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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->RESPONDING to her letter last Saturday ('Please give PRs a break'), I wish to state that Ms Chan Mei Kuen is fortunate to have received a scholarship from a Singapore hospital for her overseas education. This is an opportunity many Singaporeans can only dream of. Before she repays her benefactor, she is demanding more. Could our hospitals not offer scholarships to more deserving and less demanding 'talent'? Surely our excellent education system produces enough Singaporeans who qualify to learn how to take x-ray photos?
Ms Chan reminds Singaporeans that middle-class foreign workers exist in Singapore and their immense contributions in taxes and so on. I would like to remind her it was her decision to work here. If she is talented enough to qualify for a scholarship, surely she has done her sums before making the choice.
Her reason for choosing not to become a citizen so she can still visit family at home and be reminded of her roots is baffling. However, it is a fact that many people, Singapore citizens included, want to earn their money here and head for Malaysia or Australia for retirement.
Perhaps, as Ms Chan suggested, Singapore should be less liberal in handing out permanent residence. How many countries offer a middle-class worker PR in eight months? Kuah Kar Yoke (Ms)
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->RESPONDING to her letter last Saturday ('Please give PRs a break'), I wish to state that Ms Chan Mei Kuen is fortunate to have received a scholarship from a Singapore hospital for her overseas education. This is an opportunity many Singaporeans can only dream of. Before she repays her benefactor, she is demanding more. Could our hospitals not offer scholarships to more deserving and less demanding 'talent'? Surely our excellent education system produces enough Singaporeans who qualify to learn how to take x-ray photos?
Ms Chan reminds Singaporeans that middle-class foreign workers exist in Singapore and their immense contributions in taxes and so on. I would like to remind her it was her decision to work here. If she is talented enough to qualify for a scholarship, surely she has done her sums before making the choice.
Her reason for choosing not to become a citizen so she can still visit family at home and be reminded of her roots is baffling. However, it is a fact that many people, Singapore citizens included, want to earn their money here and head for Malaysia or Australia for retirement.
Perhaps, as Ms Chan suggested, Singapore should be less liberal in handing out permanent residence. How many countries offer a middle-class worker PR in eight months? Kuah Kar Yoke (Ms)
