SMRT

[Bibi]

TCJ said it's "illegal strike" liao!

"The SMRT bus drivers' action on Monday was an illegal strike and will be dealt with, says Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin"

Lemme perhaps try to help him complete his sentence.

"The SMRT bus drivers' action on Monday was an illegal strike and will be dealt with a severe warning."

[Stocker]

TCJ said it's "illegal strike" liao!

"The SMRT bus drivers' action on Monday was an illegal strike and will be dealt with, says Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin"

Lemme perhaps try to help him complete his sentence.

"The SMRT bus drivers' action on Monday was an illegal strike and will be dealt with a severe warning."

Toothless tiger.

[Temperament]

TCJ said it's "illegal strike" liao!

"The SMRT bus drivers' action on Monday was an illegal strike and will be dealt with, says Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin"

Lemme perhaps try to help him complete his sentence.

"The SMRT bus drivers' action on Monday was an illegal strike and will be dealt with a severe warning."

Ha! Ha!
Well put! Like that both sides keep their faces. You know face saving is very very important to us Orientals-especially the CHINESE. See Papys will still import more FTs from PRC to replace Sink aporeans?

[Stocker]

Where is the CEO ? So silent ?

[specuvestor]

> You have to remember how LKY came into power. 水可载舟， 亦可翻舟

Fair point. Try and use this rule now...

Whole ruling party will suffer a bigger fate...

Looks like TCJ is using this rule now...

Depending on how they settle this issue, this can be a storm in a teacup or a pandora's box as it involves the tripartite policy, foreign talent, and private sector intervention. Irony is that they did this when MoM was promoting "know your rights" but I'm almost sure that LHL will not be as heavy handed as the handling of Alpha-S

I've never believed public services should be privatised. Capitalism is most efficient but people miss the point is that it is NOT EFFECTIVE in reaching non monetary goals. It is efficiently doing the wrong things which are the root of financial crisis. From power station to MRT, we are reaping the results of Goh's failed Singapore Inc strategy

[Vseeker]

very delicate issue,
unlike local bred Sporeans, Chinaman "FTs" are not so easy to handle...
being too tough on them risk further escalations, but too soft approach risk encouraging other copycats

SporeInc can't afford to have "FT united" organising strikes now and then, whenever they have some unhappiness or disputes,
neither can it afford to have "localbred" Sporean workers, having the idea that strikes are effective means to achieving labor dispute objectives

[corydorus]

This type of jobs at current cost bring benefits to locals. Not exactly the type of workers we would like to block so i feel there should't be U-turn in current policy for them. There is some disturbance but i feel the problem is grossly exaggerated. This is really very very minor compared to other countries industrial actions.

[CityFarmer]

This type of jobs at current cost bring benefits to locals. Not exactly the type of workers we would like to block so i feel there should't be U-turn in current policy for them. There is some disturbance but i feel the problem is grossly exaggerated. This is really very very minor compared to other countries industrial actions.

In term of scale, it is definitely very minor. In term of implication, it is not so minor IMO. In fact it is critical for the settlement which serve as precedent case for future industrial disputes.

IMO, probably people are observing e.g. SIA pilots and opposition parties members

[sgd]

very delicate issue,
unlike local bred Sporeans, Chinaman "FTs" are not so easy to handle...
being too tough on them risk further escalations, but too soft approach risk encouraging other copycats

SporeInc can't afford to have "FT united" organising strikes now and then, whenever they have some unhappiness or disputes,
neither can it afford to have "localbred" Sporean workers, having the idea that strikes are effective means to achieving labor dispute objectives

After this issue over. HDB style ethnic grouping at workers dormitories ?

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This type of jobs at current cost bring benefits to locals. Not exactly the type of workers we would like to block so i feel there should't be U-turn in current policy for them. There is some disturbance but i feel the problem is grossly exaggerated. This is really very very minor compared to other countries industrial actions.

Ah Tiong not so simple to handle.

If you look at the ferrari incident it created a big anti-FT sentiment, chinese mfa had to come in to make a statement to ask it's citizens in spore to follow the law.

If you look at this incident straits times report today that a chinese diplomat actually went down to the dormitories to talk to the drivers.

Why both cases like that? You get the feeling maybe they were hesitant to act and went and got reassurances before proceeding further. Could all these have resulted from 2004 "Taiwan visit" ?

In future cases you may see similarities regarding serious issues with china nationals, the chinese diplomat have to step in.

[egghead]

If I read the Chinese government correctly, their position will be that Chinese citizens working in foreign country have to follow the local law. Michael Fay were charged and caned despite the US President's interceding then.

If SG government now give face to China, what would the whole world see the SG government?

Taiwan and South China sea issues are sovereignty issues which will provoke strong reaction from China or in fact any country. So linking the SMRT issue as high as these two sovereignty issues is not appropriate IMO.