Foreigners- be thankful

An Indian "FT", in a desperate attempt to justify his existence in Singapore, commented on a Temasek Review Emeritus post:

"There is nothing that an “FT” cannot do here that he cannot do back in India or China."

Let me correct this to " If an employer cannot prove that Singaporeans cannot fill a role, then "FTs" cannot be employed"

Actually, the phrase "foreign talent" has been over abused. 10, 20 years ago, the foreigners we employed from Western countries were indeed foreign talents- they were expatriates who brought skills and knowledge Singaporeans had very little of.
Today, the foreigners you see here are mostly just foreigners.

In the same period of time, Singaporeans have acquired these talents that should enable us to manage and lead on our own, unless the PAP's much touted education system has failed. To date, we have yet to hear any admission of failure.

It may be argued that the cream of the crop in India and China prefer posh government jobs in their own countries or head for US and UK.
Indeed, A Chinese publication stated that most of the top Chinese scholars end up in the US.
So what talents are we really attracting?
Are some of them here on fake qualifications?

It is totally unacceptable that mediocre foreigners are employed to do jobs that Singaporeans want to do, especially in the PMET area.

For any foreigner reading this, these are the only reasons why you are here:

1) Your mere presence would add to GDP growth. Our Ministers' bonus are tied to this

2) HR managers are foreigners themselves and so the affinity to hire their own. In some countries, HR managers must be locals

3) You are happy to work for lower salaries because you don't have long term commitments that Singaporeans have and the Sing dollar is alot stronger than your home currency

4) Our Ministry of Manpower does not properly scrutinise foreigners and there are lapses in due diligence. My company has an application for a foreign hire approved in ONE hour

5) You could somehow decide to turn citizen and add to the ruling party's voter base

My advice for foreigners is that be thankful for getting the chance to live in a modern, clean and safe country that Singaporeans have built over 40 years.
Be thankful that hundreds of thousands of Singaporean men sacrifice their time and careers to protect you if the inevitable happens.
Be thankful to know that for you to stay in your job, a Singaporean has by default made way to accommodate you.
Singaporeans are more than capable bankers, strategic planners, project managers, IT specialists, academics, sales leads etc etc.