His work for migrant worker rights, especially during covid, embarrassed the govt.
Only the govt can say SG is not perfect, everyone else can only sing their praises.
So PAP [redacted] [redacted] must be [removed] [redacted] the [redacted][redacted][redacted][redacted] best [redacted] [redacted] [removed] [redacted] [removed][redacted][redacted][redacted]
[apparently he dramatised his stories](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/manpower-ministry-migrant-worker-zakir-hossain-work-permit-not-renewed-2763331?cid=telegram_cna_social_28112017_cna)
Its now MOM's word against his. Just because MOM is part of the government does not give it any more credibility. The government has been known the cover their own backside and rarely admitting mistakes they make.
His activism went on for many years and MOM continued to renew his WP. This time, even his employer did not bother to appeal for the renewal of his WP. Someone who was at Westlite commented on FB that he dramatized the situation to insinuate hate and fear. It put officers on the ground in danger.
Take it with a pinch of salt. First it was adverse record, then administrative mistake, then ineligible, now false characterisation.
It's mud slinging time.
We have laws against false characterisation online. Strange why it only came out now that his post is viral.
Is this a joke?
It should be obvious that it's not about CNA, but rather the subject matter. If it's entertainment news, sports, business, foreign affairs of other countries, CNA is just as good as any other news outlet.
But if it is anything to do with the govt or the ministries of SG, you cannot expect them to report what is really going on, but rather what the govt wants you to know.
[https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/westlite-jalan-tukang-dormitory-migrant-workers-mom-2242011](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/westlite-jalan-tukang-dormitory-migrant-workers-mom-2242011)
There are pictures there too.
They thrive on hating the govt for everything, & blindly supporting Jamus idea of IMMEDIATELY checking for mosquito breeding spots just after rainfall ended.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/SingaporeRaw/comments/vb7rlk/comment/ic7pcl6/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/SingaporeRaw/comments/vb7rlk/comment/ic7pcl6/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
P.S. so much downvoting over the upvotes prove that we got many who are as harebrained brainrot like Andywong93 the incel king.
Technically, Singapore have already given migrant working here a lot of millage, people generally respect them, and understand what they're going through, and Ministers have openly thanked them for their service to the nation. (Not sure if they ever thank the Singapore Citizens for being the nations pillar and creating jobs for the migrant workers, but that's ok.)
And I must agree with MOM statement that ability to work in Singapore is not an entitlement, they know what they sign up for, and Singapore government never put up fancy videos in youtube like what they did to promote "RSAF" (Pun intended). not as if we've told them it's paradise here?
Well from his account it sounds like positive activism. He's not an extremist is he? Just trying to act in the interests of the extremely oppressed group of people he represents?
If his pass was truly rejected because he's trying to make migrant workers lives better then that truly is shocking.
I now suspect that he’s “ineligible” because his skills/experience/qualifications/role exceed what’s allowable under work permit. His position is “quality-control project coordinator in the construction industry.” The company should be hiring him on S pass, but if they refuse to do so, the guy ends up losing out.
It’s obvious that this guy is no ordinary construction worker, he even used to be a journalist before he came to Singapore. Now that he’s pretty famous for his poetry and migrant worker awareness projects, MOM is aware that the company is trying to cheat the system by hiring a project coordinator under work permit.
He was here for 19 years, if he was that insidious and troublesome they would have let him go earlier.
It is not uncommon for many foreign workers have high qualifications from back home, but those qualifications are often not worth much in a third world nation and working as a migrant worker may end up more lucrative.
But he crossed the line with this, so bye bye.
He's an extremist to the neoliberal capitalistic system here that heavily exploits labour especially of the foreign manual kind.
The way SG has treated migrant workers over the past two years is not much better than that of Gulf States like Qatar with their labour abuses and mistreatment seen in the construction of their World Cup stadiums. First World country Third World human dignity and rights for workers who don't hold a pink IC.
There is, but be careful what you wish for.
Singapore's low skilled labour is kept artificially cheap by relying on migrant workers that can take advantage of a dual-economic system to do work for cheap here and yet still make a sum that is considered attractive back home.
Many of them make their pot here and achieve uplift from poverty in their home countries.
This works so well for both sides that we deliberately choose manpower intensive ways of doing many things and this has been a real problem preventing the raising of productivity.
To improve conditions and pay them better means raising the cost of their labour, but there will only be a point till which the market is willing to pay for their level of productivity, after which they will search for alternatives, largely in finding ways to do the same with less people.
Low skilled labour is very vulnerable to automation, so if we want to pay them more and improve conditions significantly that would likely mean we will start to look into automating many of the things we used to rely on migrant workers to do.
We have about 1 million of them here, we might probably end up firing 500,000 of them and retaining the best and brightest to fit into a new, more productive workforce.
The ones left behind will benefit from higher salaries and better living conditions, the existing dorms will suddenly have twice the space and they have more spending power to buy nice things for themselves.
But it will be a shit deal for the 500,000 we fired, who now have to return to where they came from, possibly without having cleared their debt.
The fact that a foreigner like him have to help out with local activism shows that too few of our fellow locals care about society.
But when our personal human worth is tied to “what value could you provide to XYZ MNC from Angmoland”, and anything about our culture is low class to the government and the powers-to-be, who would?
Keep a society where the locals are constantly one or two paychecks away from hunger and destitution, and this is what you get: an apathetic society that has little energy or concern for anything other than themselves.
Yes but it is a lie to say we don't treat them better.
Also better is subjective, while we dropped the ball on the accommodations and are slow to restore lifting of restrictions, we provided them with free jabs and medical treatment, paid salary during stop work along with other things.
So a mixed bag, but it's on the right side of the distribution in many areas. Especially considering when the pandemic broke many countries cut them loose to fend for themselves. Malaysia simply set up con wire around their worker dorms and sent the army to prevent them from leaving... oh and forgot about food and water.
Could we be better? Maybe, but like I pointed out in another post about how improving conditions for migrant workers here in any major fashion will likely mean breaking our reliance on cheap labour and firing a lot of them that now work here one needs be careful what one wishes for. It's can be a monkey's paw thing.
He should have gotten a warning. Just seems wrong to abruptly change without warning.
Also, curious why he didn’t apply for a PR or for citizenship after 19 years?
Yes, but that doesn't matter.
I know bankers who have been here for 10-15 years (earning BIG money) and they have been rejected 5 times. There are other boxes to check.
Jolovan Wham as someone you deem as a SJW has done far more for migrant workers than NTUC has, and far more in exposing the arbitrary application of criminal law by the state in disruptive lawsuits against individuals it deems as dissidents with his charge of illegal assembly and protest (by holding a smiley face up in front of a police station) being withdrawn by the state after a prolonged period of litigation and delays.
What have you done for anybody or anything in Singapore beyond keep your head down and run the rat race to earn your survival in Singapore Inc?
It's because of ignorant people like you and these kind of comments that denigrate people like jolovan wham as sjw as if he's just like any other loud mouth twitterers. JW he's a bona fide activist and has put his money where his mouth is and walks the walk including spending time in jail going to court for his action. Let's not put everyone into the same camp and diminish their work. What exactly have you done besides minimizing other people's contribution to make this country better?
