Protecting jobs for Singaporeans - ban or revoke the CECA signed by Singapore PAP ministers and India

This will then disallow blatant practices of "hiring people from their own village"

News 1: The beginning of how Singaporean PMETs were disadvantaged

Link: http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/govt-decries-ceca-violation-by-singapore-113021700123_1.html

India Govt decries CECA violation by Singapore
The country has imposed restrictions on inflow of foreign workers, which is going to affect Indians working there
Nayanima Basu  |  New Delhi  February 17, 2013 Last Updated at 12:17 IST

Those of you planning to make it big in Singapore might be in for a setback. Singapore recently made certain changes to its Employment Pass Framework law to reduce inflow of foreign workers significantly to create more job opportunities for local professionals. The move is expected to impact even those Indians working there at present across various sectors.

The step has irked India as the new law does not give India a preferential treatment incorporated in the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CECA) between the two countries, operational since 2005. This stance by the Singapore Government is expected to affect Indians working as middle-level managers, executives and technicians.

The move came as a recent Singapore's policy paper predicted that its population would grow by 30 per cent to 6.9 million by 2030, with immigrants making up nearly half that figure. The paper led to demonstrations in Singapore yesterday, a rare happening in the country, in protest against rise in immigrants.

 

News 2: More actions taken to enlarge CECA in 2015

Link: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-07-25/news/64850381_1_ceca-trade-potential-comprehensive-economic-co-operation-agreement

Negotiations on to upgrade CECA with India: Singapore

PTI Jul 25, 2015, 09.46PM IST
Singapore is keen to upgrade its existing Comprehensive Economic Co-operation Agreement (CECA) as the East Asian country wants to be a 'partner' in economic development here.

"We want to be a partner in India's economic growth. We want a strategic partnership to deepen bilateral economic and people to people relations," K Shanmugam, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law of Singapore, said here today.

 

MORE READING:

1. India-Singapore CECA: 127 kinds of professionals can come for up to a year?

The CECA enables Indian national PMETs no quota restriction on 127 highly skilled professions in Singapore and even granted spouses or dependants of these Indian nationals to work freely in Singapore.

 

Key highlights of the CECA:

ARTICLE 9.3: GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR GRANT OF TEMPORARY ENTRY

Movement of Natural Persons

Neither Party shall require labour market testing, economic needs testing or other procedures of similar effects as a condition for temporary entry in respect of natural persons upon whom the benefits of this Chapter are conferred.

2. Special access for Indian businesses under CECA

 

Have you ever experienced unfair and discriminatory hiring practices at your workplace because of CECA? You can share them in the comments.