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[h=2]Do you think SG economy can be sustained if not for PRs & FTs?[/h]
July 11th, 2012 |
Author: Contributions
Sure we have heartless people in the country where I come from. But that’s not the issue here. You are putting the blame of old folks having to work, on FTs and FWs. I may not be home to take care of my old folks but I make sure they are well provided for.
Someone in a previous post labeled Singaporeans as ingrates. I agree with him. This country was built on foreign labor’s sweat and blood. You might have benefited directly from it yourself. Just take for example the undeclared income Singaporeans earned from rental from foreigners. My previous landlady rented her “one room locked” apartment to me and my friends for 9 years. I calculated that she got back the entire value of her flat during that time. The truth is, we spend most of what we earned here. Do you think the economy would have been able to sustain if not for PRs and foreigners? Do you think locals alone can support all the businesses, f&b outlets, taxi services etc?
Back to the issue about elderly folks having to work tough jobs. One observation I have made is the ever present long queues of old folks outside Singapore Pools and Turf Club outlets every Sat and Sun. I don’t mean to be judgmental but from the looks of them, I don’t think many of them can really afford to spend so much on lottery. I do buy occasionally but often, when I am standing behind one of these old folks in the queue, I cringe at the amount some of them spend. I will never be able to get myself to spend $300 on lottery in a single day or even a single month for that matter. It is just too much. So please don’t go around pointing fingers for every problem you face.
Many of you are probably applauding the tightening measures your gov’t is imposing on foreigners and PRs, like increasing school fees, removing medical subsidies etc. And you are clamoring for more measures. But what you don’t realize is this… it is not going to solve your problems because these measures are forcing foreigners and PRs to take up citizenship. Public transport is not going to get any less crowded, jobs are not going to get more, your kids are not going to do better in class ranking or have higher chance to get into a good school. Instead, the same people who used to be “disadvantaged” are now enjoying equal privileges as you and you can’t say a thing about it. If you don’t already know, it is mandatory for PRs’ sons to serve NS. So actually, the main reason most foreigners still hang on to their citizenship is out of loyalty to their countries. Otherwise, there is little reason for them not to take up citizenship. So who wins in the end? Think about it.
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Anonymous
* Comment first appeared on Lucky Tan’s blog: UK Labor Party Chief Admits Error in Immigration Policy
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Editor’s note: With regard to NS, unlike Singaporeans, PRs have the option to renounce their PR status before 18 if they do not want to serve NS. This is not possible for Singaporeans.
Sure we have heartless people in the country where I come from. But that’s not the issue here. You are putting the blame of old folks having to work, on FTs and FWs. I may not be home to take care of my old folks but I make sure they are well provided for.
Someone in a previous post labeled Singaporeans as ingrates. I agree with him. This country was built on foreign labor’s sweat and blood. You might have benefited directly from it yourself. Just take for example the undeclared income Singaporeans earned from rental from foreigners. My previous landlady rented her “one room locked” apartment to me and my friends for 9 years. I calculated that she got back the entire value of her flat during that time. The truth is, we spend most of what we earned here. Do you think the economy would have been able to sustain if not for PRs and foreigners? Do you think locals alone can support all the businesses, f&b outlets, taxi services etc?
Back to the issue about elderly folks having to work tough jobs. One observation I have made is the ever present long queues of old folks outside Singapore Pools and Turf Club outlets every Sat and Sun. I don’t mean to be judgmental but from the looks of them, I don’t think many of them can really afford to spend so much on lottery. I do buy occasionally but often, when I am standing behind one of these old folks in the queue, I cringe at the amount some of them spend. I will never be able to get myself to spend $300 on lottery in a single day or even a single month for that matter. It is just too much. So please don’t go around pointing fingers for every problem you face.
Many of you are probably applauding the tightening measures your gov’t is imposing on foreigners and PRs, like increasing school fees, removing medical subsidies etc. And you are clamoring for more measures. But what you don’t realize is this… it is not going to solve your problems because these measures are forcing foreigners and PRs to take up citizenship. Public transport is not going to get any less crowded, jobs are not going to get more, your kids are not going to do better in class ranking or have higher chance to get into a good school. Instead, the same people who used to be “disadvantaged” are now enjoying equal privileges as you and you can’t say a thing about it. If you don’t already know, it is mandatory for PRs’ sons to serve NS. So actually, the main reason most foreigners still hang on to their citizenship is out of loyalty to their countries. Otherwise, there is little reason for them not to take up citizenship. So who wins in the end? Think about it.
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Anonymous
* Comment first appeared on Lucky Tan’s blog: UK Labor Party Chief Admits Error in Immigration Policy
.
Editor’s note: With regard to NS, unlike Singaporeans, PRs have the option to renounce their PR status before 18 if they do not want to serve NS. This is not possible for Singaporeans.