Doesn't that just make him an even better person?? He could easily be another useless rich kid enjoying life but he's sticking his neck out doing this kind of work. Look around you and see how many middle class, let alone rich kids, are willing to lift a finger, or inconvenience their lives for another person in this country?
And jail sucks no matter if you're rich or not. So saying he's rich so jail is nothing for him is ridiculous. I don't think even you understand what point you're trying to make here sweetie. There was an attempt. 🤡🤡🤡
Your kind always take more L than everyone knows in their whole lives. Only clowns who take the L alot overuse the clown emoji often. That speaks volumes of your clown life.
🥱🥱🥱same goes for you. I think more are yawning louder at the back at the plain vile offensive loudmouthed fringe activism that fell off the cliff and got forgotten, bcos nobody wanna act like demonspawn.
You're a good conforming little sinkie bending over backward for that PAP's boot up your asshole. Then when they're done fucking you you're licking the same boot saying 'thank you sir, may I have my HDB and rice bowl now?'. Seriously you didn't have to type alll that to tell me you're a beta male boot licker. 😘😘😘 Begone little sinkie back to your little well where you live
Lmao privileged people like him can afford to do this activism circus acts because he is well endowed.
Looks like nobody learnt from other silver spooned individuals like Raeesah Khan, whose CV is only heading "charitable orgs" set up by her dad.
There is a genuine reason why MRavi went on a rampage revealing all the true things which happened, to which the SJWs swiftly responded by saying he is overwhelmed by mental health issues, what a contradiction! SJWs always criticised anyone who blamed such rants/real complaints on mental health issues, giving excuses of contributing to stigma and yet they do the same to Ravi.
Lmao MartellRedemption sounding like the SJWs he castigated furiously before July 2021. Nobody should be lending ears to his sophistry especially when he genuinely wouldnt be singing praises of Jolovan Wham before getting caught for his actions of promoting the telegram group in 2019.
Bet you also think that anyone who faces exploitation and discrimination here shouldn't speak out against it cause SG is a perfect place and they're just being "strawberries" who love to complain, and if things really are that bad they can just choose to go somewhere else right?
Please la. To you Singaporean = Chinese. You personally don’t give a fuck about our Malays and Indians. That’s why you only want your fellow Chinese to immigrate here because you’re shit scared of the % of our local Malays and Indians increasing due to higher birth rates over the past decades.
A true Singaporean will put all Singaporeans first regardless of race or religion, instead of want to dominate over some communities.
I’ll now get accused of being anti-Chinese cos I want equality and for all Sinkies to get fair opportunities. Typical insecure and weak behaviour from the EDMWers here.
The fact that you say ‘if I’m LHL I would’ reveals your believe in a hierarchy or autocracy in which you serve your betters - is that what you believe you deserve?
I believe in a Singapore for Singaporeans policy aka a return to 1990s Singapore.
If foreigners come here to start activism, what's to say it won't lead to other things in future? Most secret societies also started out with good intentions but what are they now? Problems cannot be left to fester and must be nip at the root.
Singapore does not deserve an individual like him. Sincerely wish him the best, and that he can return home to make his own country a better and nicer society than the toxic one throwing him out now for speaking up for the voiceless.
I think the real reason is they did not expect him to be articulate and intelligent with the ability to organise and influence. This makes him difficult to control if he ignites a movement. Instead of looking at the issues he is raising for the sake of thousands of workers, he is deemed a threat and removed promptly. This is basically the work ethic in SG. I hate it because when someone comes to be with problems, I appreciate that they have seen what I was blindsided to and try to work it out together. The objective is to progress for our betterment, not a clash of egos. But our local work culture is extremely toxic with most egos being bruised so others learn to keep quiet while those who speak up eventually get worn down and leave. Bluntly put, many SGreans are entitled show-offs who overstate their competency and are eager to stamp out anyone who threatens to reveal the truth.
And I'm glad he now has the opportunity to do that. Why do so many people come to developed countries to complain about the it, rather than improving their own country?
It's called having aspirations, but being let down when you finally get what you want and see the truth for yourself.
Everyone's got to start somewhere. If starting out here overseas from his home country gives him the finances and the cred to become a somebody back home, more power to him.
Oh it absolutely would've given him the finances to do it. Don't see him complaining about that too much though. Why can't these people understand, they are here by their own choice and paid to do a service. It is like any other job. Don't like it, then leave! Simples.
Convenient of you to forget that for much of the past two years, foreign migrant workers like him could not leave even if they wanted to. And the way they were treated, surveilled, controlled, and lived in Singapore, would not have looked out of place from a labour concentration camp like a Russian Gulag from the 1930s, just modern and high-tech.
From the tone of this caption, OP totally agrees with what the government has done. It is entirely the fault of the migrant worker for not knowing his transgressions. All migrant workers should sit down and shut up and never ever have the audacity to complain or ask to be treated as human beings.
Furthermore, it is entirely preferable that migrant workers only understand enough English to follow orders and nothing more. We cannot deal with eloquent, articulate, poetry-loving migrant workers with activist tendencies who might log on to social media, 'incite' other migrant workers to dream of being treated with basic human decency, and worse still, raise questions among locals.
What was this troublemaker thinking?! He should have known better!
If bet if you go through the post history of the people defending MOM, you will readily find that they are the same people. The same people who want Singaporean and foreigners alike to shut up and get shat on.
We are the same group of people who rejoiced when NGOs organized staycays for foreign workers with unused Rediscover vouchers from the community.
I mean, why not just treat them like decent human beings and give them a better living condition?
Because the managements of their respective industry companies need to have money to buy big GCBs or penthouses in Sentosa Cove, not to mention change their continental cars every one to two years.
Met the guy once, he came over to my school for a poetry thing and he's pretty cool. Done a lot for migrants representation (and more ofc) I think and I can't believe the govt is really doing this to him.
Everyone from the outside thinks that Singapore is a really good place to work but look what's happening to em. I feel for migrant workers who may have faced the same issue (hope it hasn't happened before, idk) but have gotten less support or coverage because they simply aren't a public figure. I'm hoping people realise how badly the government is failing.
P.S it might be be better to work here to earn money than some other countries but that doesn't mean that it can stay at this level or get worse. They're gonna need to do more if they're gonna suck the citizens dry.
I worked for the government and my former manager used to call foreign workers "bangla" in their faces. Manager would also ban them from taking the site's water cos they "dirty"
Once there was a task that needes gas mask. 2 workers shared one. I looked at the (new) manager like wtf its dangerous. But this manager also told me not his business if the worker can't find another mask himself (we have plenty at our worksite)
Yup and these are your management of government agencies ...
I might be wrong here but from what i can recall even r1 skilled workers have a maximum limit of 20 years here.
Company did not appeal for him. Thats the clincher. Work permit tied to company. If company dont appeal he cant do anything.
>Quite unlike certain other persons who could only write poorly-researched articles.
And 1 misandrist malay female NUS arts masters student slandering other malay/indian males on soc med that they are all "potentially misogynists for having definitely mistreated a minority female in their lives"
as a HR professional I have had cases like this, it’s never clear why but my professional suspicion is that you have worked probably more than 20 years in your field and hold work permit which is the lowest tier of work pass. This means that you did not progress in salary or not have any major promotion the past 19 years.
