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Singaslaves :
From 248 000 in the early 90's to more than 750 000 nowadays, the foreign low-skilled (and very low-paid) workers are now a a vital element of the booming singaporean economy and a huge component of the population (18% of the 4.6 millions people living there) - although a lot of Singaporeans pretending not to be racist tend to say that the real singaporean population is 3.7 million (as if the foreign workers were not part of the population)...
Not so fun to be a foreign worker in the construction sites.
Of course, if you come from Sri Lanka, India or Bangladesh (or Myanmar, or Indonesia, etc), the pitiful 600 singapore dollars ( around 310 US dollars or 290 euros) salary you earn for the work is far more than the average wages you could earn in your native countries. Of course, you can buy a nice handphone or mp3, and maybe send a bit for the relatives you've left. So i guess i can understand when some of them i've talked to told me they were quite happy here.
But... They work like dogs, they are carried in lorries like cattle.
They are lonely. They are too poor to rent flats and in the miserable dormitories where they live, there is usually no comfort and very strict rules : no gathering, no drinking, no smoking, no guests, no talks after 10pm...
So some of them gather in the evening around HDB (public housing residences) void decks and eat, drink and talk, as they used to do in India or in their native countries. Of course, there are sometimes loud noises and other little troubles for the neighborhood, and i guess sometimes worse things.
Some residents seem to be very bothered by that - obviously more than when it's a rowdy ah bengs gang (local chinese singaporean bad boys) gathering or noisy mahjong players. In the newspapers, some residents say they created "vigilant groups" so as to catch foreign workers urinating or drinking around the HDBs. Some "not racist" madams say they are too afraid to go out when there are foreign workers around their residences because their smell is unbearable (!) an they feel "mentally violated" (!) by these poor guys. Some threw bags full of urine at foreign workers gathered under their windows... Classy.
The Prime Minister himself had to remind that foreign workers are human too and they are a necessary part of the economy, hence they deserve more tolerance and respect from the singaporean citizens - who by the way are very often descendents from migrant workers...
This picture has been used with permission by some, without permission by the cool blog misterbrwonshow.com (but i don' t mind), without permission by some other websites and blogs, misused by others, stolen and usurped by some. Which letter you don't understand in the word "COPYRIGHT" , huh ?
جلالة الملك عبدالله الثاني يؤكد خلال استقباله وزير الخارجية الروسي سيرجي لافروف أهمية تثبيت الاستقرار بسوريا بخاصة في الجنوب السوري
His Majesty King Abdullah II receives Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and stresses the importance of stabilizing southern Syria
VAB camouflage sable
Legionnaires from 13DBLE ( 13e demi-brigade de Légion étrangère,) during a training exercise in Djibouti 21st to 28th March 2010
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman administers the oath of office and swears in the largest-ever Foreign Service Orientation Class at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on February 24, 2023. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]
Service members with the French Foreign Legion’s 6th Light Armored Brigade assault an objective during a bilateral seize and capture training exercise on Quartier Colonel de Chabrieres, France, May 29, 2015. U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa operated alongside the French infantrymen to further improve interoperability between the two NATO forces as they concurrently deploy their service members to Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Lance Cpl. Christopher Mendoza/Released)
20/09/2022. New York, United States. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly attends the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street
The IG4SIB about to knock down the signal at Gratiot, at the end of the MacArthur Bridge approach, with some foreign power in the mix.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks in honor of Foreign Affairs Day, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2016. [State Department Photo/Public Domain]
12/07/2021. London, United Kingdom. The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab meets Icelandic Foreign Minister, Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson in the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. Picture by Tim Hammond / No 10 Downing Street
I wanted to try a handmade composition and I fell in love with the result :) Here are some coins and a banknote I got from previous holidays..plus some euros to complete the composition.
19/10/2021. London, United Kingdom. The Foreign Secretary Liz Truss gives the closing speech at the Global Investment Summit 2021 at The Science Museum London. Picture by Tim Hammond / No 10 Downing Street
A Colombian national from the 1st section "Les Aigles " (the eagles) of the 2nd REG , serving as a soldier with the French Foreign Legion, at Forward Operating Base Tagab-Kutschbach near Tagab in Kapisa Province on January 24, 2011. The French Foreign Legion, a military unit established in 1831, was created for foreign nationals of any nationlity wishing to serve in the French armed forces.
PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 14: Soldiers from the Castelnaudary 4th Foreign Regiment (Legion etrangere) march down the Champs-Elysees during the annual Bastille day parade on July 14, 2011 in Paris, France. The French National Day celebrates its revolution in the1789 through various parades in the storming of the Bastille in 1789 through various parades and official ceremonies throughout France.
The Department of State and the American Foreign Service Association dedicated a new memorial plaque commemorating Foreign Service members who succumbed to the COVID-19 virus at a ceremony at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2023. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/Public Domain]
French Foreign Legion commandos parachutistes with 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes, during marksmanship training.
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On March 2, the Brookings Institution hosted Jüri Luik, Estonia’s minister of defense, for a conversation on Russia, the security environment in Europe, and the challenges facing NATO in light of renewed great power competition.
Estonia and its Baltic neighbors constitute NATO’s frontlines. Their small size, proximity to Russia, and physical distance from Western allies make their defense against Russian aggression a planning challenge for NATO policymakers. Yet, the credibility of NATO’s security guarantee depends on the resolve and ability of these policymakers to develop credible mechanisms for defense against a Russian attack.
Throughout its resurgence under President Vladimir Putin, Russia has built up significant military assets near its western frontier, annexed Ukrainian territory, destabilized significant parts of the Middle East, and interfered in the political systems of Western nations — including the United States — to sow division and undermine liberal values. At this juncture, Western leaders are faced with a daunting challenge: how to demonstrate unity in the face of Russian aggression.
Photo credit: Ralph Alswang
Former Foreign Secretary William Hague greets the Director of “In the Land of Blood and Honey” and Special Envoy to the UN High Commissioner on Refugees, Ms Angelina Jolie at the launch of the UK initiative on preventing sexual violence in conflict, 29 May 2012.
PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 14: Soldiers from the Castelnaudary 4th Foreign Regiment (Legion etrangere) march down the Champs-Elysees during the annual Bastille day parade on July 14, 2011 in Paris, France. The French National Day celebrates its revolution in the storming of the Bastille in 1789 through various parades and official ceremonies throughout France.
Director of “In the Land of Blood and Honey” and Special Envoy to the UN High Commissioner on Refugees, Ms Angelina Jolie arriving at the launch of the UK initiative on preventing sexual violence in conflict, 29 May 2012.
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(2018) Gulfstream GV-SP (G550)
PHL - April 02-03, 2019
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Copyright 2019
Paul Kanagie
[The bridge, Annan, Scotland]
[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].
1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.
Notes:
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J--foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.
Print no. "13122".
Forms part of: Views of landscape and architecture in Scotland in the Photochrom print collection.
Subjects:
Scotland--Annan.
Format: Photochrom prints--Color--1890-1900.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Views of landscape and architecture in Scotland (DLC) 2001703567
More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.07521
Call Number: LOT 13407, no. 010 [item]
French Foreign Legion Combat Divers from 1er Régiment Etranger de Génie - 1er REG, training with their Kayaks in infiltrations procedures for a future deployment to French Guiana
Photo: Dragan Asanov / drple
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the Commission Federica Mogherini join the foreign ministers of the 28 EU member states for a family photo prior to a working lunch in the Council of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium on December 5, 2017. [State Department Photo/ Public Domain]