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Malaysian Singapore PR: Most of my friends want to retire in Malaysia
September 8th, 2010 | Author: Your Correspondent
The unusual initiative by the PAP regime to get more Singapore PRs to take up citizenships so that they will be eligible to vote in the coming general election appeared to have backfired with both citizens and PRs alike questioning if it is feasible at all.
During a dialogue session with Marine Parade residents, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong admitted quite frankly that the PAP is trying to get more PRs to take up Singapore citizenships.
“Moving forward, we are going to approach some of them to take up Singapore citizenship, if they don’t then their PR will not be renewed. That’s a better way,” he was quoted as saying in Channel News Asia.
Forcing PRs to take up citizenships is almost unheard of anywhere else in the world, a sign that the PAP is getting increasingly panicky over the unpredictability of the next general election which is due to be called by 2012.
With public disaffection and disgruntlement at its misrule reaching an all-time high, there is a real possibility that it may be booted out of office by angry voters and hence the need for more new citizens to “cut loss” as they tend to vote for the incumbent.
Even the Malaysians, Singapore’s largest immigrant group for the last few decades are not keen to take up Singapore citizenship.
In an interview with Channel News Asia, Malaysian and Singapore PR Annie Siow revealed what is on the minds of many Malaysians in Singapore:
“For Malaysians, we come here to earn more income and have a better quality life but most of my friends don’t plan to become citizens because they want to retire in their own country.”
Due to the difference in exchange rate between the Singapore dollar and the Malaysian ringgit, Malaysians can usually earn more than twice their pay back home.
Despite the racial discrimination they face in Malaysia, quite a number still want to retire there because of the lower cost of living. To put it bluntly, they want to enjoy the “best of both worlds” – working and earning in Singapore, but enjoying life in Malaysia.
Some Malaysians buy resale flats in Singapore low prices in the 1980s and 1990s and sell them for a healthy profit years later when they return to Malaysia, thereby “milking” our system without contributing to it.
The PAP regime should conduct an in-depth study and survey to find out the underlying reasons behind the reluctance of Singapore PRs to take up citizenships instead of resorting to veiled threats to force them to do so as per its usual modus operandi.
September 8th, 2010 | Author: Your Correspondent
The unusual initiative by the PAP regime to get more Singapore PRs to take up citizenships so that they will be eligible to vote in the coming general election appeared to have backfired with both citizens and PRs alike questioning if it is feasible at all.
During a dialogue session with Marine Parade residents, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong admitted quite frankly that the PAP is trying to get more PRs to take up Singapore citizenships.
“Moving forward, we are going to approach some of them to take up Singapore citizenship, if they don’t then their PR will not be renewed. That’s a better way,” he was quoted as saying in Channel News Asia.
Forcing PRs to take up citizenships is almost unheard of anywhere else in the world, a sign that the PAP is getting increasingly panicky over the unpredictability of the next general election which is due to be called by 2012.
With public disaffection and disgruntlement at its misrule reaching an all-time high, there is a real possibility that it may be booted out of office by angry voters and hence the need for more new citizens to “cut loss” as they tend to vote for the incumbent.
Even the Malaysians, Singapore’s largest immigrant group for the last few decades are not keen to take up Singapore citizenship.
In an interview with Channel News Asia, Malaysian and Singapore PR Annie Siow revealed what is on the minds of many Malaysians in Singapore:
“For Malaysians, we come here to earn more income and have a better quality life but most of my friends don’t plan to become citizens because they want to retire in their own country.”
Due to the difference in exchange rate between the Singapore dollar and the Malaysian ringgit, Malaysians can usually earn more than twice their pay back home.
Despite the racial discrimination they face in Malaysia, quite a number still want to retire there because of the lower cost of living. To put it bluntly, they want to enjoy the “best of both worlds” – working and earning in Singapore, but enjoying life in Malaysia.
Some Malaysians buy resale flats in Singapore low prices in the 1980s and 1990s and sell them for a healthy profit years later when they return to Malaysia, thereby “milking” our system without contributing to it.
The PAP regime should conduct an in-depth study and survey to find out the underlying reasons behind the reluctance of Singapore PRs to take up citizenships instead of resorting to veiled threats to force them to do so as per its usual modus operandi.
