Honest Mistakes? Or Cannot Be Helped?

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July 29th, 2011 |

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As regular readers will know, I’m pretty cynical about the pronouncements made by ministers. But whatever little faith I had has been shaken badly in recent weeks.
I’ve never believed the stories about PRC prostitutes, sales assistant, hawkers and manual workers becoming PRs easily. I thought the only people who got PRs easily were Malaysian Chinese graduates from our universities or from overseas universities. Even Malaysian Indians graduates have difficulty becoming PRs. So I thought PRC prostitutes and shop assistants getting to be PRs was a Singaporean urban myth.
So it was to my great surprise to find out that a 30-something Chinese citizen working as a shop assistant is a PR. She had come to prominence when she assaulted an SMRT officer for daring to ask her to pay her child’s fare. As she is reported to be married to a taxi driver, I am wondering if her hubby is a PRC PR too. I understand only locals can drive taxis but I’ve been in cabs where the youngish drivers could only speak Mandarin.
Then there was the case of two PRC hawkers who were PRs. Their PR status was only made public when they were attacked by a local.
So PM, are these three documented cases honest mistakes by immigration officers? Or were they (and others) made PRs because “cannot be helped”? They had the thing your dad seems to value most, they were genetically pure-breed Chinese from China. His views on the tropics sapping the strength of people from cooler climates are well known.
As I don’t expect an answer from PM, I hope one of the Opposition MPs can ask in Parliament how come shop assistants and hawkers can become PRs? But I fear (Mrs Chiam excepted) they may be more interested in buttering up the PAP in the hope of becoming part of the ruling coalition after the next general election.
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Source: Thoughts of a Cynical Investor

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