Ar. Uncle Andrew is always angry.. Im sure everyone here is used
to it by now.
I understand where you are coming from. I sorta faced/may face
the same situation as you did. That is why I said the government
has to invest more on it's people! But we do need foreign scholars
coming in, but at the same time we do not want these scholars just
using as a stepping stone to other things, as such we have to beef
up the liberal nature of the current policy, the anybody just come
mentality just would not do. But that said, think abt it, most of
these scholars who leave their country are ppl who aspire for
greater things, right? So by that, every scholar we sponsor is a
risk we take. But a risk we need to take, given our situation. I
haven't been in singapore schools in a while, but what I hear from
my friends, these china ppl are being outwardly ostracized in
school, and made to be unwelcomed. I know I'll be shot by Uncle
Andrew for saying this. But how we expect to keep the very best,
when we don't even welcome them as one of our own. That is the
struggle for our government, there can pour in millions into this,
but if Singaporeans are not supportive of this influx, it just
wouldnt work out. Which is why they need to do more for
Singaporeans to make them feel that they are not being ignored at
the expense of these foreign scholars. To this, I think the
administration has not done well.
it wasn't always like this, when i was in primary to secondary
school, we had an ocassional addition from china every now and then
and back then being ostracized was rare especially against PRCs.
you don't even hear people talking about who's from china. no one
cares, if anything we see them as people who did poorly for eng and
great for mother tongue.come to think about it, i don't even hear
about pei du mamas. we thought it was great to have a PRC student
in our class, it made us feel special.
its different nowdays, they're streaming in at a rate like
our Town council fund going out and bringing all sorts of
habits/behaviours we don't agree with. we're not saints, not saying
we don't have faults or anything but that doesn't mean we
have to tolerate them and their habits. if they're getting
ostracized, its not for no reason.
while theres a need to be understanding, it stops after a
certain point, you don't go to another person's house and behave
badly.
anyway I don't hate them, i just don't like large numbers of
them, not to the point i feel like a foreigner in my own country. i
understand the need for talents but not to the point when i can
walk down the streets with 2-300 people and it seems like only 50
and singaporeans.