Friday, November 28, 2008

40% of Singaporeans marry foreigners

In 2007, 20,755 Singaporeans married, 8,086 to non-citizens – 6,200 non-citizen wives and 1,886 non-citizen husbands. Almost 90% of non-citizen spouses were from Asia.

The cosmopolitan nature of Singapore increases every year. The numbers in previous years- 8,406 (2005) and 8,161 (2006) - Sunday Times Oct 12, 2008.

Singapore Flyer sponsored a ride on the Flyer and a boat trip for 50 Indians and Bangladeshis who celebrated Deepavali. On board the Flyer, visitors can tune in to the radio guide for a concise history of Singapore and trivia on the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort (IR) that is under construction - TODAY Oct 8, 2008.

You can join the Tourism and Hospitality industry in Singapore. Genting Resorts World at Sentosa is the other IR under construction in Singapore. 60,000 jobs will be available in Singapore. 20,000 of these will be at the IRs itself.

If you want to Work and Study in Singapore and get a Diploma/Advanced Diploma, send an email to jonathan.chan@harrietgroup.com

You get paid while you are studying for your Diploma/Advanced Diploma

Singapore welcomes foreign talent

Singapore has leapt to "developed country" status in just one generation. This is a country with a population of only 4.5 million with around 1 million foreigners. There are many Multi-National Companies in Singapore and some of these companies have their regional headquaters in Singapore. There is a significant number of expatriate staff of these Multi-National Companies in town.

Singapore is a pragmatic society. There is already about 1 million foreigners in Singapore. Singapore wants to have a population of 6.5 million, an increase of 2 million people. A significant portion of this will be foreigners as the birthrate in Singapore is about 1.2.

You can be one of the foreign talents whom Singapore welcomes. There is an acute shortage of skilled staff in the Tourism and Hospitality industry in Singapore. With a Work and Study program, you can get a job immediately while you study to get a Diploma or Advanced Diploma awarded by the Association of Business Executives.

For more information, send an email to jonathan.chan@harrietgroup.com.

Monday, November 10, 2008

FREE group coaching session

A life coach at the Warrior Camp gives FREE group coaching sessions over the telephone. You do not have to travel (time, expense) nor dress up (no one can see you in your home attire) to join. Just dial in.

Louisa's target audience is the singles - single dad, married dad (who has his turn at looking after the children), mothers who balances a career and home. I guess she means YOU are alone when you have quality time with your loved ones - children presumably. What do you do well that you can share with others, what do you really like to know how others are doing successfully, how you can and should be different from your spouse when you spend time with the children.

Louisa has some recorded coaching sessions that you can listen to, for FREE. Why not check it out and then participate in one of the live sessions - if you want to talk to somebody, it makes sense to talk to and listen to someone who focuses on
  • stress mangement
  • time mangement
  • emotion management
  • wellnes and health mangement
  • dating and relationships
  • finance management
  • work life balance

visit http://www.abundantlivescoaching.com/ or http://abundantlivestraining.wordpress.com/[3:26:35 PM] Jonathan Chan says:

Monday, November 3, 2008

Warriors act FAST to stay alive, what about you?

I was away for 4 and a half days of training, entitled Enlightened Warrior Training Camp in Kuala Rompin, Pahang, Malaysia. A warrior fights because he has no other choice; if he does not fight he will lose his life, his loved ones will be enslaved and his hard-earned possessions will be taken away. A warrior may never have to fight a battle - he may live through peaceful times. In troubled times, a warrior have may to fight in many battles, maybe many wars too. In a battle, warriors have to ACT fast to stay alive.

On my return, the newspapers are FULL of news of possible global recession, AIA in Singapore is retrenching staff, the government warns of recession into next year, of more retrenchment and there are numerous articles of comparision to the GREAT DEPRESSION 80 years ago. The near future can be very difficult for those who are just entering the job market as well as for those whose job is not safe if retrenchment occurs. You will literally have to fight to get a job.

You choose to prepare for the battle ahead in many ways. One way is to get a job NOW as our program is a Work and Study Program - we will place you in a job while you study part-time, so you will be have a job for 2 years unless you do something really stupid to get yourself fired. Act now or be left behind - less jobs will be created and many will lose their jobs; these people will compete for any and all available jobs. We still have job openings so take them or others will.

You are warmly invited to the briefings on our Work and Study program in Singapore. Send an email with your name and mobile phone number to
jonathan.chan@harrietgroup.com or send an sms with your name and mobile phone number to 9476 2545. We will send you the address and give you directions.

Briefing dates and times in SINGAPORE:

  1. Tues 4 November at 7pm
  2. Wed 5 November at 2 pm
  3. Sat 15 November at 2pm

Briefing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  1. Sat 8 November at 2.30pm
  2. Sun 16 November at 2.30pm