1. Why do we need so many non-professional foreign workers for? ( Latest news had it that, together with an estimated two million illegal foreign workers, we have four million of them in the job market ) To do the abundance of jobs that we Malaysian cannot cope or to do the jobs we Malaysian do not want to do?
2. Malaysia cannot afford to compete with other countries on the basis of our labour cost being cheap. Within South East Asia, we lose many times over to the neighbouring countries. Forget about the larger Asia.
3. With the presence of so many foreign workers on one hand and the lack of high value industries that can pay the average Malaysian with higher salary on the other hand, we are facing with a situation where the average salary of Malaysian will remain low for some time to come.
4. Why would the bosses pay MORE when CHEAPER can do the job? There is no law that forbid companies from employing cheaper foreign workers instead of Malaysians to do the same job. And the law of economics tells you that when supply is more than demand, the price must come down.
5. Helping more average Malaysians to buy their first house with cheaper housing scheme, 100% loan, longer payback period or investing in education and training to create a productive and skilled workforce in high value industry that can pay higher salary : Which is the better move? I say, if the latter is not adopted, there will be more and more average Malaysian finding it difficult to buy their first house in time to come. What say you?