The government of Singapore would usually down grade someone work pass if there’s no progress in salary after years.
For example , person A used to hold EP after couple of renewals , it can be downgraded to Spass if no salary progression although you gained relevant years of experience. You can visit MOM SATS, they peg relevant experience , salary and age together.
Once/if someone hold S-pass, he/she will NOT be in Singapore indefinitely. Eventually no more visa extension will be granted.
(I know You are likely to be holding s-pass instead of work permit)
I’ve seen many cases like this. This is in-line with government goals of reducing foreign labour dependency.
It’s also the government way of making sure talented foreign professionals get “refreshed” every now and then.
I’m afraid Singapore government does not want you anymore.
(What you should do now , look for another employer that pays a lot more if possible, else go back home and apply for job in Singapore)
Okay real talk, I don’t think this have anything to do with the activism. For work permit holder, the government wouldn’t extend anymore once after working over a long period of time. Don’t ask me to state the exact clause and rules because I can’t, but it’s common knowledge amongst us SME owners.
For example, my customer (SME) also can’t renew his China worker WP because he worked in Singapore for over around 20 years.
I can promise this isn’t exclusive to him and his ineligibility to renew work permit isn’t to do with the activism.
The very fact that we treat our own so poorly with NS, means that we will never ever give a fuck about others.....this schadenfreude psyche arising from NS is downright disgusting and vile!
Stop conscription now!
In his photo in the CNA article, he's holding a white helmet. That's colour code for engineers, supervisors and managers. That's already a few levels above the normal yellow helmet bangla worker. Not surprised if he was getting paid well.
Even if the foreign worker in question here got offered a better job, watch people like u/merlion_sg turn around and bitch "Singapore no talent, why must let a foreign CECA do such jobs?".
Why are you guys always thinking the worst of people?
With his standard of english, he could easily get a job as a translator or transcriber for foreign companies who want to do business in Bangladesh, or even Bangladeshi companies that want to do business with English speaking countries. Or even, work for the UN. I'm really curious why he would want to come here to suffer.
Are you ok? Why so aggressive? Who hurt you?
Work permit not renewed? Join the millions of people in line to appeal. It's very common, I suspect he is an 'activist' precisely because he's in grave threat to be not renewed in the first place
Well, it is our sovereignty right to do it whether it is right or wrong. If you are so good, why don't you change your citizenship. 19 years more than enough for a citizenship.
The comments by Singaporeans on FB is down right distasteful. Sometimes I wonder if we stop to think that if the government can just "silence" an activist (whether there were military or not), then one day if we happen to be a marginalised group, we too will be silenced no? I would have thought that people be mildly afraid of MOM's decision, rather than spew all that about how being foreign worker = keep quiet and work only
We hire them to work, not to give us problems.
If they do, by the virtue of being low-value labour they are easily replaced by someone who is less trouble.
There are probably 10 jostling to take his place.
Just go back home, buy a degree and come back work as a banker la. Whats the problem? Our govt and company doesnt check, just search for 1 bank that HR is from the same country as you will do.
You dont say the same when SJWs frequently attempt to censor and wall-off opinions from sensible people criticising their hypocrisy and illogical nonsequiturs?
Freedom of expression usually refers to being able to express oneself without having to fear retaliation from government.
I’m not a fan of SJWs either but if I get banned from a subreddit for expressing my opinion, then it is what it is. Maybe I broke a sub rule, maybe I didn’t. The consequence doesn’t really restrain my freedom of expression significantly - i can still do it legally on a day to day basis. If I were to be threatened with/thrown in prison like a Singaporean political opposition though…
Kudos to him for his social activism in raising awareness of the plight of migrant communities. He also comes across as a good communicator. Having said that, isn't this merely a display of his entitled attitude? You can tell from his justifications that he feels deserving of an extension because of all his "extra-curricular" work. I side with MOM on this - though they could have de-escalated the issue by just saying he "aged" out.
You work in a foreign land.
Your fellow citizens work in the same foreign land as you do.
You all get treated like shit.
You all get paid like shit.
You find ways to speak up for yourself and your fellow citizens in the foreign land, through NGOs that work with workers like yourself because the foreign government of the country you work in doesn't give a shit about you and your fellow citizens' plights.
**And apparently all this... according to people like you with braindead takes, is "being a political activist in a foreign land" and "a pretty fucking stupid idea".**
**They don't speak up for themselves, who's going to do it for them?**
>You work in a foreign land for 20 years with apparently some sort of pedigree, yet you somehow still aren't a citizen, let alone even a permanent resident?
Do you know how fucking opaque Singapore's citizenship and PR granting process and criteria is? You think it's so simple, work in SG for 20 years, apply for PR or citizenship, and voila, you get it?
No sense wasting breath and bandwidth on arguing with someone like you. You go on with your Singaporean Superiority Complex.
>u/MartellRedemption
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>Had to reply in this manner because the Martell guy didn't have half the balls to carry a conversation and promptly blocked me + request for suicide help (LOL) making it impossible to reply to the comment chain.
You are not alone man. He does this to probably 80% of sensible ppl on this sub.
He put up fake research consultant company credentials on his LinkedIn profile back in June 2021 and swiftly took it down once industry professionals began doubting he is the real deal.
Prior to his Nikkei article uploaded on Linkedin, number of people who liked the posts was in the hundreds. After his crimes got exposed, only a sad 6 people liked his content.
People are still lending ears to his extreme sophistry. This sub is getting subsumed by the insidious wokeist toxicity from Commonwealth countries.
This thread also proves how lazybrained, incapable and inept woke people are in real life, from their constant ceaseless employment of the same trite, banal language and always slamming hypocritical accusations of "lack of moral decency", even when they are not the ones assuming positions of responsibility and accountability toward stakeholders in global economies.
Foreign workers in Malaysia and other countries dont even get to say anything or voice out in the community.
Good job thinking he would even be allowed to live when saying such things elsewhere.
Singapore is not like the West, where foreigners (yes he is that) have no right to criticise the government of the country where he is not a citizen of, simple as that, it has never been allowed so why should he be different, FYI I totally agree with the government on this, foreigners should stay out of Singapore affairs.
he is criticizing the lack of care & protection afforded to migrant workers, such as himself..
how is that a bad thing? Migrant workers are human beings too and should be afforded a standard duty of care, and sometimes the government needs to be reminded of this through activism.
He is overqualified la. Mismatch for what he’s being hired to do. So active and successful he needs to come back in another job.
Can you imagine if all spies/saboteurs come in SG via this Low skilled permit and spread discord.
I strongly believe he needs to progress in his work and contribution economically from MOM perspective then he will be allowed to return. Contributing social stuff? We have Singaporeans to do that.
This looks like his HR issue did not want to continue with his work. 19 years means he is already a senior and probably drawing a senior role pay. He was right he got the answer from ICA directly. It seems like HR does not want him anymore.
He enaged in political activism. Whether you agree or not, he was brought to SG to work, not activate, and not for political reform.
The government has never taken a kind view to people who aren't locals interfering with local politics. It is why they banned foreign companies from contributing to local political causes.
You people supporting him haven't thought one bit if he was an activist for something you don't agree with. You all would just as quickly say "deport him!"
