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Monday, September 10, 2012

Sabahans and Sarawakians below 35 barred from working in Singapore


Malaysians above the age of 18 are allowed to work in Singapore except for male natives from Sabah and Sarawak whose age limit has been raised to 35.

The new ruling was imposed as an “administrative punishment” after a series of crimes and fights involving rowdy native Sabahans and Sarawakians in the republic.

It is learnt that several high profile murders involving Sarawakians and Sabahans in Ang Mo Kio Avenue, Kallang, and also Geylang in recent years have contributed towards the stricter regulations.

The new ruling has caused much difficulties to law-abiding Sabahan and Sarawakian native men, mainly unskilled and odd-job workers to work on the island.

Fresh workers below 35 were barred entry while those within that age group and already working there could not renew their work permits after they expire within two years.

Gagasan Dayak Iban Bersatu Malaysia (GAIU) president Sai Malaka said although the ruling was not made official by the Singapore Manpower Ministry (MOM), all work permit applications by native men from Sabah and Sarawak below the age of 35 were automatically rejected.

“I feel that this measure is very extreme and discriminatory towards native Sabahans and Sarawakians,” he said.

Sai added that Sarawakian and Sabahan men were skilled workers especially in the oil and gas sector, fabrication and factory maintenance.

He said since the ruling took effect, many Sarawakians and Sabahans who were unable to work in Singapore had opted to work in factories in Johor, particularly around Pasir Gudang.
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63 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2012 at 5:28 PM

    ONLY SINGAPOREANS OVER 65 AND UNDER 5 ARE ALLOWED INTO SS

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    1. Sanih AliasSeptember 11, 2012 at 12:55 PM

      It up to Singapore govt to implement this thing. Malaysian don't have power to disturb Singapore rule.

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    2. Imran ajimainSeptember 11, 2012 at 12:56 PM

      We still don't know this story true or not. Maybe the person not pure Sabahan.

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    3. vennySeptember 11, 2012 at 3:45 PM

      maybe the singapore govt should give more explanation on this issue...

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    4. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 10:22 PM

      THE CORRECT QUESTION IS WHY ARE SS PEOPLE DOING IN S'PORE WHEN THEY SHOULD BE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES IF NOT FOR MALAYANS & FOREIGNERS TAKING THEIR JOBS FOR 49 YEARS?????

      IF THERE IS REAL BORNEONISATION OUR Y9OUNG PEOPLE WILL BE WORKING IN SABAH & SARAWAK.

      INSTEAD MALAYANS HAVE TAKEN THEIR JOBS AFTER TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN PROMISED IT WON'T HAPPEN 50 YEARS AGO!

      BLAME MALAYA FOR THIS PROBLEM....

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    5. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 at 11:00 PM

      It is funny when this news came out. Whu don't they barred those foreign workers from Bangladesh, who always has an affair with the maids and throw themselves in water tank?

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    6. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 at 11:02 PM

      Konon kerana masalah jenayah yang ditimbulkan oleh pekerja SS. Betul kata MTUC, mereka tidak boleh sewenang2nya menuduh pekerja dari SS yang menjadi dalang kepada semua itu.

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    7. polineSeptember 13, 2012 at 2:13 PM

      Rasanya ini kes terpencil sahaja, rakyat SS buat hal..rakyat asing dri negara lain lebih banyak masalah.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 1:57 AM

    It looks like Mahathir's Project IC instant-citizens have reached Singapore shores.

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    1. maxSeptember 11, 2012 at 3:47 PM

      tidak tahu sama ada benar rakyat sabah dan sarawak tulen atau projek IC..

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 9:21 AM

    I have same feeling....too.They could be the trouble maker bukan sabahan ori ba.

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:36 PM

      Itu la masalahnya. Gara2 tindakan tidak bertamadun segelintir pihak, satu Sabah Sarawak jadi mangsa.

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 at 11:06 PM

      It is not fair to accuse both SS in such a way. Then it is better to bar performers from there as well.

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    3. carieSeptember 13, 2012 at 3:09 PM

      Memang betul, tidak adil bukan semua rakyat Sabah buat hal di sana.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 9:42 AM

    Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili has appealed for Singapore to withdraw or review its decision to ban male natives from Sabah and Sarawak below 35 from working in the island republic.

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 at 11:10 PM

      I do hope the Singapore government is to consider this matter to be solved.

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    2. NelsonSeptember 15, 2012 at 11:35 AM

      Why only Sabahan & Sawarakian?

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 9:43 AM

    Ongkili believed that the crimes and fights involving natives from Sabah and Sarawak are isolated cases or small in number. There could be factors why the fights involved those from Sabah and Sarawak including being provoked by others.

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    1. toniSeptember 11, 2012 at 3:53 PM

      mungkin juga...apa2 pun ianya adalah keputusan kerajaan singapura..

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 9:43 AM

    Ongkili also noted that most of the problems faced by Sabah native workers working away from home arise from them undergoing pressure due to being cheated by agents, their undesirable working conditions and being under-paid

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    1. maxSeptember 11, 2012 at 3:48 PM

      itulah masalah kalau bekerja di luar negara...selalu kena tipu agen..

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:37 PM

      Kena siasat betul2 latar belakang agen. Sekarang banyak yang suka menipu.

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    3. carieSeptember 13, 2012 at 3:19 PM

      Jangan terlalu percaya dengan ajen.. siasat betul-betul.

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 9:44 AM

    Ongkili said it was unfair to label all of them as troublemakers when most of them were good workers and law abiding. As such, he urged the Singapore authorities to drop or review the policy decision.

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    1. xaviSeptember 11, 2012 at 3:50 PM

      harap kerajaan singapura akan bertoleransi lah...jika tidak, ramai yang akan kehilangan pekerjaan..

