PR Prateek Garg smacked his playmate for calling him Indian

last SG · 2010-03-31T17:35:51+00:00

as far as i know, australia students need not pay school fees until after they grad

SQ999 SG

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_507289.html

THREE-YEAR-OLD Prateek Garg once smacked his Chinese playmate for calling him Indian. 'I'm Singaporean!' bawled the child, whose favourite food is chicken rice.

His mum, training and development manager Shweta Garg, 30, came to Singapore from India in 2004. Dad Vishal Garg, 32, is an assistant vice-president at Barclays Capital. They are permanent residents (PRs) here.

Having picked up the Singaporean kiasu (afraid to lose) trait, the Gargs moved to a Marine Parade condominium to improve Prateek's chances of getting into nearby Tao Nan School or Ngee Ann Primary School.

But a slew of recent changes to favour citizens over PRs means they get one fewer ballot than citizens for places in popular schools.

'I totally agree that Singaporeans must be given a privilege, but we are doing our part for the country and giving back to it,' said Mrs Garg, about the recent changes that range from public housing to education and health care.

'If my son can't get into a good school because of the balloting, what do I tell him? That it was because you are not Singaporean?'

Today's Insight asks PRs what they feel about the recent changes, and whether they are now encouraged to sink roots here or seek greener pastures elsewhere.

SQ999 SG

The PRs/FTs are now publicly and openly stating they are smacking Singaporean (most prob, they put race only but its plain obvious the chinese kid is a sgp since if its another PR im sure the parents will not rest easily).

PRs/FTs are putting it on national paper they denounced the govt for not giving them enough priviledges, threatening as usual they will seek greener pastures if not given equal rights. Stating that they are contributing as much if not more to Singapore then Singaporeans??

More then often, we keep having the same group of these FTs writing to ST Forum complaining about our system, YET they are the ones staying in our country, sucking on our economy, taking away the higher paying jobs, enjoying the high lives in Singapore AND they COMPLAIN THE MOST ABOUT unfairness?!?!?!

If the govt still does not realise why singapore CITIZENS are unhappy about the way PRs and FTs are throwing their weight around us, please OPEN ur eyes and READ! this is but the tip of an iceberg, there are plenty more out there who are worse!

One Harmonius Blend SG

FT everything also want good, no good they complain

SQ999 SG

Worse thing is the report also say they are influenced by Singaporean kiasu (afraid to lose) trait, so everything also Singaporean's fault.

Only SGPs are afraid to lose, not other race or country's citizen?? That is a grossly unfair statement!!

Regardless of the times I write to ST Forum, my letter gets rejected but this PR/FT gets on the PAPERS complaining about the people, govt AND the country! Try to do that in America or UAE! Why do they not do that? That is because they know the govt here will keep the citizens check and PR/FTs can safely smack the sgps.

For God's sake, he is JUST an AVP in Barclays, there must be like hundreds of AVPs being the sheer size of their IT dept and he is consider an FT?? Most AVPs i know still stay in HDB whereas this FT stays in a Condo??

One Harmonius Blend SG

Worse thing is the report also say they are influenced by Singaporean kiasu (afraid to lose) trait, so everything also Singaporean's fault.

Only SGPs are afraid to lose, not other race or country's citizen?? That is a grossly unfair statement!!

might aswell migrate to Australia better, let them have a taste of what abuse is

Rock^Star SG

i thought playmate as in playboy playmate lol. So it's a 3 year old foreign trash huh.

SQ999 SG

I would not call them foreign trash otherwise we are lower ourselves to their level. PRs are fine by me, provided they are the ones doing jobs such as the construction workers, factory workers, etc. Jobs which being better educated, sgps will not do.

But there is nothing wrong, unlike what a lot of people complain about no one doing the jobs so they have to look for foreigners. Do they expect a poy or uni grad to construct a HDB or work as a line worker in the factory?

fudgester SG

You know, if my kid were to smack another kid, I'd be sure to wallop him back as punishment. No kid of mine smacks another kid, period.

Referring to him as Indian also cannot ah? So when he gets his IC, what should be placed under 'RACE'?

SQ999 SG

fudgester - that is because u r not a PR but a citizen?

As they put it on the first liner, you can imagine how proud they are of their son smack the CHINESE kid (which sounds painfully racist to me!)

Rock^Star SG

Put as Singaporean? haha..sometimes i dun understand this race thing in singapore.

Samuel Lee SG

Worse thing is the report also say they are influenced by Singaporean kiasu (afraid to lose) trait, so everything also Singaporean's fault.

Only SGPs are afraid to lose, not other race or country's citizen?? That is a grossly unfair statement!!

Why an AVP is just, isnt the position very high one, assistant vice-president?

Anyway, it seemed like it is a fight between foreginers. Haha, although it does not sound right, but it is an issue. This shows that these people, especially the one who smack for being called as Indian has no sense of root, f***ing hell! It is not like calling him a Pakistani or Bangala.

SQ999 SG

Samuel, the Banking and Finance industry functions differently from other industry.

AVP is generally just 2-3 levels above entry level for a graduate, achievable in around 2-3 yrs if fast or 5 yrs under normal performance. Above AVP there are plenty more levels to go, not to mention each team in a dept normally have an AVP for foreign bank such as Barclays. In a department of around 20, you will be looking at around 3-5 AVPs.

Even for VPs are mostly head of departments and there are a LOT of departments in a bank. Titles are much cheaper nowadays.

Rock^Star SG

In the banking and finance sector, AVP simply means assistant head and the VP is the dept head. Banks do this because of the prestige factor it brings when dealing with customers.

Gedanken SG

Why an AVP is just, isnt the position very high one, assistant vice-president?

You kidding? Damn near everyone's a vice-president of something or other these days, just like telemarketers call themselves consultants these days, as if they actually consult about anything. Hell, the head toilet cleaner could be called the Vice-President (Saniation Engineering) these days.

It's just the current crock of corporate bullshit these days giving highfaluting titles when there's no real work to be done.

As romanista2001 SG

another Ah Neh that refuses to acknowledge who he really is..................if he's from nothern India, he'll be trying to pass himself off as an Italian.....................standard practice for them !

Insg SG

You know, if my kid were to smack another kid, I'd be sure to wallop him back as punishment. No kid of mine smacks another kid, period.

Referring to him as Indian also cannot ah? So when he gets his IC, what should be placed under 'RACE'?

bastard.

charlize SG

Imagine if Singaporeans went to US, Australia, China or India and demanded that our kids be admitted to the best schools.

Insg SG

Imagine if Singaporeans went to US, Australia, China or India and demanded that our kids be admitted to the best schools.

Get smacked again.

Saltiga SG

You know, if my kid were to smack another kid, I'd be sure to wallop him back as punishment. No kid of mine smacks another kid, period.

Referring to him as Indian also cannot ah? So when he gets his IC, what should be placed under 'RACE'?

ge leng kia

Gedanken SG

You know, if my kid were to smack another kid, I'd be sure to wallop him back as punishment. No kid of mine smacks another kid, period.

No point smacking the kid. Give both the parents a couple of tight slaps for rearing such an animal.