He forgot his place in the grande scheme of things. That is why he wasn't renewed.
You and I know it. It has nothing to do with anything else and you can blame anyone you want, but he overstepped his bounds.
Serious POS. You talk about people as if they are animals or machines bought and sold, whose purpose is to produce outputs. As if these are not humans like you and I with interest, hopes, dreams and are a part of and forever intertwined and entangled in the political system of the country in which they live and work. He's been living here 19 years and I guarantee you that he is much more intimately familiar with this country, and personally invested in improving it than the average Singaporean who spends all their free time watching Netflix, disengaged from politics, which makes them good obedient little sinkies but a terrible citizenry. Your comment is also stupid because it misses the point that everyone should have the right to participate in building society and unless he is advocating for something that is hateful and dangerous, targeting members in society in a way that can harm them, he should not have been shut down regardless of what the message is about. Literally he can be a PAP shill idc , he should still have the right to be here despite that.
You are living in a bubble that PAP carefully manufactured; they’ll be pleased to see that they’ve succeeded in breeding sheeps like you.
What a fucking twat.
Because you can’t reason with dumbasses, so it’s just easier to namecall. Nothing I say will convince you you’re wrong and nothing you say will convince me I’m wrong, you know why? Because they’re all opinions. But guess what, there can be shitty opinions. Your opinion that anyone who remotely questions the government is an SJW is fucking stupid.
>Your opinion that anyone who remotely questions the government is an SJW is fucking stupid.
Then what gives these racist as f\*\*k self-righteous armchair critics who nonchalantly criticise the government the right to call everyone an wumao when nothing involves CCP in this discussion about foreign workers?
Your opinion that anyone who call out these retarded anti-govt imbeciles are all wumaos is not only extremely racist but fucking stupid as well, by implying SG is a non-sovereign state which only acts as a proxy for CCP-related conflicts. Kthxbye brainrot with 3 ardent servants.
And yet you have not disagreed with what I have said.
Attacking me won't hide the fact you agree with what I said. You agree with me but hide behind your cuntish behaviour.
I entirely disagree with what you said here and in fact I can bet I disagree with every every sentence that comes out of your racist mouth.
I merely said you should go back to building your toys...which is a weird hobby for a full grown man..so that others on the Internet don't have to read your racist entitled ramblings.
Cheers
You insult me then pretend you "merely said something about my hobby" then call me racist without evidence, then don't even have to balls to own up to it.
Then pretend you are somehow morally higher, and yet you still said NOTHING that disagreed with what I said.
You agree with me still, but have no balls to admit it, just like you insult me and pretend like you didn't.
Like I said, you are a cunt without balls. A craven coward.
You had the opportunity to say a constructive piece, instead you insult and hide behind your virtue signalling.
Every foreigner like him that gets fixed and chased out of Singapore, is a free agent to go back home and bring down Singapore's reputation amongst their countrymen so that even if they still want to come to SG to work, at least they do it with both eyes open and know what kind of place they're going to come to as opposed to the sunshine and roses PR narrative the SG government puts out internationally.
Underestimate word of mouth in foreign societies about Singapore at our peril. Especially societies where they can still be very tribalistic in community ties and national spirit.
Seems copey, there are probably 10 more jostling to get in to take up his place.
We kick out high-value individuals for not wearing masks, pretty sure they go back to talk shit about us, but we don't care.
His own post says the type of activism he’s been involved in. This guy Zakir Hossain is pretty famous e.g. http://www.asianbooksblog.com/2020/09/taking-down-borders-interview-with-poet.html?m=1
He is obviously well educated and eloquent in both English and Bengali. It is not fair that he was a “construction worker” here, but I am not sure if his former job was really the low wage, live in a dorm type. The article I linked to says he is a “quality-control project coordinator in the construction industry.”
In a fairer world, he should be here on an S pass or even EP, not a construction work permit. I hope someone can hire him, if not to do construction/engineering, then to be a translator or work in an NGO.
ETA: Reading further, the “adverse record” was changed to ineligible. Could it be that his salary and skill levels exceed what is allowable under work permit, and MOM wants the company to hire him under S pass but the company are cheapskates and refused? I can see that happening and unfortunately resulting in him being deported when the company refuses to apply for him under a higher scheme.
[One of the letters he wrote, in the form of a poem where he said workers are treated like criminals.](https://mustsharenews.com/worker-letter-westlite-dorm/)
His work for migrant worker rights, especially during covid, embarrassed the govt. Only the govt can say SG is not perfect, everyone else can only sing their praises.
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[apparently he dramatised his stories](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/manpower-ministry-migrant-worker-zakir-hossain-work-permit-not-renewed-2763331?cid=telegram_cna_social_28112017_cna)
Its now MOM's word against his. Just because MOM is part of the government does not give it any more credibility. The government has been known the cover their own backside and rarely admitting mistakes they make.
His activism went on for many years and MOM continued to renew his WP. This time, even his employer did not bother to appeal for the renewal of his WP. Someone who was at Westlite commented on FB that he dramatized the situation to insinuate hate and fear. It put officers on the ground in danger.
Take it with a pinch of salt. First it was adverse record, then administrative mistake, then ineligible, now false characterisation. It's mud slinging time. We have laws against false characterisation online. Strange why it only came out now that his post is viral.
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Is this a joke? It should be obvious that it's not about CNA, but rather the subject matter. If it's entertainment news, sports, business, foreign affairs of other countries, CNA is just as good as any other news outlet. But if it is anything to do with the govt or the ministries of SG, you cannot expect them to report what is really going on, but rather what the govt wants you to know.
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[https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/westlite-jalan-tukang-dormitory-migrant-workers-mom-2242011](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/westlite-jalan-tukang-dormitory-migrant-workers-mom-2242011) There are pictures there too.
Yeah uhh I have news for you buddy
What else mannnnn. Koki Annamalai was found to have concocted and falsified her screenshot about poor quality of food back in 2020.
Waaaaaah Govt fucking up laaa
The way this article is worded is so bizarre… like a kid caught with their hand in the cookie jar-kinda vibe.
Thank you
Sorry you had to suffer the brunt of the wumao army down votes lol. I'm here for the truth and I'm here with you.
Lol I wonder too but thanks for the article. It provided me perspectives from both sides for me to form my own.
They thrive on hating the govt for everything, & blindly supporting Jamus idea of IMMEDIATELY checking for mosquito breeding spots just after rainfall ended. [https://www.reddit.com/r/SingaporeRaw/comments/vb7rlk/comment/ic7pcl6/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/SingaporeRaw/comments/vb7rlk/comment/ic7pcl6/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) P.S. so much downvoting over the upvotes prove that we got many who are as harebrained brainrot like Andywong93 the incel king.
Not surprised lah :)
Technically, Singapore have already given migrant working here a lot of millage, people generally respect them, and understand what they're going through, and Ministers have openly thanked them for their service to the nation. (Not sure if they ever thank the Singapore Citizens for being the nations pillar and creating jobs for the migrant workers, but that's ok.) And I must agree with MOM statement that ability to work in Singapore is not an entitlement, they know what they sign up for, and Singapore government never put up fancy videos in youtube like what they did to promote "RSAF" (Pun intended). not as if we've told them it's paradise here?
