[Bukit Timah] Primary Schools

[PT73]

I’m fully with you Juan!!!


We definitely need some distinction between PRs and citizens!!!

[spikey]

shaynamommy:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"Liverpool73\"]The flooding in Bukit Timah will scare people away from living there, so next year there won't be balloting until the >2km bucket!!

Floods in Bukit Timah won't scare parents away. Used to stay at Duchess and hoping for floods so that we don't need to go to school or maybe late...attended Swiss Cottage then.

:!: Finally found someone who attended Swiss Cottage! I missed the school and my husband asked me how come I cannot put my dd into my alumni. problem is I dunno where is the school now. It would have been a great backup plan for those of us living in Bukit Timah.[/quote]Well, the NDP parade commander this year also attended swiss cottage...

[minnie2004]

Hi michi_yajp,


As a PR myself, I totally understand your feelings. This PR vs citizen is always very sensitive issue especially when one of the parties' interest is at stake. But I've learned my lessons not to touch this issue in this forum again

Anyway, the new balloting rule did have an impact on my decision not to put my DD in a top girls' school, despite we had a very good chance of getting in (even after factoring in the fact that we only have 1 ballot). However, we don't want to put her in an homogenious environment with all her classmates being locals (eventually) . So we decided to register her in another school which has a bigger population of foreign students.

I've heard people mentioned how some schools which used to be unpopular (i.e. only have vacancies in phase 3) became popular b/c of all the foreigners going there. Then the locals want to go as well, making these schools popular. Then the foreigners have to find another \"unpopular\" school. How ironical

Ok, better run now :siam:

[michi_yajp]

Juanthedragon:

Of course we welcome PRs in our local school, since it adds diversity to the otherwise local cohort. However, we wonder why you do not want to join us as SC if you think that there is nothing good being a PR.


The point is that the system is not perfect and we are always striking for a balance in attracting the best foreign talent and ensuring that the local Singaporeans accepts the influx of foreign talents for the good of the nation.

We are just asking that the government clearly differentiate the benefits of between SC vs PR. Otherwise, it will just create an unhealthy sense of inequity and we will not be able to weed out the free riders in the system. In my opinion, having one ballot slip extra does not make much of a difference when there are already PRs who have been in the system for too long. I am sure many of us knows of PRs who will perpetually be SPRs and when you ask them why do they not convert to SC, they will say \"What for??\" and that is our point.

That fully makes sense. But you think about it how big decision is to change citizen. That's easy for you to say...

[Juanthedragon]

michi_yajp:

That fully makes sense. But you think about it how big decision is to change citizen. That's easy for you to say...

Agree with you totally - it is a big decision to renounce your own citizenship. if so, why be a PR since you are also compromising your allegiance to your own country. Would it not be better for you to remain as a foreigner?

[michi_yajp]

minnie2004:

Hi michi_yajp,


As a PR myself, I totally understand your feelings. This PR vs citizen is always very sensitive issue especially when one of the parties' interest is at stake. But I've learned my lessons not to touch this issue in this forum again

Anyway, the new balloting rule did have an impact on my decision not to put my DD in a top girls' school, despite we had a very good chance of getting in (even after factoring in the fact that we only have 1 ballot). However, we don't want to put her in an homogenious environment with all her classmates being locals (eventually) . So we decided to register her in another school which has a bigger population of foreign students.

I've heard people mentioned how some schools which used to be unpopular (i.e. only have vacancies in phase 3) became popular b/c of all the foreigners going there. Then the locals want to go as well, making these schools popular. Then the foreigners have to find another \"unpopular\" school. How ironical

Ok, better run now :siam:

Hi Minnie2004,

Thank you. That's good decision for your daughter. Our boy already got a nice primary school without balloting. We are very lucky. No matter the policy changed 1 ballot slip for PR

[tingting2424]

Being a spr is not as easy as one thinks. Being away from the place u grew up, being good or bad, there’s sure to be something that one will miss. Growing up in sg hasn’t been totally different from the spr. Can one still find the place where they grew up? The things and places that are so familiar but has to give way to new buildings?


Yes. I do agree that there are some sprs who are spr just for the benefits that they are get rather from being a foreigner in sg. But, we still have to remember that one is different from another. There are also those who is in for their whole life. So who are we to judge?

As a parent, one sure will want the best for our kids. Who doesn’t?

[vicki]

Hellos Lionel,


How was your talk with the P today? Hope it went well.

[sassy]

hquek:

VooVoo:

I think she sang at concerts...not sure how this would add up to 80hours

I read somewhere she conducted drama classes for the kids also.

and the bit about traffic warden is very farneee....well done!

She lived within 1km of Henry Park primary but she chose to PV at NYPS? Don't tell me she is going to rent a place in bt timah when she already has one in mt Sinai? Wah...

[tree nymph]

minnie2004:

Liverpool73:

Everyone's focused on too many ppl within 1km of RGPS this year, which is certainly true - BUT WHAT IS ALSO INTERESTING IS THAT 63 VACANCIES FOR PHASE 2C WAS BY FAR THE LOWEST IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, COMPARED TO 78, 77 AND 86 IN 2007-2009. Any theories on why? PV program too big? Just a random occurence that this year saw an abnormally high influx of alumni's children and/or siblings?? I for one think the PV program ought to be kept small, especially if they arbitrarily decide who to give it to.

The staff from the school I registered said the sudden shortage in 2B&C are due to a spike in alumni kids. DH thinks it is due to returning Singaporean as the economy in the west is not doing so well. This explains the surge in alumni registration. Some suggest PRs/new citizens are to blame but how many are alumni in Spore primary schools??

As for FT, we will only see the impact in phase 3.

Minnie2004,
I quite agree to your DH's analysis.

Liverpool73,
The number of vacancy in 2B and C should be the same, as it is the leftover from Phase 1 and Phase 2 divided by 2. Think there were two kids withdrawn from 2B and the 2 seats were then rollover to Phase C. So the number of vacancies has nothing to do with the PVs or the PRs/new citizens.