, some show-off their parents got bigger car or bigger house. All these comes internally from the dark side which is inborn - no one has to teach these kids and ugly human nature already manifest. I always believe you want to see the ugly side of human in all its glory, just observe kids. They are not as innocent as you think. And some kids just have more of such ugly traits and no amount of teaching is gonna help. Parents can only help say 30%. The rest is up to the person what kind of person he or she wants to be.

 

And they are the ones that always succeed and do well.

 

Its the hard working obedient ones that we have to worry about.

 

[Jamesc]

PRC students getting expelled in US schools growing.....

 

A survey of more than 1,600 Chinese students in the United States,

from high school students to doctoral candidates,

showed that low GPAs, academic dishonesty and low attendance

were the top three reasons for dismissal,

according to a report released recently by the company.

 

Chinese students today are mostly from well-off families and are often sent overseas because they failed to be admitted to a good school at home.

 

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/1812115/roughly-3pc-chinese-students-us-expelled-low-grades-academic

 

As more wealthy and middle-class Chinese families send children abroad for what they believe is a better standard of education, a rising number of Chinese students are facing the threat of expulsion through difficulties in adapting to Western schooling.

 

About 8,000 Chinese students were expelled from American schools in the past year, according to a Pittsburgh company specialising in overseas education services.

 

Most were expelled because of a low grade point average (GPA) – as were most local students who were expelled. But academic dishonesty and rule violations among Chinese students also have been on the rise, said Andrew Chen, chief development officer of WholeRen Education, a consultancy for Chinese students in the US.

 

A survey of more than 1,600 Chinese students in the United States, from high school students to doctoral candidates, showed that low GPAs, academic dishonesty and low attendance were the top three reasons for dismissal, according to a report released recently by the company.

 

The 2015 “White Paper on Dismissal Issues of Chinese Students in the US” shows that 58 per cent of students surveyed were expelled from school because of low GPAs.

Academic dishonesty accounted for 23 per cent, while low attendance was the reason for nearly 10 per cent.

 

While dismissals due to low GPAs and low attendance had dropped, academic dishonesty and rule violations each rose by 1 per cent.

 

“Chinese students don’t take their academic studies seriously enough,” Chen said. “Many of them are irresponsible or short-sighted, or choose the wrong way to achieve high scores, or had no idea that they actually need to credit others when citing their sources.”

 

Poor academic discipline back in China was mainly to blame, he said.

“Most Chinese parents have a top-school complex,” he said, “They spare no effort to get their kids into the top 100 universities, sometimes even by making up records.”

 

Chen said that roughly 15 per cent of Chinese students in the US failed to graduate last year, including the 3 per cent of students who were expelled.

 

According to a 2014 report by the Institute of International Education, the mainland remains the largest source of foreign students in the US. Of the more than 274,000 enrolled for the 2013-2014 school year, about 8,000 were expelled, Chen said.

 

Unlike those studying in the US 20 years ago, who were mostly poverty-stricken and had to work hard to win scholarships, Chinese students today are mostly from well-off families and are often sent overseas because they failed to be admitted to a good school at home.

They are not as talented as the best students at home and face the disadvantages of culture shock, a language barrier and other reasons.

“In comparison, students from India speak English, and American society also gives much support to Africans students,” Chen said.

 

A nice little donation for a new school library should solve all these little problems.

 

That's how they do it in Australia 

 

[Yewheng]

https://www.facebook.com/686159194837830/posts/1940419556078448/

 

This video sums everything up about millennials. Maybe many of them who we might label them as strawberry type actually is not, but it is the issues that explain in the above video. So for company wise, they need to go extra mile to ensure that these people learn social skills not through handphones. 

 

If think deeper, nowadays schools all start using ipad or what and replace textbooks for learning right? Hopefully schools will have a system in place to manage technology and ensure that students interact with each other instead of interact with device only. If not in future we will have a generation of people we are described in the above video, and this is very miserable. 

Edited November 23, 2020 by Yewheng

[Yewheng]

So true.. Hope our education system to emphasis even more on soft skills/communication skills to equip students for their own future.