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Singapore pilot loses residency after strike
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Singapore pilot loses residency after strike
A foreign pilot who infuriated Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew by leading a rare union revolt has been told by the government he can no longer live in Singapore as a permanent resident.
Captain Ryan Goh Yew Hock, a Malaysian citizen, was singled out by Lee as the main instigator in a November vote by pilots to sack their union leaders for caving into wage cuts and layoffs imposed by state-controlled Singapore Airlines Ltd. In a statement yesterday, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said Goh, who has lived in Singapore for 26 years, had been told on Friday that his entry and re-entry permits that are necessary for permanent residents would be cancelled. The leaders of Singapore's ultra-strict government have said ?confrontational industrial relations? are a threat in a country where the government, employers and unions traditionally cooperate closely and where industrial action is rare.
Lee had warned in December there would be ?broken heads? if the union-management dispute was not quickly resolved. The ICA said it took action after Home Affairs Minister Wong Kang Seng ?decided that Mr Goh was an undesirable immigrant? as defined by Section 8(3)(k) of the Immigration Act.
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