Top photo by Nyi Nyi Thet

During a SingFirst press conference on Aug. 29, party chairman Ang Yong Guan, a 60-year-old psychiatrist, said: "I'm afraid in the last 10 years, things have gotten worse with the influx of foreign workers."

The Straits Times also reported about what their issue with Singapore's policy on foreign workers is:

Besides Dr Ang, the others introduced were chemist David Foo Ming Jin, 51, retired police officer Sukdeu Singh, 64, sales director Wong Soon Hong, 57, and retired army colonel Tan Peng Ann, 67.

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Foo said he is also concerned by the way Singapore's economic growth was achieved largely through "labour and capital".

As a result, not only have incomes stagnated, but also "income splits" are no longer between average earners and the rich, but "between citizens and foreigners, private and state-owned companies... This is not a sustainable situation for any country to be in".

Mr Tan said current policies on foreign labour need an overhaul, with a key change being the way Singaporeans view blue-collar jobs.

"When I go to the hospital for a check-up, the nurses and doctors are foreigners. Why aren't locals doing these jobs?" he asked.

If elected, candidates will push for a change in mindset towards blue-collar work, such as in construction, through education.

The photo above is taken at SingFirst's Tanjong Pagar rally at Queenstown Stadium today on Sept. 5.

The point: Politics renders the fracture between theory and practice in high-definition.

So, if it wasn't for these foreign workers in construction, this rally probably might not have taken place?

Or, if it wasn't for these foreign workers in construction, SingFirst probably might not have been a political party?

Mmm.

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