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Government wants to slow down growth of the foreign-labour workforce. Fewer foreign workers would mean slower economic growth in the short term. For the economy to grow fast, Singapore would need to take in more foreign workers.
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Government wants to slow down growth of the foreign-labour workforce. Fewer foreign workers would mean slower economic growth in the short term. For the economy to grow fast, Singapore would need to take in more foreign workers.
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Government wants to slow down growth of the foreign-labour workforce. Fewer foreign workers would mean slower economic growth in the short term. For the economy to grow fast, Singapore would need to take in more foreign workers.
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MONDAY JANUARY 25, 2010 MICA(P) 107/12/2009 WEBSITE: mypaper.
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In the past 10 NAVIGATOR
Up productivity to years, our economy grew by 5 US military uses reduce reliance per cent per annum on average. That’s gaming technology to fight foes good performance. on foreign labour, But our productivity increased by only 1 A8
says SM Goh per cent per annum.
SENIOR MINISTER GOH CHOK TONG Manic Mummy is touched by Egyptian BY RACHEL CHAN held by the Marine Parade Citi- who served 10 customers by her- Mr Goh later visited the zens’ Consultative Committee. self and multi-tasked as cleaner, 35-year-old Marine Terrace mummy love He said: “In the past 10 cashier and coffee-maker. Market & Hawker Centre at A11 D O NOT get too excited “Here, you have one person years, our economy grew by 5 Block 50A for its official open- about the General Elec- serving one customer. We’re not per cent per annum on average. ing after a 61/2-month upgrad- tion yet, because the Gov- fast enough.” ing, which saw improvement That’s good performance. ernment is still concentrating Singaporeans would also works to its lighting, fans and Pulling 2-D Avatar on economic recovery, Senior “But our productivity in- creased by only 1 per cent per an- have to pick up new skills, he signage, among others. in China is pure Minister Goh Chok Tong said said. Drinks-stall holder Tang Kw- num. This means that the business move, yesterday. “Productivity means working ee Huay, 45, was in favour of growth over the last 10 years The Government wants Sin- comes from an extension of the smarter, working harder, but it’s fewer foreign workers here, “so says reader gaporeans to double their pro- not good enough, so we have ductivity this year, so that it can labour force, mainly from (the) new skills. What that would be, Singaporeans can have more share of jobs”. A16 foreign workforce.” slow down growth of the for- For the economy to grow we have to try and discover, “Foreign workers might be eign-labour workforce, and be- fast, Singapore would need to what can we do,” he added. cheaper, but they bring their come less dependent on foreign take in more foreign workers, To that end, Singapore must own share of problems too. Aussie Open could workers, he said. acquire new capabilities in new There are pros and cons,” she Mr Goh said. areas, which the Economic Strat- see two Chinese But, even if this is achieved, But this would not be advisa- said. it would still result in a trade-off egies Committee will recom- But vegetable-stall owner players in last-eight ble because “already, we have – fewer foreign workers would too large a presence of (the) for- mend in a report to be released next Monday, he said. Lee Lok Peng, 50, who inherit- A18 mean slower economic growth eign workforce in Singapore, ed the business from his father in the short term of just 3 to 4 He added that raised produc- more than 20 years ago, was and we’re not emphasising pro- tivity would not mean more Sin- per cent per year in the coming ductivity”, he explained. sceptical. HOME A2-A4 gaporeans losing their jobs, be- decade, he said. So, Singaporeans would have “Singapore is small and we cause Singapore suffers from a WORLD A5-A7 “So, we have to be prepared to work hard to achieve growth don’t have enough talent. And shortage of workers, and its pop- for slower growth,” he said. of 2 per cent per year in produc- when it comes to dirty work, Sin- ulation is too small for its econo- TECHNOLOGY A8-A10 Mr Goh, who is Member of tivity, he said. gaporeans are over-qualified my. Parliament for Marine Parade The service industry, in par- Aside from talking about the and don’t want to get dirty. If I could, I would definitely hire for- LIFESTYLE A11-A12 GRC, was speaking after distrib- ticular, could benefit from a economy yesterday, Mr Goh al- uting hongbao and gifts to 42 boost in productivity, he added. so shared his personal aim: To eign help.” TRAVEL A13-A15 Marine Parade welfare recipi- He cited from personal expe- make Singapore a more gra- rachchan@sph.com.sg ents in Marine Terrace yester- rience a woman whom he met cious society in the next 10 VIEWPOINTS