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<TABLE id=msgUN cellSpacing=3 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD id=msgUNsubj vAlign=top>How many are talents? How many are just plain TRASH?
Coffee Shop Talk - Get real, Singapore needs foreign talent
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Subscribe </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgF noWrap align=right width="1%">From: </TD><TD class=msgFname noWrap width="68%">sgnews <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate noWrap align=right width="30%">Feb-5 4:46 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT noWrap align=right width="1%" height=20>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname noWrap width="68%">ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 62) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft width="1%" rowSpan=4> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>20990.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Get real, Singapore needs foreign talent
MR EDMUND Lin, in his letter on Wednesday, 'Recession: S'poreans come first', did not pause to consider why the vast majority of native Singaporeans came to be here - because their forebears chose to come here for utilitarian reasons.
The fact that an average of 8,500 foreigners take up citizenship annually is a hugely important supplement to a Singapore birth rate that is way below replacement levels.
The, hopefully, short-term problems of the coming recession pale in comparison with the longer-term demographic challenges that pose a threat to the viability of Singapore as an independent nation.
Michael Coleman
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MR EDMUND Lin, in his letter on Wednesday, 'Recession: S'poreans come first', did not pause to consider why the vast majority of native Singaporeans came to be here - because their forebears chose to come here for utilitarian reasons.
The fact that an average of 8,500 foreigners take up citizenship annually is a hugely important supplement to a Singapore birth rate that is way below replacement levels.
The, hopefully, short-term problems of the coming recession pale in comparison with the longer-term demographic challenges that pose a threat to the viability of Singapore as an independent nation.
Michael Coleman
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