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>U.S. Vice President JD Vance (center), flanked by Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling (left) and Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony D'Esposito, speaks at the White House in Washington on Thursday. The Trump administration said Thursday that it would suspend an immigration program for multiple tech firms, including Microsoft, alleging widespread abuse of a worker visa system. > >The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump accused Microsoft, Adobe and a half-dozen other companies of abusing a U.S. worker visa program and suspended them indefinitely from a longstanding immigration initiative that has served as a crucial talent pipeline for Silicon Valley and Wall Street. > >The suspensions, announced Thursday by U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, also targeted information technology services giants Cognizant Technology Solutions, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL Technologies and Capgemini. Those firms, either based in India or with large operations there, are often called outsourcers for their role offering contract IT work to other businesses. > >At a briefing in Washington, Sonderling said there were multiple federal investigations underway into the use of a system that allows U.S. employers to sponsor foreign workers for permanent residency. Vance singled out Microsoft, the world’s third most-valuable company, for what he characterized as exploitation of the program. > >“There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has abused this system more than Microsoft,” Vance said. > >In his remarks, Vance urged the U.S.-based companies to shift their policies to employ more U.S. workers. > >“Stop defrauding the American worker. Stop importing an indentured servant to do a job that an American worker would happily do,” the vice president said.

Abusing visa systems? What about the companies we see in Singapore? Are they implying firms that have ties to Ind*a will exploit this?

>On 26 February 2026, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said the Government is keeping all options open to boost Singapore’s citizen population, including taking a fresh look at previous unsuccessful citizenship applicants. > >He made the remarks during the budget debate for the Prime Minister’s Office, outlining plans to admit between 25,000 and 30,000 new citizens annually over the next five years. > >Gan revealed that around 25,000 citizenships were granted in 2025. > >Looking ahead, he said the Government expects to take in between 25,000 and 30,000 new citizens each year, depending on demographic trends, including Singapore’s total fertility rate (TFR). > >“We will adjust the actual number of immigrants we take in year by year depending on our TFR trends, other demographic factors, and the number and suitability of applicants,” he said. > >Gan added that infrastructure and society’s capacity to absorb newcomers would also be considered. > >Gan said citizen population growth has slowed from 0.9 per cent to 0.8 per cent, and then to 0.7 per cent last year. > >Going forward, growth is likely to slow further to about 0.5 per cent. > >“But even at half a per cent, this is going to be hard because it would depend on the TFR being held up,” he said. > >The Government will review the situation again by 2030, taking into account changes in fertility and other demographic trends. > >...

Will we import more in 2030?

>Nine roles listed on careers page > >On 16 September 2026, Anthropic's careers page listed nine Singapore-based roles. The roles span applied AI, finance, marketing, sales and economic research. > >Six of the listed positions were applied AI architect, APAC tax lead, head of APAC accounting, senior payroll manager (APAC), field marketing manager (APAC) and regional research economist. > >The other three were sales roles: account executive for digital native businesses, account executive for the public sector (ASEAN), and enterprise account executive for ASEAN industries generalists.

Tech is Singapore is cooked.

Before you argue that the applied AI architect is a tech role, it is mainly a sales role rather than tech.

Just another company looking to lower their tax rate.

>On to my fourth point. > >It remains unclear to many Singaporeans what the job scope of mayors is, requiring their remuneration continues to be linked to the political salary framework as laid out in the Committee’s report. > >The Workers’ Party raised this issue in our last General Election manifesto, which we put before Singaporeans at the polls. > >I have also previously raised in this House the scope of a mayor’s responsibilities, given that many functions previously performed by the CDCs have gradually been devolved to other organisations, including Social Service Offices and other Government agencies. > >The 2026 Review Committee has itself now recognised that the considerations for community-related roles such as MPs and mayors may differ from those for full-time Political Appointment Holders. > >The Committee has recommended that the Government study establishing a basis for sizing the payments for these roles that is delinked from the MR4 benchmark, while remaining adequate for these roles to be carried out faithfully and effectively. > >The Government has accepted this recommendation and will undertake such a study. Beyond confirming when the study is likely to completed, I ask the Government to include in its study if it intends to keep the Office of the Mayor and to explain its scope, role and function. > >For clarity, as the Minister for Public Services has confirmed that office holders receive one wage, in addition to their MPs allowances, it would be follow that two out of five mayors today receive a full mayor salary, since the other three mayors are office holders. Paradoxically, this treatment in the case of mayors who are also political office holders only amplifies the public interest on the real job scope of mayors.

Mayors are also office holders and MPs? Am I reading this correctly??

How many jobs and how much are they actually earning??

>MP allowances to be updated to S$18,500 monthly > >MP allowances will be revised to S$18,500 monthly from S$13,750 to account for inflation.

What about NSFs? Can increase 34.55% also?

Ministeral pay review discussion is here once again to discuss how far off their salaries are compared to the top 1,000 highest earners in Singapore. Apparently, this is a mandatory review, done every five years.

Since their salaries seem to require following some sort of benchmark, what about the common citizen's pay package?

What is the NSF pay package tagged to?