A16 day morning. The event was in a cafe in Brussels, Germany, years. SEE MORE REPORTS ON HOME A3 SPORTS A17-A19 BUSINESS A20-A24 Sex – 4th most searched word for teens online IN CHINESE SECTION BY KENNY CHEE TOP KEYWORD SEARCHES OF 2009 Beijing sprouting THE next time Junior is surfing ‘love banks’ for Teen (13-18) Tween (8-12) 7 & Under Boys Girls the Internet, you might want to depositing watch if he is looking for sexual- 1. Youtube Youtube Youtube 1. Youtube Youtube love souvenirs ly explicit content. A global survey, conducted 2. Facebook Google Google 2. Google Google B5 3. Google Facebook Facebook 3. Facebook Facebook from February last year to last 4. Sex Sex Porn 4. Sex Taylor Swift month, and which includes Sin- gapore, showed that “sex” is the 5. MySpace Club Penguin Club Penguin 5. Porn Sex fourth-most-searched word on- line among tweens and teens. 6. Porn 7. Yahoo Youtube.com You Tube Yahoo Webkinz 6. eBay 7. Yahoo Youtube.com Party in the USA WIN A More worrisome is that the word “porn” was the fourth- 8. Youtube.com Miniclip You Tube 8. Youtube.com Miley Cyrus SONY PSP most-searched term by children 9. eBay Yahoo Games 9. Wikipedia Yahoo aged seven and under. For tweens aged eight to 12, it was 10. Wikipedia eBay Miniclip 10. MySpace MySpace ZAP THIS! their 11th-most-searched term. SOURCE: ONLINEFAMILY.NORTON Psychiatrists and social work- posure to sexually graphic con- The study, done by Ameri- 14.6 million global searches on ers told my paper that they are sites such as YouTube, Google not surprised by the results for tent at such an early age could can information-technology se- have a detrimental effect on a curity firm Symantec for the and Wikipedia submitted to teens, but were puzzled by those the OnlineFamily.Norton child’s development and percep- first time and released last TURN TO PAGE 2 for kids aged seven and under. FOR DETAILS NOW! Some voiced concern that ex- tion of sex later on in life. month, anonymously tracked CONTINUED ON HOME A2 MONDAY JANUARY 25, 2010 A2
Parents, step in early to protect kids
FROM PAGE A1 hood if these (issues) are not ad- willing to communicate with In the case of dressed when they are teenag- their parents if they are involved filtering service. Psychiatrist porn, sometimes ers,” said Ms Chew. in other vices in the future. Marcus Tan from Healthway Though he cannot provide Dr Tan also pointed out that Medical said that the danger is teens and children statistics, Mr Poh Yeang parents who peruse porn could that some teens who are sexual- ly curious might try out the acts may not be able to Cherng, a manager with Touch Cyber Wellness and Sports, said send out the wrong signal if their children find out about they see on pornographic web- differentiate between that his centre has counselled their habit. “Should the parents sites and view promiscuity as children as young as nine years try to counsel their children in acceptable. fantasy and reality. old who habitually surf porn on- such a scenario, the latter may But for those aged seven SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER line. For very young kids, such feel that they have no moral au- years and under, his colleague, YUM SIN TING, FROM ANG MO as those under seven, he said thority to do so,” he said. psychiatrist Thong Jiunn Yew, KIO FAMILY SERVICE CENTRES’ their level of understanding lim- Mr Alex Solana, a said that they are unlikely to YOUTH INFINITY its how much parents can ex- 35-year-old harbour pilot and fa- search for porn online for sexual plain to them about sex. ther of two young children, is gratification. Parents could thus feel handi- concerned about the Symantec Social workers also point out “The children could just be capped and may push sex educa- findings. that with more children access- He has a password to prevent curious about the term, having tion aside, he said. ing the Internet at a younger his four-year-old son from ac- learnt it at school or heard it Mr Poh said his centre advo- age these days, it is important cessing the computer without su- from family members without cates that parents create a safe that parents step in early to pro- pervision. possibly knowing what it is,” he environment at an early stage said. tect their kids. for children to surf the Internet. He intends to explain to him Still, Dr Thong said there is According to figures availa- This includes using software what sex is when he grows older reasonable fear that without pa- ble on the Infocomm Develop- to filter websites with mature and impress upon him the im- rental guidance on Internet use, ment Authority of Singapore content, putting a computer in a portance of responsible Internet children who are still develop- website (www.ida.gov.sg), 96 common area of a home, and usage. ing mentally could view sexually per cent of Singaporeans aged parents being around to super- “As a parent, I’m worried deviant acts seen online as the seven to 14 years used the Inter- vise their kids when they surf about the effects online sex and norm. net in 2008, a rise from 90 per the Internet. porn