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    2. jimSeptember 12, 2012 at 11:44 PM

      harap pekara ini akan dapat atasi dengan sebaiknya.

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 9:54 AM

    Ongkili say this and that..... are you news reader or ongkili balls carrier? Don't u have your own opinion to comment ?

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 11:07 AM

    POOR SABAHANS & SARAWAKIANS BULLIED & RPED N THEIR OWN COUNTRIES, IN MALAYA & NOW SINGAPORE

    WHEN SABAH & SARAWAK BECOME INDEPENDENT- THEY WILL BE RICH & POWERFUL

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:56 PM

      Jangan kamurang tidur lagi....Ini kali lah.
      WAKE UP dan BERSATU 1215 ba!

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  10. simonSeptember 11, 2012 at 3:51 PM

    adakah ini satu diskriminasi kepada rakyat sabah dan sarawak? diharap kerajaan singapura memberikan penjelasan teliti mengenai polisi ini...

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 at 1:50 AM

      It sure look like a stereotype and discrimination on East Malaysians.

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 at 3:54 PM

      bolehkah jika Malaysia juga lakukan tindakan yang sama terhadap para pekerja dari luar negara seperti dari Indonesia, India, Vietnam??

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    3. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2012 at 10:26 AM

      This is a discrimination to Sabahans and Sarawakians.

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:38 PM

    Pernah juga dengar cerita yang orang Sabah Sarawak suka buat hal di Singapore. Sudah juga kalau macam ni.

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 at 1:49 AM

      In that case the Singaporean government should take action on them instead of putting a bar on the rest of the statesmen.

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 at 3:52 PM

      dengar2 di SM pula ada dari Sabah yang suka buat hal. rasanya ada sedikit kebenaran tentang perkara ni.

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    3. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 at 3:54 PM

      Hnya segelintir mcm tu.. bukan semua.

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    4. mesSeptember 12, 2012 at 11:41 PM

      hanya kerana sebilangan kecil yang buat hal, semua kena.

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    5. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2012 at 10:27 AM

      Kalau tiada yang provoke atau kacau atau hina orang Sabah Sarawak, tidak juga orang kita kacau mereka bah.

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 at 1:45 AM

    Singapore government barring Sabahan and Sarawakians below the age of 35 to work in Singapore is unfair.

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 at 1:47 AM

      Just because there are a few cases involving Sabahans and Sarawakians, the entire East Malaysian male working in Singapore have to pay for it?

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 at 1:48 AM

      Hope that the Singapore government will reconsider this decision. Bar those troublemakers not stereotyping all Sabahan and Sarawakians.

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    3. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 at 3:48 PM

      Dulu Indonesia pun pernah hentikan penghantaran warga mereka untuk bekerja di Malaysia tapi untuk satu tempoh masa saja. mungkin di Singapura pun peraturan ni tidak akan kekal juga.

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  13. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 at 3:53 PM

    Singapore tak patut buat mcm ni.. mcm diskriminasi pula.

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    1. mesSeptember 12, 2012 at 11:40 PM

      mungkin perbincangan masih boleh dibuat.

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  14. mesSeptember 12, 2012 at 11:39 PM

    ini keputusan yang dibuat oleh Singapura...

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    1. headhunterSeptember 13, 2012 at 11:00 AM

      yup.. biar la mereka dengan keputusan mereka.. kita tengok nanti makin berkurang ka jenayah di negera itu..

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  15. jimSeptember 12, 2012 at 11:42 PM

    ini mungkin merugikan kita kerana gara2 segelintir yang buat hal.

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    1. headhunterSeptember 13, 2012 at 10:58 AM

      entah betul ka tidak warga sabah dan sarawak banyak buat hal di negara itu..

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2012 at 4:28 PM

      Kerugian pada dua2 pihak, diharap perbincangan Anifah Aman dan kerajaan Singapura berbuah hasil positif

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  16. headhunterSeptember 13, 2012 at 10:55 AM

    boleh kerajaan singapura dedahkan statistik yang menunjukkan kebanyakkan jenayah dilakukan oleh orang sabah dan sarawak??

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2012 at 4:26 PM

      Kalau kerajaan Singapura boleh beri statistik jenayah yang dilakukan oleh Sabah dan Sarawak lebih baik.

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  17. headhunterSeptember 13, 2012 at 10:57 AM

    kenapa perlu sekat kemasukkan warga sabah dan sarawak sedangkan singapura sendiri mempunyai mahkamah dan polis untuk menjaga keamanan negara?? mana2 warga asing yang buat jenayah, sumbat saja dalam penjara..

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2012 at 4:24 PM

      Anifah Aman akan menjalankan tanggunjawabnya dengan berbincang dengan kerajaan Singapura.

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  18. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2012 at 10:49 AM

    Tu lah... di Sabah pula kalau boleh cakap BM citizenship terus. Mengancam keselamatan bukan hal.

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2012 at 4:23 PM

      Pasti ada sebab kenapa rakyat Sabah dan Sarawak di ban bekerja di singapore

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  19. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2012 at 4:22 PM

    Datuk Anifah Aman akan ke Singapura untuk berbincang mengenai hal tu

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    1. ElenaSeptember 15, 2012 at 11:41 AM

      Semoga perbincangan akan berhasil juga.

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  20. EugeneSeptember 15, 2012 at 11:37 AM

    Semoga kerajaan dapat berunding dengan kerajaan Singapore supaya kemasukan orang Sabahan & Sarawakian dapat diberi kepada belia yang berkeupayaan juga.

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  21. JeganSeptember 15, 2012 at 11:39 AM

    Tindakan ini mungkin mengakibatkan ketidak puas hati golongan Sabah.

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  22. LooiSeptember 15, 2012 at 11:40 AM

    This give more chances the local to serve the country economy.

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