I agree. Now this is the next logical question to be asked. Given that there are over 2 million of all these FTs all over the place, exactly who is our military threat? Who will send missiles or planes to bomb us? The Chinese? The Malaysians? Indonesians? The US? Who? Any missile attack or air raid into Singapore stands a 2 in 5 chance of killing their own citizens. If a missile fired from an enemy lands somewhere in singapore and kills 550 people, well, statistically speaking, 300 of the dead will be sinkies, 50 will be PRs but still citizens of another country, 100 will be Tiongs, etc. Therefore, there is a very good chance that an enemy attacking us will give a fair number of its own citizens. Furthermore, if lets say the Indonesians were the aggressor, the next day, all 250,000 of them working as DW or what else will be rounded up for fear of 5th column activity. I will volunteer my armour unit to shoot 10,000 of them every 24 hours until Indonesia has ceased hostility.
This is what is known as the FT dividend. If you let in so many, they have to be your human shield, and if they are your human shield, then you save money by cutting your defence budget from $14 billion to maybe $1 billion. But this is not happening. Ever ask yourself why?