There is a recent report from Bloomberg showing that only 30% of new jobs created go to Singaporean citizens and permanent citizens. The rest are foreign residents.
I guess if there are few new jobs for Singaporeans in proportion to the total jobs created, then I presume it is not enough for new graduates from Singapore's institutes of higher learning.
Or put it this way, the whole education and social system failed to put Singaporeans to adapt to the new knowledge-based learning, as society is too over-competitive to allow self-improvement to better oneself for the ever-changing world, and educational attainment kept deliberate low, way below the number of locals capable of completing a degree locally in Singapore, judging from recent Wikileaks revelations.
Also, critical thinking in Singaporeans in general seem to be less apparent than in other regional countries, especially Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
A combination of these factors makes up a despondent situation in Singapore for Singaporeans. Now I feel the rage in Singapore - if not, even much-reported troubles within the opposition Workers' Party, they even roughly managed to retain almost around 90% of their party's votes, from the 2011 General Elections.
We need both hope and wisdom to overcome this situation. Now all we need is a few writers to inspire, heal and rejuvenate Singaporean broken souls in the face of globalisation.
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