Citizens must play their part

Everyday we have been bombarded with news such as big companies slashing jobs which resulted lots of people jobless.

These jobless people need to continue to survive. So where comes the money to put food on the table if they have only limited savings to tide over this recession?Let us not look far but in our local context.

In the past, our ancestors (from India, China, Malaysia etc), despite being uneducated, worked very hard in harsh conditions to earn a living and survived.

Now, the present younger generation has received minimal education but are they able to stoop down to take up any proper jobs that is available?

I saw from the tv that during this festive season, a construction company for one of the IRs (Integrated Resorts) rewarded his workers by bringing them to the zoo. 60% of these foreign contruction workers are from China. These people left their families and loved ones, went overseas to earn a living.

Is our current educated generation prepared to do so? Can they accept working as domestic workers, construction workers, etc as these are commonly referred to lowly respected jobs?

It seems that education did not make a person better in adapting in different conditions.

In bad times, as long as it is a proper job in legal terms, we should take it up. Stop having the mentality that a better job offer would soon come along or seek help from some charitable organisations to tide over this rough period.

It is only through hard work from the government AND citizens that we can ride out from this crisis.