Is interesting that you point to assimilation of foreigners into our society but mentioned nothing about assimilation into our government, a point which I've been trying to highlight to you.
Nothing to do with whether is ok to import foreign talent or otherwise. Nothing to do with whether our society is homogeneous or otherwise. Nothing to do with anything else. Is just about whether foreign talents will become members of our government in time to come.
So please don't kid yourself either. One can't expect to have their cakes and eat it too. If that were to be the case, we'll have a dynasty, nothing more, nothing less.
HSK didn't mention about bringing foreigners into the cabinet... you are stretching to extremes ... that 's not even in the Constitution either.
HSK speech to NTU students
Singaporeans need to be open and understanding of foreigners - whether immigrants or workers and students from other countries (
where is government ministers mentioned ? ) - so that they have the confidence to interact with people of all races, languages and cultures from around the world, said Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat.
It will be
very negative for Singaporeans to draw an exclusive circle for themselves as Singapore would then have no place in the world.
On the projected population of 6.9 million by 2030, set out in the Government's 2013 Population White Paper, Mr Heng said the number goes beyond how densely populated Singapore would be. The social space is as important.
Singapore's population density is not excessive, he said, noting that other cities are a lot more crowded in terms of liveable space.
He cited former chief planner Liu Thai Ker, who said in 2014 that Singapore should plan for 10 million people for it to remain sustainable in the long term.
Giving an account of a constituent who was not comfortable with having foreigners working in his company, Mr Heng said there lies a "difficult trade-off" of integration Singaporeans have to make.
