Monday, August 6, 2007

Article: Embracing Otherhood, The Straits Times 17/12/05

As Singapore play host to more people from different backgrounds and culture, challenges arise, as there exists the question of how accepting the locals are and the possible unfair treatments to the foreigners.

The influx of new immigrants brings out the problem of how accepting the locals are to the foreigners. Many locals view foreigners as burdens or people that snatch their jobs or opportunities away from them. From the article of “Red stars, scholars and stayers” (The Straits Times), one of the parents interviewed, Madame Irene Tan said that China students that had done excelling well in schools may go on to compete in the same job market as our local students in future. Besides that, the difference in appearance is believed to be one of the causes for locals finding hard to see the foreigners as one of us. As cited from the article, there are still whispers about Caucasians living HDB estates. This does not help Singapore in playing the role of a hospitable host as she invite more foreigners that may contribute positively to her economy. The foreigners may feel rejected by the treatment from the locals and chose not to come to Singapore to work or stay.

In addition, the foreigners may receive unfair treatment from the locals. Foreigners with lower social status may have their welfare neglected. For example, the recent case of the death of the illegal worker Maung Soe Thein from Myanmar who fell to death while working on a block of flats as stated in the article. His employer, Chua Beng Lye, buried is body instead of reporting his death to the authorities. As the case was revealed, there was not much of a strong response from the locals, which simply show the apathy of the locals to these foreign workers of lower social status. The prejudice suffered by the foreign workers causes unfair treatments from work and the public as we can see from the death of Muang.
In conclusion, the challenges faced by Singapore as she play host to more people from different backgrounds and culture are interlinked. The unaccepted foreigners receive prejudice and unfair treatments from the locals in various places like workplace. Hence, steps should be taken to solve these problems so that the locals and foreigners could work and live harmoniously, contributing positively to Singapore.

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