Yun o! Nakadepensa ulit si Sir Conlan sa mga Pinoy... ang ating tagapagtanggol! In June last year, a British man living in UK and married to a Filipina defended his wife’s compatriots and wrote an open letter to Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long in response to a blog written by an unknown author titled “Filipino infestation in Singapore – 5 point guide to showing displeasure without breaking the law”. The blogger enumerated a 5-point guide to annoy Filipinos who have ‘overstayed their welcome’ in Singapore and must be advised of their supposed intolerance by pissing them off without violating the law. Malcolm Conlan, tagged as Pinoy by heart by netizens because he has developed great concern and love for the Filipinos and the countrys culture, has stressed a number of times that ‘the overwhelming majority of the Filipino people are a hardworking, caring, friendly, happy people who wish no harm to any other people or nation.” He took a stand against the Aegis Malaysias anti-PH advert in September last year and was also vocal over Devina DeDivas derogatory comments against Filipino women. Once again, he cant stay put reading another Singaporeans very obvious displeasure over the presence of Filipinos in the Singaporean workplaces by urging their Prime Minister to hire less Filipino workers in their country; indicating that there are other nationalities who are as good and as competent as Filipinos. Mr Conlan finds an open letter posted by a certain Jafri Basron addressed to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong via the user-generated site, The Real Singapore last Tuesday, January 13, 2015, worthy of attention and response --- again, in defense of the majority of Filipino workers. He has posted An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Singapore, His Excellency Lee Hsien Loong on the Fil-Event and Travel page in response to Basrons letter, which goes: Dear Sir, I am sorry to have to write you once again over my concerns regarding the treatment of Filipino Workers in your country. I am aware of a recent letter to you from one of your citizens Jafri Basron over his concerns over the number of Pinoys employed in your country. In it, he states that he believes that The presence of Overseas Filipino Workers in Singapore is causing social problems and resentment from locals looking for work. I know several Singaporean Nationals who employ Filipinos as domestic helpers in their homes. All of which tell me that these Filipinos work very hard and do an excellent job. The point is, if there is a shortage of jobs in Singapore, why arent these domestic helper positions filled by fellow Singaporean citizens? I believe that Filipinos have the right to gain employment anywhere they choose to work, if your citizens decided they no longer wish to employ Filipinos and instead their fellow countrymen, then that is their choice. However, whilst there is a demand for hard working Filipinos in your country this should continue to be supported by your government. I did note with concern the letter apparently from a Filipino nurse where he apparently made offensive remarks against Singaporeans, if this was really written by a Filipino, then I am concerned about this, I am also concerned to hear claims by Jafri Basron that some Filipinos have resorted to offensive remarks towards Singaporeans. I am calling on Filipino netizens to show restraint in these difficult times, likewise when I wrote my last letter to you, I received many hundreds of rude, racist comments towards me from Singaporean citizens about my marriage to a Filipina calling me a dog and such like. I do believe in freedom of speech, I also believe therefore that I am also welcome to express my views, my biggest concern and one of the reasons for my letter is the concern by Jafri that Filipinos are not professional in their jobs. I have been involved with the Filipino community for some 20 years and my overwhelming experience has been of a hard working, professional people who are employed as Doctors, Nurses, Engineers and even airline pilots, as well as of course nannies, domestic workers etc. If they are not professional, why are they hired to work in such important jobs worldwide? Sir, I am calling on you to introduce laws banning racism and bad treatment towards OFWs. Finally, Jafri points out that your government should lessen jobs for OFWs; again this would be fine if your own citizens would be happy to do those jobs currently being carried out by Filipinos. Respectfully yours, Malcolm Conlan London, UK
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 03:04:05 +0000
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