When do public sector nurses, teachers, early childhood staff get their pay review and adjustment?

Also can a new citizen refuse to serve NS? It seems like he is h*llbent on serving in other country's armies instead of the one he was granted citizenship of.

In later posts he also mocks the country that granted him citizenship. Why do we allow such people who clearly have not integrated to be here?? People like these cause disharmony here and yet we are the ones being blamed for it??

>India and Singapore signed two MoUs and one Letter of Intent. The Singapore delegation was led by Deputy Prime Minister and Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong. > >Agreements cover maritime heritage, food safety and telecom regulations. > >The 4th ministerial roundtable reviewed cooperation across six key pillars, advanced manufacturing, connectivity, digitalisation, healthcare and medicine, skills development and sustainability. > >Singapore was India’s largest FDI source in FY 2025-26, with $19.8 billion in flows while cumulative Singaporean FDI reached $194.68 billion between April 2000 and March 2026.

What does Singapore and the citizens get for being their biggest FDI?

Does anyone notice this? Seems like people who know how to overpromise like a salesperson and use AI in their resume and interviews to get in hired are the ones getting hired.

I have friends that are openly bragging they joined companies that do some sort of AI project implementation here in Singapore without any coding knowledge, just use the AI to prompt and code and change anything they want while convincing their team lead or project manager that it will take a few days and using that free time to do their own side hustle with the company's AI resources or play games in the day.

When asked whether they know what they are doing, they just laughed and said no idea.

Is this getting more common?

Are we going to 10% soon?

Previously we had to raise GST twice to 9% due to increased investments for public infrastructure, pre-school subsidies, social support schemes for lower income groups, apart from the aging population.

Remember, you may celebrate with the $70,000, but nothing is free here!!

When will it increase?

>On Apr 23, 2023, he was on his way home from a child's birthday party where he drank wine, and had placed his two kids in booster seats in the back. > >He failed to spot a 64-year-old Singaporean retiree crossing Dunearn Road towards Bukit Timah Canal and barrelled into him at a speed of between 111kmh and 122kmh along a road with a limit of 70kmh. > >The force of the crash severed the victim's body into three parts, with the torso and head crashing through the windscreen and into the offender's lap. > >The impact also shattered the windscreens of the offender's silver BMW M3 Coupe and injured his two children. > >... > >Mr Nathan said his client was "not just remorseful" but wanted to do the right thing. He has paid a five-figure sum to the victim's family. > >... > >He added that this was neither the man's first drink-driving offence nor his first speeding offence.

One life is equals to a five-figure sum. Got it!

Let's look past the official National Day scripts and talk about the real ground reality facing true-blue Singaporeans.

The traditional definition of being Singaporean was rooted in shared sacrifice and building a future here. But today, the math feels heavily skewed against locals. While local guys give up two prime years for National Service and juggle career-disrupting reservist cycles, foreigners get a massive corporate head start and secure prime jobs first.

Because they have the financial head start and zero defense liabilities, many foreigners are easily hitting life milestones—settling down and starting families—while local youth struggle with the rising cost of living, housing delays, and intense career competition. To add to the frustration, this economic disparity spills directly into the dating scene, where local females frequently get attached to these financially secure expats and eventually emigrate, accelerating our local brain drain.

Meanwhile, many of these foreigners stay in their own bubbles and barely adapt to local life at all.

This raises a massive, uncomfortable question about the value of citizenship. If foreigners can move here, jump ahead in the job market, build families effortlessly, and enjoy our world-class safety without ever sharing the liability of NS or integrating into the culture, what actually defines a Singaporean anymore?

Are you proud to be one?

Flight was Phuket, Thailand to New Delhi, India.

12 to 15 people hurt, with injuries including cuts and potential fractures from hitting the ceiling.

Maybe not enough funding for better pilots? SIA needs to dump more money in!!

We have had a $15,100,000,000 surplus for last year. What did we use it on? Businesses? Foreign talent? None of it could go into a pro-birth policy to raise TFR?

>Korea's notable birth policies, for anyone wondering: > >1. Pre-authorized 400 million KRW (functionally, 400K USD) loans for newlyweds with amortization periods up to 30 years, and below-market interest rates (1\~3%). > >2. 6+6 parental leave. Amounting to over 40 million KRW (40K USD) salary over 12 months, extended to 18 months if the dad takes at least 3 months of paternal leave. > >3. Payouts for parents: 1 million KRW/month ($1000) for 12 months (0 yo child) --> 500K KRW for another 12 months (1yo) > >4. Payouts for children: 100K KRW/month ($100) until 9 years of age > >5. Subsidized rental housing for youth and newlyweds (varies widely on the home and municipality, but very cheap, sometimes even 1$ a month or free for a certain number of years) > >6. Various payouts like 첫만남이용권 giving 2 million KRW for the first child, 3 million for second, discounts on a couple's first car, etc. Incheon City, for example, provides 100 million KRW over 18 years (100K) > >7. Subzidized post-partum care centers. > >8. Free late-night, after-school care and math and English tutoring services for children

How do you as a parent or student pay for the cost? Is there any way to opt out? Have the costs gone up?

Have more schools implemented central kitchens now?