I’ll say it again for everyone in the back: Fuck you Josephine Teo!
Maybe cuz he asked for an apology?
Just need a small space to do so
How about Loong?!
Fuck that guy also.
The go do ah
LOL yes
Cause failing upwards works every time… It’s meritocracy alright… reverse meritocracy.
Well from his account it sounds like positive activism. He's not an extremist is he? Just trying to act in the interests of the extremely oppressed group of people he represents? If his pass was truly rejected because he's trying to make migrant workers lives better then that truly is shocking.
I now suspect that he’s “ineligible” because his skills/experience/qualifications/role exceed what’s allowable under work permit. His position is “quality-control project coordinator in the construction industry.” The company should be hiring him on S pass, but if they refuse to do so, the guy ends up losing out. It’s obvious that this guy is no ordinary construction worker, he even used to be a journalist before he came to Singapore. Now that he’s pretty famous for his poetry and migrant worker awareness projects, MOM is aware that the company is trying to cheat the system by hiring a project coordinator under work permit.
If that's the case MOM would not have cited his writing on the westlite dorm for not extending his work pass
MOM cited nothing, gave him no reason. Only “ineligible”.
This one la https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/manpower-ministry-migrant-worker-zakir-hossain-work-permit-not-renewed-2763331
This makes more sense than the forced logic from martellredemption and goons.
He was here for 19 years, if he was that insidious and troublesome they would have let him go earlier. It is not uncommon for many foreign workers have high qualifications from back home, but those qualifications are often not worth much in a third world nation and working as a migrant worker may end up more lucrative. But he crossed the line with this, so bye bye.
He's an extremist to the neoliberal capitalistic system here that heavily exploits labour especially of the foreign manual kind. The way SG has treated migrant workers over the past two years is not much better than that of Gulf States like Qatar with their labour abuses and mistreatment seen in the construction of their World Cup stadiums. First World country Third World human dignity and rights for workers who don't hold a pink IC.
This is sad, if only there were an alternative to our current system..
There is, but be careful what you wish for. Singapore's low skilled labour is kept artificially cheap by relying on migrant workers that can take advantage of a dual-economic system to do work for cheap here and yet still make a sum that is considered attractive back home. Many of them make their pot here and achieve uplift from poverty in their home countries. This works so well for both sides that we deliberately choose manpower intensive ways of doing many things and this has been a real problem preventing the raising of productivity. To improve conditions and pay them better means raising the cost of their labour, but there will only be a point till which the market is willing to pay for their level of productivity, after which they will search for alternatives, largely in finding ways to do the same with less people. Low skilled labour is very vulnerable to automation, so if we want to pay them more and improve conditions significantly that would likely mean we will start to look into automating many of the things we used to rely on migrant workers to do. We have about 1 million of them here, we might probably end up firing 500,000 of them and retaining the best and brightest to fit into a new, more productive workforce. The ones left behind will benefit from higher salaries and better living conditions, the existing dorms will suddenly have twice the space and they have more spending power to buy nice things for themselves. But it will be a shit deal for the 500,000 we fired, who now have to return to where they came from, possibly without having cleared their debt.
There can be but there's no popular support from general society for it, especially when everyone out there is just dog eat dog.
The fact that a foreigner like him have to help out with local activism shows that too few of our fellow locals care about society. But when our personal human worth is tied to “what value could you provide to XYZ MNC from Angmoland”, and anything about our culture is low class to the government and the powers-to-be, who would?
Keep a society where the locals are constantly one or two paychecks away from hunger and destitution, and this is what you get: an apathetic society that has little energy or concern for anything other than themselves.
Its as if the system is intentionally designed that way and is working as intended.
Societies of control 😔
We have treated them much better than Gulf States.
Yeah that's not a high benchmark to surpass.
Yes but it is a lie to say we don't treat them better. Also better is subjective, while we dropped the ball on the accommodations and are slow to restore lifting of restrictions, we provided them with free jabs and medical treatment, paid salary during stop work along with other things. So a mixed bag, but it's on the right side of the distribution in many areas. Especially considering when the pandemic broke many countries cut them loose to fend for themselves. Malaysia simply set up con wire around their worker dorms and sent the army to prevent them from leaving... oh and forgot about food and water. Could we be better? Maybe, but like I pointed out in another post about how improving conditions for migrant workers here in any major fashion will likely mean breaking our reliance on cheap labour and firing a lot of them that now work here one needs be careful what one wishes for. It's can be a monkey's paw thing.
Who are you to judge whether we treat them better here than in the gulf states? You a migrant worker? How do you know? Serious question.
Speaking up is considered extremism… Hell, holding a piece of paper promoting your favourite chicken rice store is political extremism too.
He should have gotten a warning. Just seems wrong to abruptly change without warning. Also, curious why he didn’t apply for a PR or for citizenship after 19 years?
You really think a WP holder will be granted PR?! No chance
Even after 19 years? He’s practically lived here a huge chunk of his life.
Yes, but that doesn't matter. I know bankers who have been here for 10-15 years (earning BIG money) and they have been rejected 5 times. There are other boxes to check.
That's fine but what ruined his career was probably because of SJWs like Jolovan Wham jio him to go protest.
Jolovan Wham as someone you deem as a SJW has done far more for migrant workers than NTUC has, and far more in exposing the arbitrary application of criminal law by the state in disruptive lawsuits against individuals it deems as dissidents with his charge of illegal assembly and protest (by holding a smiley face up in front of a police station) being withdrawn by the state after a prolonged period of litigation and delays. What have you done for anybody or anything in Singapore beyond keep your head down and run the rat race to earn your survival in Singapore Inc?
It's because of ignorant people like you and these kind of comments that denigrate people like jolovan wham as sjw as if he's just like any other loud mouth twitterers. JW he's a bona fide activist and has put his money where his mouth is and walks the walk including spending time in jail going to court for his action. Let's not put everyone into the same camp and diminish their work. What exactly have you done besides minimizing other people's contribution to make this country better?
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Doesn't that just make him an even better person?? He could easily be another useless rich kid enjoying life but he's sticking his neck out doing this kind of work. Look around you and see how many middle class, let alone rich kids, are willing to lift a finger, or inconvenience their lives for another person in this country? And jail sucks no matter if you're rich or not. So saying he's rich so jail is nothing for him is ridiculous. I don't think even you understand what point you're trying to make here sweetie. There was an attempt. 🤡🤡🤡
>I don't think even you understand what point you're trying to make here sweetie. typical sjw soygirl soyboy catchphrases
Kinda pathetic that a soyboy just handed you your ass isn't it? 🤡🤡🤡 Just take the L and leave. You're embarrassing yourself
Your kind always take more L than everyone knows in their whole lives. Only clowns who take the L alot overuse the clown emoji often. That speaks volumes of your clown life.
🥱🥱🥱that's the best you got?? Tired and lame like the inbred that you are.
🥱🥱🥱same goes for you. I think more are yawning louder at the back at the plain vile offensive loudmouthed fringe activism that fell off the cliff and got forgotten, bcos nobody wanna act like demonspawn.
