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March 4, 2010 by Our Correspondent
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http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/0...-against-ruling-partys-foreign-talent-policy/
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Following the footsteps of 15 year old Kenneth Lin who set up a Facebook group asking PAP’s strongman Lee Kuan Yew to apologize for his disparaging remarks made about Singaporeans, another young Singaporean has stood up and voiced her disagreement with the ruling party’s policies.
Temasek Junior College student Nur Sakinha Rahmat has set up a Facebook group asking Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to take a train ride with her to see for himself how crowded it is:
The description of the group reads:
“Our government has plans to increase our population to 6.5 million. Granted out current transport, as well as living, conditions, how feasible will this plan be? I have one simple request; can the cabinet ministers please board the MRT at peak hour, squeezing with everyone in the carriages, before they make their decision?”
The group has attracted more than 200 members so far.
Lee Kuan Yew had earlier said in an interview with the Straits Times that he knew that Singaporeans are unhappy with the crowding in buses and MRT trains and promise to “slow down” the inflow of foreigners.
The ruling party’s liberal immigration and pro-foreigner policies have sparked widespread discontent, unhappiness and anger among Singaporeans from all age groups from the very young to the very old.
Soon after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong assumed his position in 2003, he announced his ambitious plan to increase Singapore’s population to 6.5 million people by 2030.
All of sudden, the floodgates were flung open to foreigners without making the adequate preparations to cope with the expected increase in population.
Only 11,000 HDB flats were built between the years 2006 – 2008 when there were more than 90,000 PRs and 20,000 new citizens in the year 2008 alone resulting in the sky-rocketing prices we see today.
Buses and MRT trains are overcrowded during peak hours with passengers packed like sardines. COEs of cars continue to shoot through the roof, exacerbated by rich PRs and new citizens entering an already saturated market.
According to a recent Wall Street Journal editorial, the relentless influx of foreigners into Singapore over the last few years has depressed the wages of ordinary Singaporeans, increased the cost of living, especially that of public housing, decreased labor productivity and led to an overall decline in the standards of living.
Nur Sakinha’s request is likely to fall on deaf ears – how can she expect the world’s richest ministers to board a MRT train meant for “lesser mortals” during the peak hours?
A more feasible way is for her to create awareness among her peers and vote out the PAP when she is eligible to vote.
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March 4, 2010 by Our Correspondent
Filed under Headlines
Leave a comment
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/0...-against-ruling-partys-foreign-talent-policy/
Written by Our Correspondent
Following the footsteps of 15 year old Kenneth Lin who set up a Facebook group asking PAP’s strongman Lee Kuan Yew to apologize for his disparaging remarks made about Singaporeans, another young Singaporean has stood up and voiced her disagreement with the ruling party’s policies.
Temasek Junior College student Nur Sakinha Rahmat has set up a Facebook group asking Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to take a train ride with her to see for himself how crowded it is:
The description of the group reads:
“Our government has plans to increase our population to 6.5 million. Granted out current transport, as well as living, conditions, how feasible will this plan be? I have one simple request; can the cabinet ministers please board the MRT at peak hour, squeezing with everyone in the carriages, before they make their decision?”
The group has attracted more than 200 members so far.
Lee Kuan Yew had earlier said in an interview with the Straits Times that he knew that Singaporeans are unhappy with the crowding in buses and MRT trains and promise to “slow down” the inflow of foreigners.
The ruling party’s liberal immigration and pro-foreigner policies have sparked widespread discontent, unhappiness and anger among Singaporeans from all age groups from the very young to the very old.
Soon after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong assumed his position in 2003, he announced his ambitious plan to increase Singapore’s population to 6.5 million people by 2030.
All of sudden, the floodgates were flung open to foreigners without making the adequate preparations to cope with the expected increase in population.
Only 11,000 HDB flats were built between the years 2006 – 2008 when there were more than 90,000 PRs and 20,000 new citizens in the year 2008 alone resulting in the sky-rocketing prices we see today.
Buses and MRT trains are overcrowded during peak hours with passengers packed like sardines. COEs of cars continue to shoot through the roof, exacerbated by rich PRs and new citizens entering an already saturated market.
According to a recent Wall Street Journal editorial, the relentless influx of foreigners into Singapore over the last few years has depressed the wages of ordinary Singaporeans, increased the cost of living, especially that of public housing, decreased labor productivity and led to an overall decline in the standards of living.
Nur Sakinha’s request is likely to fall on deaf ears – how can she expect the world’s richest ministers to board a MRT train meant for “lesser mortals” during the peak hours?
A more feasible way is for her to create awareness among her peers and vote out the PAP when she is eligible to vote.
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