sinkie parents rich mah. even though my nephews, nieces and their peers can easily enroll and qualify for universities and or polys in sg, they would rather ask parents to sponsor them for overseas tertiary education. and guess what? their parents dotingly and easily oblige. out of so many, i only have 3 nephews and 1 niece who studied locally. they get their reasonably well paying jobs upon graduation as i advised them to do engineering and bio science. i hosted 2 who have 1-year assignment/internship. others who studied in the u.k. and australia did not heed my advice to do the ntu or at least poly route in comp science and engineering so they could thrive in the u.s. instead they go into useless boliao majors such as psychology, business admin, humanities. this u.k./aussie cohort are now all either part-timers or jobless, stay at home shake leg, ask for handouts from parents. totally wasting their parents' money. the ones who further their studies in the u.s. from the ntu/poly route have great careers now and ahead. don't know why so many sinkie kids continue to believe in the u.k./aussie route. that route is kaput and useless. go where the top nehs go. they truly know when and where to sniff out the best opportunities for themselves and their children.