puntu wrote:thanks for the replies.. i see thats (how I can be of any value to Singapore) a very good question . I checked the application form 4A to see any space where I can add a few good points regarding how I can be of any value to Singapore
Yes every one knows Singapore economy is built upon on its people. It is a economic machinery built on deposits and spendings of people .. may be it is friendly when a company wants to have a setup here.. few people would know that the strong IP rules in singapore is partly used to favour setting up of fronts for reducing tax (read tax evasion) in their home country, no surprise that singapore has a excellent treaties with 58 other leading nations for dual taxation avoidance. If I am not wrong there are 10s of thousands of companies registered here who do nothing in singapore just receive money and send money.. Other than that the housing scheme and CPF are major source, explains why they need more people with more money
Absolutely no one is surprised when singapore has many of the largest sovereign funds in the world.
For a commoner like my who is happy eating Idly and Samber and spend a few dollars on watching movies .. all that comes to my mind how I can give back to society. May be I need to look at common singaporians .. how they are giving back to nation apart from being responsible citizens and helping in community efforts.
I really don’t know what is govt thinking when they say Person X from Malaysia is a sales man for a bank selling credit cards is a better than Person Y from India working in a niche technology field in bank. Here we can make a comparison of similar banking background but very dissimilar job profiles.
May be they are they looking at the fact that Person X is a nice family man and would buy a HDB and send kids to govt run schools, and would buy a small family car.
On the other hand Person Y is skilled may find a better job elsewhere.. is that why they are so worried about past Job record and major contribution in my current job (there is a big space in form 4A for job contribution). I am really surprised how my job performance helps in a visa application. some relation with $$s that govt wants to predict.
kindly share your thoughts ..
BTW funny thing .. It seems I cant apply for PR .. as no green date available for me .. not in August, not September, not October, .... not not not and not in April 2015 too
my reply was not meant to be offensive or hostile in nature, but i understand it certainly has taken on such a form as i re-read it. it was unintentional and a direct result of my interpretation of your post.
then allow this thread to take on a life of its own...
Singapore's built on its people, not transient workers.
you are right, singapore's always on the look out for money... not so much for "money's sakes" but rather, singapore's looking for someone who's here to stay. an enterprise or someone committing 5m or 50m to create jobs for the next decade is certainly welcomed, i would think. Person Y, with a profile first mentioned in this thread, bringing in 160k a year does not qualify. not yet, anyway.
you mean to say the "10s of thousands" of shell companies registered here do not create jobs for the locals (not necessarily Singaporeans)? or exist at the expense of handing a substantial number of jobs/working passes to non-locals?
let's put it this way. giving Person Y SPR will probably mean another person (say, X, on a work permit) will be denied SPR.
between Person Y and Person X, it's a no brainer who's more likely to stay... or more likely return again at some time in the future, even if they were to eventually get a job located outside of singapore.
Person Y will likely not sink roots here. why waste the SPR? singapore's government is able to churn out sufficient (okay, copious) amounts of money for itself - i believe they run a very healthy surplus from GLCs to COEs, and does not require transient workers, like Person Y, to help boost its coffers or populate the country.
the SPR app is probably not so much a gauge on how much taxes IRAS can draw from a particular person/family. SPR is also not a matter of buying an HDB flat, or a small family car, and sending one's children to government schools.
for "a commoner... who is happy eating Idly and Samber and spend (sic) a few dollars on watching movies" but yet is unable to spell the word "Singaporean" and does not identify with "common Singaporeans" to understand what it means, i urge you to not do more than remain a responsible resident at this time.
