tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post5596602972476238662..comments2024-02-14T04:53:18.295-08:00Comments on Singapore Dissident: Singapore, least livable island.Gopalan Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-67989885941933617762010-12-03T17:19:28.931-08:002010-12-03T17:19:28.931-08:00why would anyone want to be citizens of singapore?...why would anyone want to be citizens of singapore? their children would have to serve ns.the weather is unpleasant compared to say oz or new zealand. cars are expensive housing is expensive.if you can buy one car in singapore you can afford 2 elsewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-42950554847557557712010-07-01T00:20:40.780-07:002010-07-01T00:20:40.780-07:00Gopalan,
It appears that the latest move to incre...Gopalan,<br /><br />It appears that the latest move to increase the number of Singaporeans is to make 'suitable' Singapore PRs decide at their PR renewals - "No PR renewal. Either get Singapore citizenship or leave".<br /><br />Like many Singapore policies, this is hush-hush so I am not certain if it is true or not.<br /><br />It will become a big embarassment for the Singapore govt if foreigners would rather stay in Singapore for work than making a real commitment to migrate here. So, I am not surprised at this policy, knowing that some PRs may not find jobs back home.<br /><br />It also came to my understanding that many Singaporeans, esp the older single ladies, have married foreigners and left the island. Just one quick look at my sister's Facebook secondary school friends confirm this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-49191919563687131852010-06-30T20:24:02.224-07:002010-06-30T20:24:02.224-07:00http://english.caing.com/2010-06-29/100156825.html...http://english.caing.com/2010-06-29/100156825.html<br /><br />Australian just-deposed PM Kevin Rudd has always been a keen Asian watcher. But he overstepped his "place" in Asia when he correctly diagnosed the Challenges facing Asia.<br /><br />Singapore is the most zealous torch-bearer for ASEAN, and has jealously guarded for decades its role as the hub of Asian summitry and has now succeeded in fending off the "challenge" from Rudd's Asian vision.<br /><br />Will $ingapore be as influential after Lee Kuan Yew's death?beggar thy neighbournoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-61305741505044183712010-06-30T06:50:26.909-07:002010-06-30T06:50:26.909-07:00Dear Gopalan,
What the Straitjacketed Times wrote...Dear Gopalan,<br /><br />What the Straitjacketed Times wrote is true. If you are the Lee family, or a fat cat endorsed by the Lee, Singapore is top city and earning $600k there is peanuts.<br /><br />But if you are an opposition politician, no matter how blue and true Singaporean you are, your life in Singapore is worse than a dog.<br /><br />As for those who are in Singapore to make money to send home, of course they will want to work in Lee Island.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com