Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am honoured to address on the issue regarding foreign talents. Singapore has been accepting foreign talent from many different countries, but few have contributed much in helping our nation.

Firstly,many foreigners have been hired to represent Singapore in various sports.However, not all of them have excelled in the highest international level.Take our soccer team for example,there are many players from different nations plying their trade here.Although they have brought home the coveted Tiger cup, they have yet to perform on the big stage and qualify for a major tournament such as the world cup. In the past,when there were no foreign players yet,Singapore had won the Tiger cup(Malaysia Cup) many times and even got closer to qualifying for the World Cupthen the modern day Singapore team. This shows that Singaporeans are not worse then foreigners.

Another point is,Foreigners have been taking up most of the jobs in Singapore.This has left Singaporeans with less job opportunities as the foreigners are also given more privelleges and benefits than the locals, causing many capable singaporeans to leave for other countries.

Hence,although Singapore is a small nation,I feel that it's people are capable of taking care of their country themselves.However, I also feel that not all foreigners are not allowed to work for Singapore but just that the locals should be given the privelleges as they are the ones who would fight and die for their own country.

Thank You.