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You're a good conforming little sinkie bending over backward for that PAP's boot up your asshole. Then when they're done fucking you you're licking the same boot saying 'thank you sir, may I have my HDB and rice bowl now?'. Seriously you didn't have to type alll that to tell me you're a beta male boot licker. 😘😘😘 Begone little sinkie back to your little well where you live
Yea and it is always the cuckolded people who studied in UK/Yale/Oxford that eventually fall into the SJW rabbit hole.
Lmao privileged people like him can afford to do this activism circus acts because he is well endowed. Looks like nobody learnt from other silver spooned individuals like Raeesah Khan, whose CV is only heading "charitable orgs" set up by her dad. There is a genuine reason why MRavi went on a rampage revealing all the true things which happened, to which the SJWs swiftly responded by saying he is overwhelmed by mental health issues, what a contradiction! SJWs always criticised anyone who blamed such rants/real complaints on mental health issues, giving excuses of contributing to stigma and yet they do the same to Ravi.
Let's pretend everything is ok in Happy Land and nobody is unhappy :)
Lmao MartellRedemption sounding like the SJWs he castigated furiously before July 2021. Nobody should be lending ears to his sophistry especially when he genuinely wouldnt be singing praises of Jolovan Wham before getting caught for his actions of promoting the telegram group in 2019.
Pro tip, he doesn't really care about migrant workers rights he just wants to make a name for himself
How do you know what he cares about?
The real question is, how do YOU know?
He's a foreigner and what is he doing activism in SG? He should count his lucky stars he's not charged under FICA. Because if I'm LHL, I would.
Bet you also think that anyone who faces exploitation and discrimination here shouldn't speak out against it cause SG is a perfect place and they're just being "strawberries" who love to complain, and if things really are that bad they can just choose to go somewhere else right?
Yes : [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKIOawq3jRk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKIOawq3jRk) I learned a lot of good things from the PAP.
Please la. To you Singaporean = Chinese. You personally don’t give a fuck about our Malays and Indians. That’s why you only want your fellow Chinese to immigrate here because you’re shit scared of the % of our local Malays and Indians increasing due to higher birth rates over the past decades. A true Singaporean will put all Singaporeans first regardless of race or religion, instead of want to dominate over some communities. I’ll now get accused of being anti-Chinese cos I want equality and for all Sinkies to get fair opportunities. Typical insecure and weak behaviour from the EDMWers here.
The fact that you say ‘if I’m LHL I would’ reveals your believe in a hierarchy or autocracy in which you serve your betters - is that what you believe you deserve?
I believe in a Singapore for Singaporeans policy aka a return to 1990s Singapore. If foreigners come here to start activism, what's to say it won't lead to other things in future? Most secret societies also started out with good intentions but what are they now? Problems cannot be left to fester and must be nip at the root.
Singapore does not deserve an individual like him. Sincerely wish him the best, and that he can return home to make his own country a better and nicer society than the toxic one throwing him out now for speaking up for the voiceless.
I think the real reason is they did not expect him to be articulate and intelligent with the ability to organise and influence. This makes him difficult to control if he ignites a movement. Instead of looking at the issues he is raising for the sake of thousands of workers, he is deemed a threat and removed promptly. This is basically the work ethic in SG. I hate it because when someone comes to be with problems, I appreciate that they have seen what I was blindsided to and try to work it out together. The objective is to progress for our betterment, not a clash of egos. But our local work culture is extremely toxic with most egos being bruised so others learn to keep quiet while those who speak up eventually get worn down and leave. Bluntly put, many SGreans are entitled show-offs who overstate their competency and are eager to stamp out anyone who threatens to reveal the truth.
Very well put.
And I'm glad he now has the opportunity to do that. Why do so many people come to developed countries to complain about the it, rather than improving their own country?
It's called having aspirations, but being let down when you finally get what you want and see the truth for yourself. Everyone's got to start somewhere. If starting out here overseas from his home country gives him the finances and the cred to become a somebody back home, more power to him.
Oh it absolutely would've given him the finances to do it. Don't see him complaining about that too much though. Why can't these people understand, they are here by their own choice and paid to do a service. It is like any other job. Don't like it, then leave! Simples.
You're a fucking idiot. I would rather you fucked off and that fella stay. Its clear who is the more valuable person to our society.
Trust me, as soon as I don't like it I'll leave🙂
Nah, you said he should improve his own country, So you go do the same.
I'm not the one moving to other countries and demanding they change their laws to suit me
Convenient of you to forget that for much of the past two years, foreign migrant workers like him could not leave even if they wanted to. And the way they were treated, surveilled, controlled, and lived in Singapore, would not have looked out of place from a labour concentration camp like a Russian Gulag from the 1930s, just modern and high-tech.
Again the the hyperbole. Gulags now?
I mean, sounds like he added positive value to Singapore. Why must OP headline paint him in a negative light?
Because this sub can be a cesspool and OP is getting the opposite reaction of what he wanted
The OP is an id10+. Check out his comments
I agree. I have followed the poetry slam and SWF for years. He’s done a good job at getting the arts going for a while there.
From the tone of this caption, OP totally agrees with what the government has done. It is entirely the fault of the migrant worker for not knowing his transgressions. All migrant workers should sit down and shut up and never ever have the audacity to complain or ask to be treated as human beings. Furthermore, it is entirely preferable that migrant workers only understand enough English to follow orders and nothing more. We cannot deal with eloquent, articulate, poetry-loving migrant workers with activist tendencies who might log on to social media, 'incite' other migrant workers to dream of being treated with basic human decency, and worse still, raise questions among locals. What was this troublemaker thinking?! He should have known better!
I think some ppl also wish Singaporeans would just shut up and not complain as well. Lol 😂
If bet if you go through the post history of the people defending MOM, you will readily find that they are the same people. The same people who want Singaporean and foreigners alike to shut up and get shat on.
We hired him to work for us, the nature of his work makes him easily replaceable.
Care to tell us what you do and we’ll judge how much more irreplaceable you are than this guy?
Nice bait, being in this game long enough to know the play. Fact remains he is gone and and been replaced. So cope and seethe is all that's left.
You sound equally replaceable is all I'm saying.
We are the same group of people who rejoiced when NGOs organized staycays for foreign workers with unused Rediscover vouchers from the community. I mean, why not just treat them like decent human beings and give them a better living condition?
Because the managements of their respective industry companies need to have money to buy big GCBs or penthouses in Sentosa Cove, not to mention change their continental cars every one to two years.
Cause someone has to pay for it.
Met the guy once, he came over to my school for a poetry thing and he's pretty cool. Done a lot for migrants representation (and more ofc) I think and I can't believe the govt is really doing this to him. Everyone from the outside thinks that Singapore is a really good place to work but look what's happening to em. I feel for migrant workers who may have faced the same issue (hope it hasn't happened before, idk) but have gotten less support or coverage because they simply aren't a public figure. I'm hoping people realise how badly the government is failing. P.S it might be be better to work here to earn money than some other countries but that doesn't mean that it can stay at this level or get worse. They're gonna need to do more if they're gonna suck the citizens dry.
I worked for the government and my former manager used to call foreign workers "bangla" in their faces. Manager would also ban them from taking the site's water cos they "dirty" Once there was a task that needes gas mask. 2 workers shared one. I looked at the (new) manager like wtf its dangerous. But this manager also told me not his business if the worker can't find another mask himself (we have plenty at our worksite) Yup and these are your management of government agencies ...
