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As COVID-19 pandemic hits many countries in every continent, millions of people are infected. Cities are locked down. Schools are suspended. Factories are closed. Supply chains are disconnected. Cross-border trade is adversely affected. Now, the pandemic is now under control in some countries. Mayors are considering to resume... 

This is a modern ‘rephrase’ from one of Karl Marx’s many jotted side notes. Needless to say, the verbiage and the twists that academics can spin with this is many folds and unfolds; the sometimes needless iterations. I would recommend reading on Paul Mason’s take on this. But for me, extrapolating from the above ‘rephrase’,... 

The Government is going to make it more costly to hire Employment Pass holders. This is a step in the right direction but is this the cure to our PMET job displacement woes? First and foremost for perspective let’s be clear that this measure is targetted at the chronic resentment against foreigners from that segment of foreigners...