Qualified immigrants shun Singapore

will4 SG

One of my India ex-colleague made this point. He said that he read the HDB rules about housing for local citizen and he compared it to the rules for foreigners. He said that he felt sorry for Singaporeans that we have so much limitation to owning a house in Singapore. He felt that the govt made such policies that are so disadvantages to its own citizen, so how can they expect Singaporeans to stay in Singapore? And foreigners who come to know of such policies will also shun away because simply it does not benefit them. its better to stay a PR and then grab what they can and then go back to their homeland like India or China. But poor Singaporeans has no place to go.

I felt sorry for my fellow Singaporeans too. I told him unfortunately, we have no place else to go ....

I read a book about Spore HDB flats, the owner need to seek permission from the authority to rent out the flat to others.

gigabyte14 SG

they liddat say only

after a few years, they will like it here 1

it's always like this

fishbuff SG

5 years from now, what will be sg environment be like? can an island like sg hold 7 million?! Will the govt give a damn about your well being? if they do, they wont open the flood gate to get all 3rd class migrants into sg. how many family's men and women had their jobs displaced? how many are facing the stress and worries of losing their jobs due to their age? will u be free from the dictatorship of PAP? or will the matrix be a better place than the real world?

phil30k SG

Dear Poh,

Having read Mr. Nair's essay, I'd like to suggest and alternative point of view. I believe FT choose where they will work based on quality of life and salary.

Simply put, Singapore may not be able to afford them and they left, lured by the prospects of higer pay, better perks and more fun things to spend their money on.

ceecookie SG

Qualified immigrants shun Singapore.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The news media Asiaone reports on Wed January 23, 2008 the story "It's S'pore's gain even if 30-40% of immigrants settle here: MM Lee".

In the story, Lee Kuan Yew finally admits that it is becoming increasingly difficult to persuade foreign skilled workers and professionals to settle in Singapore. He admits that capable Singaporeans themselves are leaving Singapore for good. Although foreigners come to Singapore to take up temporary jobs, he admits most do not wish to make Singapore home. Therefore he says, he will be happy even if 30 to 40% of Chinese and Indians decide to settle permanently there. He does not talk of other foreigners such as from the West. Therefore it can be assumed that almost no one from the liberal west likes to live in Singapore.

With the current corrupted state of the PAP government,its no wonder that more locals here are leaving Singapore for good.

qlqq9 SG

Pathetic, really! More Singaporeans leaving Singapore and majority of FTs and FWs don't want to stay on. What will become of Singapore in 10 or 20 years's time! PAP has themselves to blame.

For your info, will4 - HDB owners cannot sell their flats to any race but has to adhere to the rules and guidelines of HDB to sell their flats. The outerior of the flats does not belong to the HDB flat owners but belong to gahmen PAP. Besides this there are still other limitations of HDB house owners. With PAP expect that there will always be limitations good or bad, more like protecting the interests of PAP. With PAP, the citizens will always live within the fence set by them.

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