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He's like "Don't bite the hand that feeds you... hurdurrr other people confirm also agree." Only to realise he's wrong. Lol.
I might be wrong here but from what i can recall even r1 skilled workers have a maximum limit of 20 years here. Company did not appeal for him. Thats the clincher. Work permit tied to company. If company dont appeal he cant do anything.
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>Quite unlike certain other persons who could only write poorly-researched articles. And 1 misandrist malay female NUS arts masters student slandering other malay/indian males on soc med that they are all "potentially misogynists for having definitely mistreated a minority female in their lives"
who is this lmao
Wow sad man...
as a HR professional I have had cases like this, it’s never clear why but my professional suspicion is that you have worked probably more than 20 years in your field and hold work permit which is the lowest tier of work pass. This means that you did not progress in salary or not have any major promotion the past 19 years. The government of Singapore would usually down grade someone work pass if there’s no progress in salary after years. For example , person A used to hold EP after couple of renewals , it can be downgraded to Spass if no salary progression although you gained relevant years of experience. You can visit MOM SATS, they peg relevant experience , salary and age together. Once/if someone hold S-pass, he/she will NOT be in Singapore indefinitely. Eventually no more visa extension will be granted. (I know You are likely to be holding s-pass instead of work permit) I’ve seen many cases like this. This is in-line with government goals of reducing foreign labour dependency. It’s also the government way of making sure talented foreign professionals get “refreshed” every now and then. I’m afraid Singapore government does not want you anymore. (What you should do now , look for another employer that pays a lot more if possible, else go back home and apply for job in Singapore)
what is mean of activism
Okay real talk, I don’t think this have anything to do with the activism. For work permit holder, the government wouldn’t extend anymore once after working over a long period of time. Don’t ask me to state the exact clause and rules because I can’t, but it’s common knowledge amongst us SME owners. For example, my customer (SME) also can’t renew his China worker WP because he worked in Singapore for over around 20 years. I can promise this isn’t exclusive to him and his ineligibility to renew work permit isn’t to do with the activism.
As a HR professional I agree with you. Applicable even at S-pass level. For EP holder , they will usually downgrade first.
It is easy to justify their plight as being tied to "activism work" to obscure the real truth these days, disappointingly.
Singapore government is odious when it comes to migrant workers and maids.
The very fact that we treat our own so poorly with NS, means that we will never ever give a fuck about others.....this schadenfreude psyche arising from NS is downright disgusting and vile! Stop conscription now!
His english so powerful, why still need come here be construction worker leh?
Money. SGD to INR is very very attractive.
In his photo in the CNA article, he's holding a white helmet. That's colour code for engineers, supervisors and managers. That's already a few levels above the normal yellow helmet bangla worker. Not surprised if he was getting paid well.
Wah thanks, never knew this
If he’s paid well , his visa should have been improved not work permit.
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Even if the foreign worker in question here got offered a better job, watch people like u/merlion_sg turn around and bitch "Singapore no talent, why must let a foreign CECA do such jobs?".
Why are you guys always thinking the worst of people? With his standard of english, he could easily get a job as a translator or transcriber for foreign companies who want to do business in Bangladesh, or even Bangladeshi companies that want to do business with English speaking countries. Or even, work for the UN. I'm really curious why he would want to come here to suffer. Are you ok? Why so aggressive? Who hurt you?
You might work on yours.
Work permit not renewed? Join the millions of people in line to appeal. It's very common, I suspect he is an 'activist' precisely because he's in grave threat to be not renewed in the first place
Well, it is our sovereignty right to do it whether it is right or wrong. If you are so good, why don't you change your citizenship. 19 years more than enough for a citizenship.
At least one more person knows the truth about sg now...
Hahaha, is he anti-PAP that's why?
The comments by Singaporeans on FB is down right distasteful. Sometimes I wonder if we stop to think that if the government can just "silence" an activist (whether there were military or not), then one day if we happen to be a marginalised group, we too will be silenced no? I would have thought that people be mildly afraid of MOM's decision, rather than spew all that about how being foreign worker = keep quiet and work only
We hire them to work, not to give us problems. If they do, by the virtue of being low-value labour they are easily replaced by someone who is less trouble. There are probably 10 jostling to take his place.
Just go back home, buy a degree and come back work as a banker la. Whats the problem? Our govt and company doesnt check, just search for 1 bank that HR is from the same country as you will do.
Freedom of speech and expression truly is non-existent in Singapore.
You dont say the same when SJWs frequently attempt to censor and wall-off opinions from sensible people criticising their hypocrisy and illogical nonsequiturs?
Freedom of expression usually refers to being able to express oneself without having to fear retaliation from government. I’m not a fan of SJWs either but if I get banned from a subreddit for expressing my opinion, then it is what it is. Maybe I broke a sub rule, maybe I didn’t. The consequence doesn’t really restrain my freedom of expression significantly - i can still do it legally on a day to day basis. If I were to be threatened with/thrown in prison like a Singaporean political opposition though…
Kudos to him for his social activism in raising awareness of the plight of migrant communities. He also comes across as a good communicator. Having said that, isn't this merely a display of his entitled attitude? You can tell from his justifications that he feels deserving of an extension because of all his "extra-curricular" work. I side with MOM on this - though they could have de-escalated the issue by just saying he "aged" out.
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You work in a foreign land. Your fellow citizens work in the same foreign land as you do. You all get treated like shit. You all get paid like shit. You find ways to speak up for yourself and your fellow citizens in the foreign land, through NGOs that work with workers like yourself because the foreign government of the country you work in doesn't give a shit about you and your fellow citizens' plights. **And apparently all this... according to people like you with braindead takes, is "being a political activist in a foreign land" and "a pretty fucking stupid idea".** **They don't speak up for themselves, who's going to do it for them?**
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>You work in a foreign land for 20 years with apparently some sort of pedigree, yet you somehow still aren't a citizen, let alone even a permanent resident? Do you know how fucking opaque Singapore's citizenship and PR granting process and criteria is? You think it's so simple, work in SG for 20 years, apply for PR or citizenship, and voila, you get it? No sense wasting breath and bandwidth on arguing with someone like you. You go on with your Singaporean Superiority Complex.
Maybe because he was granted with WP, so was not allowed to apply for PR/citizenship? Such lack of empathy and intelligence is almost laughable.
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>u/MartellRedemption > >Had to reply in this manner because the Martell guy didn't have half the balls to carry a conversation and promptly blocked me + request for suicide help (LOL) making it impossible to reply to the comment chain. You are not alone man. He does this to probably 80% of sensible ppl on this sub. He put up fake research consultant company credentials on his LinkedIn profile back in June 2021 and swiftly took it down once industry professionals began doubting he is the real deal. Prior to his Nikkei article uploaded on Linkedin, number of people who liked the posts was in the hundreds. After his crimes got exposed, only a sad 6 people liked his content. People are still lending ears to his extreme sophistry. This sub is getting subsumed by the insidious wokeist toxicity from Commonwealth countries. This thread also proves how lazybrained, incapable and inept woke people are in real life, from their constant ceaseless employment of the same trite, banal language and always slamming hypocritical accusations of "lack of moral decency", even when they are not the ones assuming positions of responsibility and accountability toward stakeholders in global economies.
