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Singaporean upset that his children are considering migrating
September 30, 2009 by admin01
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A posting on the CNA forum by a forumer lamenting about his children considering migrating has attracted over 2,000 views and 100 replies in less than a day!
The forumer which uses the moniker of “Iwin” wrote that his children are thinking of leaving Singapore permanently to settle down in another country because of a multitude of push factors such as sky-rocketing public housing prices, competition with foreigners, lack of job security, low wages, expensive healthcare, stressful work place and the CPF scheme.
He added that he feel very sad that after serving national service and contributing to the nation, his children are now leaving him to migrate elsewhere.
TehOkosong felt that foreigners are the root cause of Singapore’s problems:
“The present problem we face is singaporeans are 2nd class, and FT’s first class. Singaporeans have to do NS to defend the FT’s, give them jobs, have to embrace them and let them call us stupid.”
Cow suggested sarcastically that he may consider migrating and returning to Singapore as a “foreign talent” or FT in short:
“How about giving up your singapore citizenship, and coming back to Singapore as an FT? Since so many people think govt take so good care of FT. You can come back and take our jobs away and our property too… and it’ll be easy too, since you are already familiar with Singapore.”
Kamono doubts if migration is a wise choice:
“I believe your children is the infamous Gen Y who wants instant gratification without any hard work. I guess you have given them everything and spoilt them since young. If they think migration is the solution, then, u should encourage them to give it a shot but it doesn’t guarantee them better quality of life. Racism is rampant in many countries, and cost of living in European countries are extremely high as well. Can be worse than SG. If they cannot cope in SG because they were spoon fed and treated like prince/princesses since young, chances are they might even have a worse time if they migrate without daddy and mummy to finance them.”
Seehum urged fellow Singaporeans to “fight” against the government’s pro-foreigner policy:
“I think Singaporeans should stay united to fight off this threat from the foreigners to steal our jobs and over crowd Singapore. Many people have already voice their resentment towards these foreign rejects in public forum and newspaper. More and more people are coiming out to question this ridiculous policy, why must we embrace someone who is from foreign land with totally different culture from us and equip them with the means to fight with our ricebowl. By the way, Singapore is the only country in the world now with a pro foreigner policy.”
triage supported the children’s desire to leave Singapore for greener pastures:
Actually, it’s good that children consider migrating overseas. If they think overseas is good let them go. The reasons for migrating are good. of course overseas will have problems but as long as they are happier, i say, let them go.
As parents I think we should consider this point. Will they be happier staying in Singapore? If life overseas is good, go! I have relatives who migrate to perth Australia and they have a very good life there. They have a house overlooking the Swan River and on a given Sunday, we can see 50 yachts sailing by. They have cars with no COE. Their children speak with an Aussie accent and have pink cheeks. The family has time for other considerations other than just money. There’s quality time. When they feel like they want to visit Singapore, they just fly down and take the local food.
Every year, about 1,000 Singaporeans give up their citizenship and migrate to other countries for good. Another 150,000 Singaporeans are working or living overseas.
The country’s low birth rate has prompted the government to open the floodgates to allow more foreigners to take up PRs and citizenships. More than 79,000 foreigners become PRs last year. The number of PRs becoming citizens is not known. (Source: nps.sg)
The relentless influx of foreigners have prompted calls from Singaporeans to limit the inflow. The government has set up a National Integration Council to promote integration between foreigners and locals, including a $10 million “integration fund”.
While other countries require foreigners to pass a compulsory English proficiency test before they are allowed to work there, the Singapore government is sponsoring foreigners who can’t speak English for language courses.
Source: CNA Forum
Singaporean upset that his children are considering migrating
September 30, 2009 by admin01
Filed under Top News
Leave a comment
From our Correspondent
A posting on the CNA forum by a forumer lamenting about his children considering migrating has attracted over 2,000 views and 100 replies in less than a day!
The forumer which uses the moniker of “Iwin” wrote that his children are thinking of leaving Singapore permanently to settle down in another country because of a multitude of push factors such as sky-rocketing public housing prices, competition with foreigners, lack of job security, low wages, expensive healthcare, stressful work place and the CPF scheme.
He added that he feel very sad that after serving national service and contributing to the nation, his children are now leaving him to migrate elsewhere.
TehOkosong felt that foreigners are the root cause of Singapore’s problems:
“The present problem we face is singaporeans are 2nd class, and FT’s first class. Singaporeans have to do NS to defend the FT’s, give them jobs, have to embrace them and let them call us stupid.”
Cow suggested sarcastically that he may consider migrating and returning to Singapore as a “foreign talent” or FT in short:
“How about giving up your singapore citizenship, and coming back to Singapore as an FT? Since so many people think govt take so good care of FT. You can come back and take our jobs away and our property too… and it’ll be easy too, since you are already familiar with Singapore.”
Kamono doubts if migration is a wise choice:
“I believe your children is the infamous Gen Y who wants instant gratification without any hard work. I guess you have given them everything and spoilt them since young. If they think migration is the solution, then, u should encourage them to give it a shot but it doesn’t guarantee them better quality of life. Racism is rampant in many countries, and cost of living in European countries are extremely high as well. Can be worse than SG. If they cannot cope in SG because they were spoon fed and treated like prince/princesses since young, chances are they might even have a worse time if they migrate without daddy and mummy to finance them.”
Seehum urged fellow Singaporeans to “fight” against the government’s pro-foreigner policy:
“I think Singaporeans should stay united to fight off this threat from the foreigners to steal our jobs and over crowd Singapore. Many people have already voice their resentment towards these foreign rejects in public forum and newspaper. More and more people are coiming out to question this ridiculous policy, why must we embrace someone who is from foreign land with totally different culture from us and equip them with the means to fight with our ricebowl. By the way, Singapore is the only country in the world now with a pro foreigner policy.”
triage supported the children’s desire to leave Singapore for greener pastures:
Actually, it’s good that children consider migrating overseas. If they think overseas is good let them go. The reasons for migrating are good. of course overseas will have problems but as long as they are happier, i say, let them go.
As parents I think we should consider this point. Will they be happier staying in Singapore? If life overseas is good, go! I have relatives who migrate to perth Australia and they have a very good life there. They have a house overlooking the Swan River and on a given Sunday, we can see 50 yachts sailing by. They have cars with no COE. Their children speak with an Aussie accent and have pink cheeks. The family has time for other considerations other than just money. There’s quality time. When they feel like they want to visit Singapore, they just fly down and take the local food.
Every year, about 1,000 Singaporeans give up their citizenship and migrate to other countries for good. Another 150,000 Singaporeans are working or living overseas.
The country’s low birth rate has prompted the government to open the floodgates to allow more foreigners to take up PRs and citizenships. More than 79,000 foreigners become PRs last year. The number of PRs becoming citizens is not known. (Source: nps.sg)
The relentless influx of foreigners have prompted calls from Singaporeans to limit the inflow. The government has set up a National Integration Council to promote integration between foreigners and locals, including a $10 million “integration fund”.
While other countries require foreigners to pass a compulsory English proficiency test before they are allowed to work there, the Singapore government is sponsoring foreigners who can’t speak English for language courses.
Source: CNA Forum
