Singapore population approaching 5 million!
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Singapore population approaching 5 million!
Key Annual Indicators
Total Population 1/ ('000) 4,839.4
Singapore Residents 1/ ('000) 3,642.7
Singapore Citizens ('000) 3,164.4
Singapore Permanent Residents ('000) 478.2
http://www.singstat.gov.sg/stats/
1.675 million non-citizens(foreigners) are in Singapore.
34% of people in Singapore are foreigners.
1 out of every 3 persons in Singapore is a foreigner!
And that is set to grow!
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Any statistics to show how many Merlion people have left Singapore??
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It's alright, Singapore needs foreign talents to grow the ponzi scheme.
Ooops...., I meant Singapore needs foreign talents to grow.
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SINGAPORE : Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has said it is important for Singaporeans to reach out to new immigrants and help them integrate into Singapore society.
Although inter-mixing is a two-way process, he stressed that Singaporeans must extend an open arm to new immigrants to help them be a part of Singapore.
Speaking at a seminar organised by Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao on Sunday, Mr Lee said a country can progress only if its people are united as one.
One 92-year-old man, who emigrated to Singapore from Malaysia six years ago, said living in Singapore has given him a greater sense of security.
Other new immigrants from the Chinese cities of Fujian, Shanghai, Wuhan and Sichuan said they have received fair treatment in Singapore.
One person said: "After living in many countries like the US, Indonesia and Europe for the past 18 years, I feel that Singapore is really a good place. I am very thankful."
Another commented: "I want to thank the Singapore Government for developing my son into an excellent person."
Speaking at the "Making Singapore Home" seminar, Minister Mentor Lee said inter-mixing new immigrants with Singaporeans is important and both sides should make the effort.
He said: "I think families should begin to adopt new families coming here. Invite them to your homes, have food, have tea, take them out to places they have never been to in Singapore, and you make friends. In that way, you make their entry to our society easier and more comfortable."
He told new immigrants their children must study hard for better prospects, and that mastering English is an essential step towards achieving success in Singapore. Only then will they be able to compete on an equal footing.
Mr Lee said: "If you want to succeed in Singapore, you must have a good grasp of English. English is a common language to communicate with people from different places and races."
Mr Lee also felt that new immigrants who have a high standard of spoken Mandarin can help improve Singapore's Chinese standards.
He said: "I have asked MediaCorp's Channel 8 and U to consider employing new immigrants who speak standard Mandarin as their news presenters."
The seminar was attended by some 450 participants. - CNA/ms -
Let us praise Singapore:
One 92-year-old man, who emigrated to Singapore from Malaysia six years ago, said living in Singapore has given him a greater sense of security.
One person said: "After living in many countries like the US, Indonesia and Europe for the past 18 years, I feel that Singapore is really a good place. I am very thankful."
Another commented: "I want to thank the Singapore Government for developing my son into an excellent person."These people are new in Singapore.
They still harbour illusions.
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Welcome to Chindianphiore!!!
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so they can sell more HDB flats and be their slaves to service the loans
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you have to be singapore citizen or PR to buy HDB, right?
so many foreigners here to be exploited, work for low wages...
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These days, it's so easy to get Singapore citizenship and PR, they are like handing them out like flyers in Sim Lim Square.
MM's target of 6 million needs to be reached.
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Originally posted by wilhelm:
These days, it's so easy to get Singapore citizenship and PR, they are like handing them out like flyers in Sim Lim Square.
MM's target of 6 million needs to be reached.
Very easy if you are useful, not that easy if you are not.
And their sons need to serve NS, so they also not that gian...
Is the target 6 million? At the rate we are going, i thought we are aiming for 10 million...
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Let's face it, foreigners are here to drive down the wages of ordinary Singaporeans to the level of PRC, so that we can compete with PRC on wages.
If we don't do this, then Singapore will die, because that's the ONLY solution our PM, MM, SMs and Ministers can come up with.
Pay peanuts get monkeys, pay even more peanuts get even more monkeys.
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Originally posted by wilhelm:
Let's face it, foreigners are here to drive down the wages of ordinary Singaporeans to the level of PRC, so that we can compete with PRC on wages.
If we don't do this, then Singapore will die, because that's the ONLY solution our PM, MM, SMs and Ministers can come up with.
Pay peanuts get monkeys, pay even more peanuts get even more monkeys.
you don't compete with China in terms of low wages. ever. that is a dumb plan. Instead, you employ PRC at low cost to enhance profits.
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Originally posted by skythewood:
you don't compete with China in terms of low wages. ever. that is a dumb plan. Instead, you employ PRC at low cost to enhance profits.
That's another way to hoodwink the stupid.
Must remember, it's the low wages that enhances the profits, soon many companies will want to employ PRCs, therefore for Singaporeans to get a job, they would have to reduce their expectation on wages.