sites would have on my Senior social worker Yum cent in 2007. “Concurrently, parents need kids,” Mr Solana said. Sin Ting, from the Ang Mo Kio Ms Phyllis Chew, a social to get a child ready to explore kennyc@sph.com.sg Family Service Centres’ Youth worker from the Care Corner the larger world of the Internet Infinity, offered another reason Family Service Centre in Admi- by talking to them about sexuali- why “porn” and “sex” ranked so ralty, said that once exposed to ty and making sense of sexual high in the study. She said that porn or experimenting with messages in the media,” said Mr HELPDESK teens and kids might be surfing what they see online, it is easy Poh. Promiscuity: luàn jiāo for sex online as they could be for teens and kids to become ad- Ms Chew said that parents uncomfortable speaking to par- dicted to it. should not chastise their kids if Deviant:
ents or teachers about it. “For extreme cases, some the latter are caught surfing for yì cháng de rén “In the case of porn, some- teenagers who are exposed to sex and porn online but, rather, times teens and children may pornography online and are not discuss it with them patiently. Filter:
guò lǜ qì not be able to differentiate be- counselled may run the risk of This is because the kids tween fantasy and reality,” she engaging in unlawful activities could become scared and not Impress: gěi yìn xiàng explained. like molestation or rape in adult- talk if scolded, and will be un-
World Cup broadcast hope lies with FAS Roadmap to
WHAT Singapore needs is a con- He said: “In the future, if we vealed that there was trouble se- carbon cuts sortium of companies with have other broadcasting issues curing broadcast rights to the enough financial muscle to se- such as this, not just for Fifa, month-long tournament start- THE South West Commu- cure the broadcast rights to the maybe say the Olympics, world ing in June in South Africa. nity Development Council World Cup. championships and others. Two weeks ago, SingTel and the National For now, Singapore can only Does the Government come in broke the silence on its joint bid Environment Agency have pin its hopes on the Football As- all the time for commercial deci- with StarHub, blaming the im- launched the South West sociation of Singapore (FAS) be- sions?” passe on Fifa’s demands of an CarbonBuster Roadmap ing able to persuade world foot- The FAS’ discussion with “unreasonable amount”. Insid- 2010, which aims to help ball body Fifa that a small coun- Fifa appears to be the best bet ers say Fifa is asking for a total people, businesses and try with football as its national of $40 million for the entire organisations in the for now. constituency reduce their game and which is host to the in- Mr Teo added: “FAS should package of 64 matches. carbon emissions by at least augural Youth Olympic Games really negotiate with Fifa to con- Last week, it emerged that 7,000 tonnes this year. should get a better contract sider Singapore as a smaller MediaCorp was also planning to “The amount is equiva- deal. city, that its national game is make a bid to show only certain lent to driving a car in Mr Teo Ser Luck, the Senior football and that it is the host of World Cup games. Singapore for 1,521 years,” Parliamentary Secretary for the Youth Olympic Games. As of last Thursday, 209 said Mayor Amy Khor. Community Development, They could make exceptions or countries have already secured Another new initiative is Youth and Sports, yesterday be flexible with our bid.” their broadcast rights. the Chevron-South West painted these options as the on- He also pointed out that Mr Teo said he hopes the is- Energy Quest for Schools, ly way to break the deadlock there could be a possibility that sue can be resolved soon. He aimed at cutting schools’ over the World Cup broadcasts Fifa would consider Singapore said: “It’s critical for sports fans energy consumption. this year. to be the host city of some of here and the only sport that can Schools will earn cash The third option – govern- their games, saying: “I think fill a 55,000-capacity stadium donations from Chevron ment intervention – is out, he they understand our city’s in Singapore.” that will go towards enrich- said, reiterating a view previous- sports culture and they know And if all else fails, Mr Teo ment programmes for needy ly put forward by the Media De- football is really big here. So, said he would also be trying to students. velopment Authority. hopefully, based on this under- find out how to get access to The CDC’s Trash-for- Mr Teo said the Government standing and diplomatic rela- watch the matches. “If not, Sin- Groceries recycling pro- should not interfere in a com- tions, we can get somewhere.” gaporeans will have to go over- gramme has also been a hit, mercial decision because there Football fans in Singapore seas to watch it,” he said with a with 1,675 tonnes of used will be long-term implications if have been up in arms over the shrug. paper and 172 tonnes of old it did so. past few weeks when it was re- THE STRAITS TIMES clothes collected so far.