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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - More Indians than Malays in Singapore</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>holeinmany <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>May-25 8:42 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 41) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>33665.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/05/impossible-to-determine-if-fewer-foreigners-were-accepted/
New Citizen 22 May 2010
@chowpap
I think you are wrong. The Singaporean Indian population closing up with Malays. There are 9.2% Indian Singaporean as of last year up from 7.x%. While Malay population drop from 14.x% to 13.x%. This is for 3.2 million Singaporeans. For the rest of 1.8 million foreigners (PR and non-PR), there
are about 250k of Indian workers (& their siblings) from India but nearly none Malays from Malaysia/Indonesia. Therefore, out of 5 million Singapore residents, there are more Indians (Singaporean and Foreigner Indians) than Malays. No wonder, you see more indians in MRT, shopping malls,etc than Malays. I think people will somehow be shocked to find out this.
Why Singapore gov allow large infux (as percentage of Singapore population) of Indian workers? Because our dear gov has signed trade agreement with India that opens job market in IT, Finance/Banking, Health-care, etc since 2005 (recently just being reviewed and India government asked for more) for India.
The problem for the influx is that we are not getting real talents (PMETs) because 90% plus of these indian workers are unemployed in India and many are with unknown degrees which Singapore gov doesn’t bother to question. Also, they are unlikely to be as hardworking as other nationalities (this is true observation – no discrimination).
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New Citizen 22 May 2010
@chowpap
I think you are wrong. The Singaporean Indian population closing up with Malays. There are 9.2% Indian Singaporean as of last year up from 7.x%. While Malay population drop from 14.x% to 13.x%. This is for 3.2 million Singaporeans. For the rest of 1.8 million foreigners (PR and non-PR), there
are about 250k of Indian workers (& their siblings) from India but nearly none Malays from Malaysia/Indonesia. Therefore, out of 5 million Singapore residents, there are more Indians (Singaporean and Foreigner Indians) than Malays. No wonder, you see more indians in MRT, shopping malls,etc than Malays. I think people will somehow be shocked to find out this.
Why Singapore gov allow large infux (as percentage of Singapore population) of Indian workers? Because our dear gov has signed trade agreement with India that opens job market in IT, Finance/Banking, Health-care, etc since 2005 (recently just being reviewed and India government asked for more) for India.
The problem for the influx is that we are not getting real talents (PMETs) because 90% plus of these indian workers are unemployed in India and many are with unknown degrees which Singapore gov doesn’t bother to question. Also, they are unlikely to be as hardworking as other nationalities (this is true observation – no discrimination).
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