Think root cause.
If you are not employing PRCs because of lower wages, whenceforth the "enhanced profits"?
You must be smart enough to see through the disguise and not be easily tricked.
Our Ministers are good tricksters, ooops I meant magicians.
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Originally posted by wilhelm:
That's another way to hoodwink the stupid.
Must remember, it's the low wages that enhances the profits, soon many companies will want to employ PRCs, therefore for Singaporeans to get a job, they would have to reduce their expectation on wages.
Think root cause.
If you are not employing PRCs because of lower wages, whenceforth the "enhanced profits"?
You must be smart enough to see through the disguise and not be easily tricked.
Our Ministers are good tricksters, ooops I meant magicians.
I didn't say you are wrong at all. I just said it is a dumb plan. don't interpret things weirdly... -
Also not forgetting, for a company to enhance their profits, they have to compete on expenses and other variety of stuff.
And you don't think that PRCs are here to compete on cheaper wages and drive down wages in a macroeconomic scale?
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more pple, more social problems...
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20090411-134710.html -
Originally posted by skythewood:
I didn't say you are wrong at all. I just said it is a dumb plan. don't interpret things weirdly...
Nobody's interpreting things wrongly, it's just that your understanding is superficial, maybe more on the microeconomic scale, you need to see things in both a micro and macro scale. -
Originally posted by wilhelm:
Also not forgetting, for a company to enhance their profits, they have to compete on expenses and other variety of stuff.
And you don't think that PRCs are here to compete on cheaper wages and drive down wages in a macroeconomic scale?
see my last post.
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Originally posted by wilhelm:
Nobody's interpreting things wrongly, it's just that your understanding is superficial, maybe more on the microeconomic scale, you need to see things in both a micro and macro scale.I said, it is a dumb plan. so now, you can do one of two things.
1) agree it is a dumb plan
2) disagree it is a dumb plan.
what superficial? i didn't even discuss that much...
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Originally posted by Rednano:
more pple, more social problems...
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20090411-134710.html
Agree. Below are figures from SPF for foreigners they have "arrested", it does not include unsolved crimes.Abstract from SPF:
The number of foreigners arrested for crime increased from 3,210 persons in 2006 to 3,780 persons in 2007. They accounted for about 19% of the total persons arrested, an increase of 2% points from 2006. About six out of 10 foreigners were arrested for Theft and Related Crimes, with shop theft accounting for about 34% of the arrests.
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once upon a time,u or your great/great/great/grand/parents were foreigners.
They were so lucky that the then anti--foreigners mood was not so
strong as now.Therefore they were not driven to sea and went back to
China or India.Therefore,your parents were born and u were born.
The rest was history......
can u guys treat current foreigners as your
great/great/great/grand/parents were treated?
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We have to salute some of the brave people from The Commonwealth
of Australia.About 4900 people migrated from Australia to Singapore in 2007/08.
Welcome ,mates!!
Settlers Arrivals 2007/2008--read below for links
1815 people born in SG migrated to OZ
Emigration--2007-2008
Permanent departures from OZ ---600 people born in SG left OZ.
(some may not head to SG)
Table 6(continued) Permanent departures by region/country of future residence, 1997-98 to 2007-08---4901 people left oz will settle in SINGAPORE!!
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so u can see SG enjoy a net gain of 3086 people from 'trade 'of migration
with oz!!
http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/
Settler Arrivals 2007 - 2008 (508KB PDF file)
A summary of settler arrivals statistics by birthplace, state of intended residence and eligibility category for the period 1997-98 to 2007-08.
Release date: September 2008
Released: annually
Emigration 2007-2008 Australia (395KB PDF file)
A summary of current emigration statistics including permanent arrivals and departures, long term arrivals and departures by selected criteria.
Release date: October 2008
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Originally posted by skythewood:
I said, it is a dumb plan. so now, you can do one of two things.
1) agree it is a dumb plan
2) disagree it is a dumb plan.
what superficial? i didn't even discuss that much...
Looking at the microeconomic portion is like looking at the vase from Van Gogh's Sunflowers. You fail to see the whole picture.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Any statistics to show how many Merlion people have left Singapore??
im more interested to know how many foreigners left singapore once they got their PR or citizenship...
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great!
more customers if you are going to set up shop
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Originally posted by wilhelm:
Looking at the microeconomic portion is like looking at the vase from Van Gogh's Sunflowers. You fail to see the whole picture.
zzz... which part of my post lead you to think that? highlight to me. Are you disagreeing with me it is a dumb plan? than tell me why it is not a dumb plan. I didn't even post much, and you straight away think of me as shallow, and failing to see the whole picture. why are you dissing me so much, and not talking about the points? why are you getting so personal? i didn't even disagree with you that it is a dumb plan, are you confused?