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Dr Vivian Balakrishnan ask Singaporeans to give up their homes and jobs to foreigners
Dr Vivian slammed critics of PAP’s FT sports policy as being “small-minded”
June 23rd, 2010 | Author: Your Correspondent
PAP minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan has lashed out at critics of the PAP’s “FT sports policy” in an unusual outburst during a youth forum yesterday.
He was responding to a question posed by a Singapore Institute of Management student who asked for his views on the need to engage foreign talent in local sports.
Dr Vivian appeared to be provoked by the seemingly innocuous question by launching a tirade against his critics by calling them names such as “small-minded”, “unfair” and “very, very selfish.”
“I believe that the survival and prosperity of Singapore depend on our remaining an open society – a society able to attract and absorb and integrate talent of all shapes, sizes, races, languages, religions, countries. In other words, do not judge people simply on where they are born,” he was quoted as saying in the Straits Times.
The PAP’s policy of spending taxpayers’ monies to lure foreign sportsmen and women to represent Singapore at international competitions has not gone down well with many Singaporeans who feel that the money should be better spent to nurture local talents.
Though the Singapore women table-tennis team beat China at the recent World Championship, the response from the ground has been lukewarm as the three players are all born in China and became Singapore citizens only lately.
Many netizens poured scorn on the “hollow” victory with some describing the match as between “China Team A versus Team B” and expressing their disgust at the PAP using money to “buy trophies”.
The pro-foreigner Dr Vivian was quick to defend the China players by claiming that some of the table-tennis players “have spent more than half their lives in Singapore.”
‘To deny them the right to call themselves Singaporean is very, very selfish. It’s very unsportsmanlike… They have made great sacrifices to be here,” he added.
However, a quick check on Wikipedia revealed that the trio who representated Singapore at the World Championships – Sun BeiBei, Wang Yuegu and Feng Tianwei obtained their Singapore citizenship only in the last five years with Feng obtaining hers in 2008 just before the Beijing Olympic games.
While Singapore should remain open to foreigners, Dr Vivian seems to forget that it is the duty of the elected government of the day to take care of the citizens first and NOT foreigners and immigrants.
Dr Vivian unveiled a mega $10-million Community Integration Fund last year to make the immigrants feel welcomed, accepted and happy in Singapore and yet when he was asked by a fellow PAP MP Dr Lily Neo to increase the monthly allowance for destitute Singaporeans on Public Assistance Scheme in 2007, he retorted:
“How much do you want? Do you want three meals in a hawker centre, food court or restaurant?”
Such callous comments coming from a multi-millionaire minister being paid for by Singapore taxpayers is not only small-minded, but very unfair and selfish as well.
Dr Vivian slammed critics of PAP’s FT sports policy as being “small-minded”
June 23rd, 2010 | Author: Your Correspondent
PAP minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan has lashed out at critics of the PAP’s “FT sports policy” in an unusual outburst during a youth forum yesterday.
He was responding to a question posed by a Singapore Institute of Management student who asked for his views on the need to engage foreign talent in local sports.
Dr Vivian appeared to be provoked by the seemingly innocuous question by launching a tirade against his critics by calling them names such as “small-minded”, “unfair” and “very, very selfish.”
“I believe that the survival and prosperity of Singapore depend on our remaining an open society – a society able to attract and absorb and integrate talent of all shapes, sizes, races, languages, religions, countries. In other words, do not judge people simply on where they are born,” he was quoted as saying in the Straits Times.
The PAP’s policy of spending taxpayers’ monies to lure foreign sportsmen and women to represent Singapore at international competitions has not gone down well with many Singaporeans who feel that the money should be better spent to nurture local talents.
Though the Singapore women table-tennis team beat China at the recent World Championship, the response from the ground has been lukewarm as the three players are all born in China and became Singapore citizens only lately.
Many netizens poured scorn on the “hollow” victory with some describing the match as between “China Team A versus Team B” and expressing their disgust at the PAP using money to “buy trophies”.
The pro-foreigner Dr Vivian was quick to defend the China players by claiming that some of the table-tennis players “have spent more than half their lives in Singapore.”
‘To deny them the right to call themselves Singaporean is very, very selfish. It’s very unsportsmanlike… They have made great sacrifices to be here,” he added.
However, a quick check on Wikipedia revealed that the trio who representated Singapore at the World Championships – Sun BeiBei, Wang Yuegu and Feng Tianwei obtained their Singapore citizenship only in the last five years with Feng obtaining hers in 2008 just before the Beijing Olympic games.
While Singapore should remain open to foreigners, Dr Vivian seems to forget that it is the duty of the elected government of the day to take care of the citizens first and NOT foreigners and immigrants.
Dr Vivian unveiled a mega $10-million Community Integration Fund last year to make the immigrants feel welcomed, accepted and happy in Singapore and yet when he was asked by a fellow PAP MP Dr Lily Neo to increase the monthly allowance for destitute Singaporeans on Public Assistance Scheme in 2007, he retorted:
“How much do you want? Do you want three meals in a hawker centre, food court or restaurant?”
Such callous comments coming from a multi-millionaire minister being paid for by Singapore taxpayers is not only small-minded, but very unfair and selfish as well.
