<TABLE id=msgUN border=0 cellSpacing=3 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD id=msgUNsubj vAlign=top>
Coffeeshop Chit Chat - S'pore is over-populated by Foreigners!</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right>
Subscribe </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>kojakbt22 <NOBR>
</NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>9:19 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 2) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>12596.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>There is no denying that every 1st world country needs foreigners to supplement its citizens to help drive its economy. BUT, is Singapore over-doing it?
Here are some stats of 1st world countries that I have dug up. You decide for yourself:
[FONT=Courier,Monospace] Population Citizen Non-Citizen
Ireland (2008) 4,442,100 88.9% 11.1%
Norway (2008) 4,799,300 93.7% 6.3%
Finland (2008) 5,326,314 97.3% 2.7%
Denmark (mid-2007) 5,451,826 94.8% 5.2%[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier,Monospace]Singapore (2006) 4,017,733 74.0% 26.0%
Singapore (2008) 4,839,400 65.4% 34.6%[/FONT]
* Singapore (2006) : 2973091 citizens, 754524 Foreigners, 290118 PRs
* Singapore (2008) : 3164400 citizens, 1196700 Foreigners, 478200 PRs
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland[/URL]
[URL="http://www.ssb.no/utlstat_en"]http://www.ssb.no/utlstat_en/[/URL]
[URL="http://www.stat.fi/til/vaerak/2008/vaerak_2008_2009-03-27_tie_001_en.html"]http://www.stat.fi/til/vaerak/2008/vaerak_2008_2009-03-27_tie_001_en.html[/URL]
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_people"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_people[/URL]
[URL="http://www.singstat.gov.sg/stats/themes/people/popinbrief2008.pdf"]http://www.singstat.gov.sg/stats/themes/people/popinbrief2008.pdf[/URL]
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Singapore"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Singapore[/URL]
Huge population of foreigners also serves to help depress the salaries of Singaporean workers. One wonders what is PAP thinking?
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Here are some stats of 1st world countries that I have dug up. You decide for yourself:
[FONT=Courier,Monospace] Population Citizen Non-Citizen
Ireland (2008) 4,442,100 88.9% 11.1%
Norway (2008) 4,799,300 93.7% 6.3%
Finland (2008) 5,326,314 97.3% 2.7%
Denmark (mid-2007) 5,451,826 94.8% 5.2%[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier,Monospace]Singapore (2006) 4,017,733 74.0% 26.0%
Singapore (2008) 4,839,400 65.4% 34.6%[/FONT]
* Singapore (2006) : 2973091 citizens, 754524 Foreigners, 290118 PRs
* Singapore (2008) : 3164400 citizens, 1196700 Foreigners, 478200 PRs
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland[/URL]
[URL="http://www.ssb.no/utlstat_en"]http://www.ssb.no/utlstat_en/[/URL]
[URL="http://www.stat.fi/til/vaerak/2008/vaerak_2008_2009-03-27_tie_001_en.html"]http://www.stat.fi/til/vaerak/2008/vaerak_2008_2009-03-27_tie_001_en.html[/URL]
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_people"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_people[/URL]
[URL="http://www.singstat.gov.sg/stats/themes/people/popinbrief2008.pdf"]http://www.singstat.gov.sg/stats/themes/people/popinbrief2008.pdf[/URL]
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Singapore"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Singapore[/URL]
Huge population of foreigners also serves to help depress the salaries of Singaporean workers. One wonders what is PAP thinking?
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
