Do Singaporeans look down on Malaysians?

[Sinkiesuk]

My friend working in ICA told me that only 10% of Malaysians willing to convert to Singaporeans
The rest all insist to maintain their Singapore blue ic

Maintains blue and choose pr. Older generations msian chink wanna have sinkie citizenship. Now mostly wan pr as is best for both world.

 

[congo9]

So these WP work permit jiu hu kia must pay higher tax

 

[syed putra]

So these WP work permit jiu hu kia must pay higher tax

Dont blame them. They get hired by sinkie based regional multinational hq the moment they graduate. They get house loan, car loan, but work in sinkie use company car and mrt. Plus rent house or room. Expat package 0nly for First year. Plus PAP immediately give PR for entire famiky mother father brother sister.

 

[KingFook Sr]

Gus Xie

Lived in Singapore

Why do many Singaporeans look down on Malaysians?

As a Malaysian ASEAN scholar who lived and studied in Singapore for 4 years, I think there's many ways to look at the love-hate relationship across the Causeway.

I think Singaporeans generally do tend to have a superiority complex when it comes to Malaysia on account of the stronger Singapore dollar relative to the Malaysian Ringgit, its better infrastructure, its better-ranked education system, its more meritocratic policies, etc. My Singaporean friends would often make jokes about how many Malaysian construction projects go unfinished, how Proton is a joke of a car manufacturer, how inefficient and irrational the Malaysian government can seem when compared to the PAP, how Malaysian politicians routinely get away with corruption, etc. It would be fair to say that Singaporeans are very confident in the superiority of their government's policies and management of the country since its break from Malaysia.

At the same time, there's also an envy for what Singaporeans perceive as 'being greener' on the Malaysian side: a less stressful and 'simpler' life experience, the freedom that comes from living in a larger country where the government can't really regulate and micro-manage everything even if it wanted to, things like food and property generally being cheaper, cars not really being a luxury item since there's no need to bid for a COE or pay so much for the ERP, etc. Malaysians tend to take its natural assets like national parks, island resorts, beautiful beaches, mountain ranges and wide, open spaces for granted ... but none of these are widely available in land-scarce Singapore. There's also some cultural nostalgia projected on Malaysia, since Singapore's more technocratic policies and wiping out of Chinese dialects have resulted in limited cultural and linguistic diversity.

My experience may be slightly different from the norm, since my status as a scholar sponsored by Singapore's Ministry of Education put me in the 'foreign talent' category, but I think Singaporeans relate too well to Malaysians to really 'look down' on them. There are no significant linguistic (provided you are comfortable in English) or cultural differences that can serve as a barrier to socialization, unlike with foreigners from mainland China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam or Thailand.

Many Singaporeans also have families back in Malaysia (or even a Malaysian parent with a Singapore PR status) and some of the founding fathers of the PAP were from Malaysia, so there's too much of a shared history for Singaporeans to categorically look down on Malaysians.

https://qr.ae/pClkAh (QUORA)

SG PM is the son of a Malaysian.

 

[syed putra]

SG PM is the son of a Malaysian.

Malaysian PM wife was born in singapore

 

[face the facts]

I respect the Malaysia, almost everyone has a free hold landed house or apartment, very affordable car, low cost of living and their government not trying to suck every blood from your body.
Their ministers are not highly paid!

fucking spot on....stupid sinkees can only dream of doing that yet they think we are better off?
jiuhukias working here are just quietly smiling to themselves......