cheebye no NS of course happy like shit

[makapaaa]

<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Being treated like kings and queens in another country with all the goodies reserved for you while citizens have to serve NS to protect you and stand aside for you still not happy. Can the 154th stop insulting Sporns' intelligence?
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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - cheebye no NS of course happy like shit</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right>

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PRs upbeat about S'pore
But more effort needed on multiculturalism and workplace integration, Reach survey shows
By Kor Kian Beng, Political Correspondent

A SURVEY of new citizens and permanent residents has unearthed among them largely positive attitudes towards Singapore as their new home. -- ST PICTURE: JOYCE FANG
A SURVEY of new citizens and permanent residents has unearthed among them largely positive attitudes towards Singapore as their new home.
10 KEY FINDINGS
# 95 per cent would recommend Singapore as place to live in
# 93.3 per cent find overall experience in Singapore better than expected
... more
But it also highlighted the need to ramp up efforts to integrate new immigrants at the workplace and educate them on the importance of Singapore's multiculturalism.
The survey of 360 new citizens and PRs was conducted in April and May by a study group commissioned by Reach, the government's feedback unit.
Among its findings: while almost four in five felt welcome in Singapore, 35.3 per cent also felt that co-workers in the workplace perceived them as competition.
The feeling was particularly acute among Filipinos, with 20.8 per cent of them reporting the sentiment.
On living in Singapore, 80.6 per cent found the cost of living manageable, and 77.2 per cent enjoyed watching local TV productions.
Dr Terence Chong, a sociologist with the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and vice-chairman of the study group, noted that the largely positive findings were not surprising, given that the sample was drawn from those attending citizenship certificate presentation ceremonies.
These events are held at grassroots or national levels to welcome new citizens.
He said: 'Quite predictably, the results are positive because they wouldn't be new citizens if they do not enjoy living in Singapore.'
Still, he noted, the survey threw up some trends that Singapore needs to be alert to
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[chinkangkor]

# 95 per cent would recommend Singapore as place to live in

Do they find s'pore a good enough place to die for? If they would recommend s'pore a place to die for then they serve NS and help to defend s'pore militarily.

 

[scoobyhoo]

chow chi buy

 

[saratogas]

Die for Sinkapore? Bury our bodies where?

A visiting Buddhist monk from China, Venerable Sheng Kai, claimed that Singapore is too small to store ancestors' ashes. If people were to keep doing so, he said, the city-state would turn into a 'dead man's island', as land is scarce here as he address an audience at talks organised by the Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery at Toa Payoh.

Venerable Sheng Kai also remarked that 'ashes are akin to a mere handful of soil, and ancestors' tablets are just pieces of wood'.

So Sad!

 

[SotongMee]

It is so startling true.

I always think think Buddhists gets the real bargain for teachnings about the
human life.

Unfortunately Buddhism don't get many fans and followers by preaching such truth.

Buddhist really lost customers to other religions especially customers like the blessed "immortals" around mere mortals like the ordinary majority.


[Venerable Sheng Kai also remarked that 'ashes are akin to a mere handful of soil, and ancestors' tablets are just pieces of wood'.]

Die for Sinkapore? Bury our bodies where?

A visiting Buddhist monk from China, Venerable Sheng Kai, claimed that Singapore is too small to store ancestors' ashes. If people were to keep doing so, he said, the city-state would turn into a 'dead man's island', as land is scarce here as he address an audience at talks organised by the Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery at Toa Payoh.

Venerable Sheng Kai also remarked that 'ashes are akin to a mere handful of soil, and ancestors' tablets are just pieces of wood'.

So Sad!