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Singapore Immigration on the eve of SM Goh’s takeover
January 26th, 2011 | Author: Contributions
In 1990, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong of the ruling PAP (People’s Action Party) became Prime Minister. He promoted a policy of massive immigration far beyond population replacement levels. From the 1997 Asian financial crisis onwards, negative impact of immigration became a problem.
The PAP regime claimed Singapore had always been a cosmopolitan and globalized hub. However, was Singapore always so globalized as claimed by the PAP? A short article described Singapore immigration as of 1989, the year before SM Goh took over. The URL was http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-11806.html. Below were the main points
* Singapore had a population of 2,674,362 in July 1989. (This was about half of the 2010 population.)
* TFR (Total fertility rate) was 1.6. (2010 TFR was 1.16. More immigrants meant less babies born)
* The 1980 census reported that 9% of Singapore’s population were not citizens.
* The “aliens” were divided into SPRs (Singapore Permanent Residents) (3.6%) and nonresidents (5.5%). Unlike the PAP regime, the writer did not group SPRs and citizens together.
* The immigrants of the 1980s fell into two distinct categories. The first was category, unskilled labour for factories and service positions. It mainly composed young unmarried people from Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and India.
* Regulations prohibited their marrying without prior official permission and required women to be tested for pregnancy every six months–measures intended to make it difficult for them to attain Singaporean residence or citizenship by becoming the spouse or parent of a citizen.
* The second category comprised skilled workers, professionals and managers mainly working for multinational corporations. They came from Japan, Western Europe, North America, and Australia.
* Predominately middle-aged and often accompanied by their families, they were immigrants only in the strict sense of the government’s population registration and had no intention of settling permanently in Singapore.
* The acquisition of Singapore citizenship was a long with application for SPR status.
* After residing in Singapore for two to ten years, depending on skills and professional qualifications, SPRs could apply to the Registry of Citizens for citizenship. In 1987 citizenship was granted to 4,607 applicants and denied to 1,603 applicants. (In 2009, citizenships were granted to 19 928 applicants)
* The 1980 census showed that 85.5% of citizens had been born in Singapore.
* From July 1987 to June 1988, records show that 2700 Singaporeans emigrated to Australia, 1000 to Canada, 400 to the United States, and 97 to New Zealand.
* In 1989 a special government committee was reported to be devising policies to discourage emigration by professionals and managers. (From 2000 onwards, more professionals and managers had to emigrate because supposedly foreign talent were brought in by the PAP regime to replace them)
January 26th, 2011 | Author: Contributions
In 1990, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong of the ruling PAP (People’s Action Party) became Prime Minister. He promoted a policy of massive immigration far beyond population replacement levels. From the 1997 Asian financial crisis onwards, negative impact of immigration became a problem.
The PAP regime claimed Singapore had always been a cosmopolitan and globalized hub. However, was Singapore always so globalized as claimed by the PAP? A short article described Singapore immigration as of 1989, the year before SM Goh took over. The URL was http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-11806.html. Below were the main points
* Singapore had a population of 2,674,362 in July 1989. (This was about half of the 2010 population.)
* TFR (Total fertility rate) was 1.6. (2010 TFR was 1.16. More immigrants meant less babies born)
* The 1980 census reported that 9% of Singapore’s population were not citizens.
* The “aliens” were divided into SPRs (Singapore Permanent Residents) (3.6%) and nonresidents (5.5%). Unlike the PAP regime, the writer did not group SPRs and citizens together.
* The immigrants of the 1980s fell into two distinct categories. The first was category, unskilled labour for factories and service positions. It mainly composed young unmarried people from Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and India.
* Regulations prohibited their marrying without prior official permission and required women to be tested for pregnancy every six months–measures intended to make it difficult for them to attain Singaporean residence or citizenship by becoming the spouse or parent of a citizen.
* The second category comprised skilled workers, professionals and managers mainly working for multinational corporations. They came from Japan, Western Europe, North America, and Australia.
* Predominately middle-aged and often accompanied by their families, they were immigrants only in the strict sense of the government’s population registration and had no intention of settling permanently in Singapore.
* The acquisition of Singapore citizenship was a long with application for SPR status.
* After residing in Singapore for two to ten years, depending on skills and professional qualifications, SPRs could apply to the Registry of Citizens for citizenship. In 1987 citizenship was granted to 4,607 applicants and denied to 1,603 applicants. (In 2009, citizenships were granted to 19 928 applicants)
* The 1980 census showed that 85.5% of citizens had been born in Singapore.
* From July 1987 to June 1988, records show that 2700 Singaporeans emigrated to Australia, 1000 to Canada, 400 to the United States, and 97 to New Zealand.
* In 1989 a special government committee was reported to be devising policies to discourage emigration by professionals and managers. (From 2000 onwards, more professionals and managers had to emigrate because supposedly foreign talent were brought in by the PAP regime to replace them)