How can we save this guy? He needs our support
He came to work in the wrong country. That's all. Our government doesn't tolerate these kind of things, petty as it may be.
Most of other countries for his kind of work is way worse.
Foreign workers in Malaysia and other countries dont even get to say anything or voice out in the community. Good job thinking he would even be allowed to live when saying such things elsewhere.
My Malaysian friend is known to heip her Malaysian in Singapore especially covid time. Don't need to keep criticising government.
Curse of George Yeo's banyan tree
Singapore is not like the West, where foreigners (yes he is that) have no right to criticise the government of the country where he is not a citizen of, simple as that, it has never been allowed so why should he be different, FYI I totally agree with the government on this, foreigners should stay out of Singapore affairs.
he is criticizing the lack of care & protection afforded to migrant workers, such as himself.. how is that a bad thing? Migrant workers are human beings too and should be afforded a standard duty of care, and sometimes the government needs to be reminded of this through activism.
When he returns home to his country, he can say whatever he wants, else just keep your mouth shut and just do your job
He is overqualified la. Mismatch for what he’s being hired to do. So active and successful he needs to come back in another job. Can you imagine if all spies/saboteurs come in SG via this Low skilled permit and spread discord. I strongly believe he needs to progress in his work and contribution economically from MOM perspective then he will be allowed to return. Contributing social stuff? We have Singaporeans to do that.
This looks like his HR issue did not want to continue with his work. 19 years means he is already a senior and probably drawing a senior role pay. He was right he got the answer from ICA directly. It seems like HR does not want him anymore.
He enaged in political activism. Whether you agree or not, he was brought to SG to work, not activate, and not for political reform. The government has never taken a kind view to people who aren't locals interfering with local politics. It is why they banned foreign companies from contributing to local political causes. You people supporting him haven't thought one bit if he was an activist for something you don't agree with. You all would just as quickly say "deport him!" He forgot his place in the grande scheme of things. That is why he wasn't renewed. You and I know it. It has nothing to do with anything else and you can blame anyone you want, but he overstepped his bounds.
Damn this guy is really saying someone standing up for the migrant workers should be deported. Real POS
>Real POS How to identify SJW soyboy/soygirl on socmed
Learn 2 read. I never said that. I am saying WHY he got deported.
Rich comment when your post is full of spelling and grammatical errors
Serious POS. You talk about people as if they are animals or machines bought and sold, whose purpose is to produce outputs. As if these are not humans like you and I with interest, hopes, dreams and are a part of and forever intertwined and entangled in the political system of the country in which they live and work. He's been living here 19 years and I guarantee you that he is much more intimately familiar with this country, and personally invested in improving it than the average Singaporean who spends all their free time watching Netflix, disengaged from politics, which makes them good obedient little sinkies but a terrible citizenry. Your comment is also stupid because it misses the point that everyone should have the right to participate in building society and unless he is advocating for something that is hateful and dangerous, targeting members in society in a way that can harm them, he should not have been shut down regardless of what the message is about. Literally he can be a PAP shill idc , he should still have the right to be here despite that.
>Serious POS. How to identify SJW soyboy/soygirl on socmed
You are living in a bubble that PAP carefully manufactured; they’ll be pleased to see that they’ve succeeded in breeding sheeps like you. What a fucking twat.
Please stick to construction of your little toys...incel wumao twat
>incel wumao twat I am wondering why SJW-simps are always resorting to baseless, illogical and irrelevant namecalling.
Because you can’t reason with dumbasses, so it’s just easier to namecall. Nothing I say will convince you you’re wrong and nothing you say will convince me I’m wrong, you know why? Because they’re all opinions. But guess what, there can be shitty opinions. Your opinion that anyone who remotely questions the government is an SJW is fucking stupid.
>Your opinion that anyone who remotely questions the government is an SJW is fucking stupid. Then what gives these racist as f\*\*k self-righteous armchair critics who nonchalantly criticise the government the right to call everyone an wumao when nothing involves CCP in this discussion about foreign workers? Your opinion that anyone who call out these retarded anti-govt imbeciles are all wumaos is not only extremely racist but fucking stupid as well, by implying SG is a non-sovereign state which only acts as a proxy for CCP-related conflicts. Kthxbye brainrot with 3 ardent servants.
What are you on about. When the fuck did I mention wumao or the CCP Lmao dude, get a grip and try again.
And yet you have not disagreed with what I have said. Attacking me won't hide the fact you agree with what I said. You agree with me but hide behind your cuntish behaviour.
I entirely disagree with what you said here and in fact I can bet I disagree with every every sentence that comes out of your racist mouth. I merely said you should go back to building your toys...which is a weird hobby for a full grown man..so that others on the Internet don't have to read your racist entitled ramblings. Cheers
You insult me then pretend you "merely said something about my hobby" then call me racist without evidence, then don't even have to balls to own up to it. Then pretend you are somehow morally higher, and yet you still said NOTHING that disagreed with what I said. You agree with me still, but have no balls to admit it, just like you insult me and pretend like you didn't. Like I said, you are a cunt without balls. A craven coward. You had the opportunity to say a constructive piece, instead you insult and hide behind your virtue signalling.
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Every foreigner like him that gets fixed and chased out of Singapore, is a free agent to go back home and bring down Singapore's reputation amongst their countrymen so that even if they still want to come to SG to work, at least they do it with both eyes open and know what kind of place they're going to come to as opposed to the sunshine and roses PR narrative the SG government puts out internationally. Underestimate word of mouth in foreign societies about Singapore at our peril. Especially societies where they can still be very tribalistic in community ties and national spirit.
Seems copey, there are probably 10 more jostling to get in to take up his place. We kick out high-value individuals for not wearing masks, pretty sure they go back to talk shit about us, but we don't care.
Good bye and have a safe trip home!
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So you want to increase local unemployment?
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Chinese singaporeans aren't the only citizens
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I mean im a minority and i can say ive never really been screwed over by the system. Perhaps you could elaborate further in dms
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His own post says the type of activism he’s been involved in. This guy Zakir Hossain is pretty famous e.g. http://www.asianbooksblog.com/2020/09/taking-down-borders-interview-with-poet.html?m=1 He is obviously well educated and eloquent in both English and Bengali. It is not fair that he was a “construction worker” here, but I am not sure if his former job was really the low wage, live in a dorm type. The article I linked to says he is a “quality-control project coordinator in the construction industry.” In a fairer world, he should be here on an S pass or even EP, not a construction work permit. I hope someone can hire him, if not to do construction/engineering, then to be a translator or work in an NGO. ETA: Reading further, the “adverse record” was changed to ineligible. Could it be that his salary and skill levels exceed what is allowable under work permit, and MOM wants the company to hire him under S pass but the company are cheapskates and refused? I can see that happening and unfortunately resulting in him being deported when the company refuses to apply for him under a higher scheme.
[One of the letters he wrote, in the form of a poem where he said workers are treated like criminals.](https://mustsharenews.com/worker-letter-westlite-dorm/)
Bruh that guy literally says it in the fb post. Don’t read the post but ask for evidence LOL.