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Dec 22, 2009
Tweak P1 balloting rule to differentiate old citizens from new
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I REFER to yesterday's report, 'School fee changes for non-Singaporeans', which announced that Singaporeans will get two ballot slips - one more than permanent residents - when they have to ballot for a place in the Primary 1 school registration exercise.
Many expatriate couples usually strategise by having one spouse take up Singapore citizenship to enjoy subsidies in housing, childcare and education while the other retains the couple's native citizenship, even though both are equally qualified for Singapore citizenship.
By that definition, they are automatically categorised as a newly formed Singapore citizen household. There are many such households here. So it may be better to categorise Singaporean households as old and new. Families in which the father has been an active national serviceman can have two ballots. Also, those with both parents born in Singapore.
This way, new Singapore citizen households will not compete directly with native Singapore citizen households. At the same time, it will add to the benefits of serving the nation.
Edmund Lin
Tweak P1 balloting rule to differentiate old citizens from new
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I REFER to yesterday's report, 'School fee changes for non-Singaporeans', which announced that Singaporeans will get two ballot slips - one more than permanent residents - when they have to ballot for a place in the Primary 1 school registration exercise.
Many expatriate couples usually strategise by having one spouse take up Singapore citizenship to enjoy subsidies in housing, childcare and education while the other retains the couple's native citizenship, even though both are equally qualified for Singapore citizenship.
By that definition, they are automatically categorised as a newly formed Singapore citizen household. There are many such households here. So it may be better to categorise Singaporean households as old and new. Families in which the father has been an active national serviceman can have two ballots. Also, those with both parents born in Singapore.
This way, new Singapore citizen households will not compete directly with native Singapore citizen households. At the same time, it will add to the benefits of serving the nation.
Edmund Lin
