Just noticed there is a lot of talk about foreigners in
Singapore. i get it... and suddenly to be remotely associated
as a PRC is a BAAD thing.
Some Singaporean friends i speak to say as "long as you did NS,"
you're cool.
But I wanted to ask how cool you are with foreigners? To what
extent does National Service give a foreigner the right to be a
citizen?
There are the full foreigners that have green cards... they are
not eligible for what seems to be increasing benefits for
Singaporeans (like cheap schools.. ha ha or voting... lol)
But they are foreigners none-the-less.
Then There are the PRs.. that are here to "make money' try and
purchase HDB property and live here as a resident while keeping
onto their own citizenship. Some of them enjoy cheaper
University and school costs here.
Then there are the PRs that have completed national service and
are citizens.
How cool are you with the 3rd type? Are they accepted amongst
you? Or are they still foreign and should pack up?
There are many types of foreigners. You have to get clear
who is who first.
Foreign talent/Foreign workers: Foreign talents and workers
holder certain qualification and skills. They come to Singapore to
work and never intend to stay long in Singapore.
Immigrants are people who left their country and migrate to
Singapore.
What the Singaporean detest is not the foreigners themselves but
rarer the government's funny policy in importing people into
Singapore. Why do we spend so much money to artificially
import people to Singapore, without first considering the
benefit of Singaporeans?
The growth of population in Singapore is so dramatical over the
years. Our facilities, transports and employments cannot
coped with sudden increased.
NS does not meant anything at all. All the females Singaporeans
do not do NS. This do not made the females a lesser Singaporeans
then a male. And how about the people who migrate at the age of 35
years, they are too old to do NS. And this argument can goes on. NS
is nothing of relevance to migration policy.
