The last GE is really the last opportunity for the 66% GOONDUS to WAKE UP THEIR FARKING IDEA, failing which SPORNS WOULD GO INTO EXTINCTION!
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:34 am Post subject: PRs queuing up to join grassroots organizations in Geylang</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap>
</TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2>Permanent residents are flocking to serve in grassroots organizations that they have to be put on the waiting list at the Geylang Neighborhood committee due to a little-known cap of 15 per cent of the grassroots committee members who can be PRs.
According to a report by TODAY, there are 1,360 PRs now serving as grassroots leaders, comprising 4.6 per cent of the 29,400 grassroots leaders in Singapore.
This number is almost double the reported number of PR grassroots leaders serving in November 2007 and four times the number in August 2000.
Minister of Community, Youth and Sports revealed lately that there 4,500 new citizens who are serving as grassroots organizations in various estates.
All the grassroots organizations in Singapore such as the Residents’ Committees and Community Clubs are under the control of the People’s Association (PA), a quasi-PAP organization headed by none other the Prime Minister himself.
A PA spokesperson told TODAY that “the involvement of PRs in community work helps build better understanding between PRs and Singaporeans.”
For example, in Yew Tee, a group of PRs from China help to promote interest in Chinese language by volunteering to teach the Chinese Classics weekly in the community club.
The percentage of grassroots leaders who are Singaporeans versus new citizens and PRs is not known.
PRs are probably more keen to join grassroots organizations than locals because of the perks which come along with it.
Besides helping them expand their social network in Singapore and to boost their chances of getting a citizenship if they have plans to settle down here, their children will also get priority in enrollment in primary schools.
As a result of Singapore’s liberal immigration policy, foreigners now make up 36 per cent of the population, up from 14 per cent in 1990.
The ruling party has been courting the newcomers with goodies to make them feel welcomed in Singapore.
A $10-million dollar Community Integration Fund is launched to help the new citizens integrate into Singapore society.
Since immigrants will usually vote for the government which has given them the opportunity to start life afresh in their adopted homelands, the increasing number of new citizens will have an impact in future elections.
Over at Geylang Neighbourhood Committee which has already hit its quota for PRs, the PR grassroots leaders play an important role in getting their friends involved in community activities.
The committee serves an area between Geylang Lorong 22 to 42, which is just a stone-throw away from Singapore’s famous red light district.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:34 am Post subject: PRs queuing up to join grassroots organizations in Geylang</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap>
</TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2>Permanent residents are flocking to serve in grassroots organizations that they have to be put on the waiting list at the Geylang Neighborhood committee due to a little-known cap of 15 per cent of the grassroots committee members who can be PRs. According to a report by TODAY, there are 1,360 PRs now serving as grassroots leaders, comprising 4.6 per cent of the 29,400 grassroots leaders in Singapore.
This number is almost double the reported number of PR grassroots leaders serving in November 2007 and four times the number in August 2000.
Minister of Community, Youth and Sports revealed lately that there 4,500 new citizens who are serving as grassroots organizations in various estates.
All the grassroots organizations in Singapore such as the Residents’ Committees and Community Clubs are under the control of the People’s Association (PA), a quasi-PAP organization headed by none other the Prime Minister himself.
A PA spokesperson told TODAY that “the involvement of PRs in community work helps build better understanding between PRs and Singaporeans.”
For example, in Yew Tee, a group of PRs from China help to promote interest in Chinese language by volunteering to teach the Chinese Classics weekly in the community club.
The percentage of grassroots leaders who are Singaporeans versus new citizens and PRs is not known.
PRs are probably more keen to join grassroots organizations than locals because of the perks which come along with it.
Besides helping them expand their social network in Singapore and to boost their chances of getting a citizenship if they have plans to settle down here, their children will also get priority in enrollment in primary schools.
As a result of Singapore’s liberal immigration policy, foreigners now make up 36 per cent of the population, up from 14 per cent in 1990.
The ruling party has been courting the newcomers with goodies to make them feel welcomed in Singapore.
A $10-million dollar Community Integration Fund is launched to help the new citizens integrate into Singapore society.
Since immigrants will usually vote for the government which has given them the opportunity to start life afresh in their adopted homelands, the increasing number of new citizens will have an impact in future elections.
Over at Geylang Neighbourhood Committee which has already hit its quota for PRs, the PR grassroots leaders play an important role in getting their friends involved in community activities.
The committee serves an area between Geylang Lorong 22 to 42, which is just a stone-throw away from Singapore’s famous red light district.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
