SMU prof debunks govt's criteria for population numbers

[Confuseous]

DAVID CHAN, Director of the Behavioural Sciences Institute and professor of psychology at SMU says:

"The POPULATION discussion should pay much more attention to social integration, which is not "nice to have" - it is critical and foundational. Without reasonable integration, large population size will pose security, social and political challenges that make diversity a liability when it could be an asset to Singapore.

Social integration takes time to develop and once damaged is difficult to restore. The degree of social integration and the pace of its development is not as controllable as the number of foreigners we take in. Citizen well-being and the state of social integration should be the key factors when deciding the number and type of foreigners we want to take in each year.

Large number of foreigners create threats to cohesion from crowding, clustering, competition, comparisons and conflict."

 

[Sir_Fcuk]

Wah lao don't need professor say, every SBF Bro/Sis and even spg also know

 

[MaiTuLiow]

Wah lao don't need professor say, every SBF Bro/Sis and even spg also know

Everybody knows. But the MIW pretends not to know.

Thats why need professor to say in very explicit clear term.

Maybe professor also wayang for MIW to beat a retreat given the hostile sentiment towards that white paper.

 

[johnny333]

Wah lao don't need professor say, every SBF Bro/Sis and even spg also know

For an academic in Spore to come out & crticise the gov't is a risky thing. Things that have happened in the past to those who have dared to question the gov't include loss of job, get sued, imprisoned,....

 

[streetsmart73]

hi there


1. what social integration leh
2. aiyoh!
3. dafter sheep shall begin throwing in some water festival here, there.
4. and all kinds of festive celebrations things.
5. calling it social integration hoh:p
6. nothing else matters except gdp!

 

[TracyTan866]

Wah lao don't need professor say, every SBF Bro/Sis and even spg also know

but the pap doesnt know...

 

[MaiTuLiow]

but the pap doesnt know...

Or they pretend not to know...

 

[Confuseous]

Or they pretend not to know...

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...or they know but boh chap whether you know that they know

 

[laksaboy]

Wah lao don't need professor say, every SBF Bro/Sis and even spg also know

Anyone with a modicum of intelligence will know this.

Those who claim to not know it are in denial.

 

[Kinana]

Er.. he didn't debunk, he questioned.
Maybe you shld read before you posted.

 

[streetsmart73]

Anyone with a modicum of intelligence will know this.

Those who claim to not know it are in denial.

hi there


1. i guess there are at least 2 individuals here who are in the same denial camp.
2. bitch/cunt and kopi.
3. a third possible: sammy

 

[laksaboy]

Or they pretend not to know...

Or they're covering their ears going "lalala, I can't hear you".

 

[Rogue Trader]

Wah lao don't need professor say, every SBF Bro/Sis and even spg also know

Citizens, including professors, can all eat shit because Pap is the cleverest