Give citizens priority in Primary 1 registration

[caroline3sg]

[quote]Not competing with citizens, but cannot compromise on children's education? Sounds contradictory.[/quote]
She probably meant housing and medical.

[caroline3sg]

Side track a little bit on housing: Foreigners invest & jack up property prices resulting many are homes slaves for 25 to 30 yrs.

[tankee]

[quote]'every child has the right to get the best education possible'[/quote]
:? btw, who is she quoting?

I recall some minister saying that all primary schools are Singapore are the same and offer good education .....

[caroline3sg]

[quote]I recall some minister saying that all primary schools are Singapore are the same and offer good education .....[/quote]
Even foreigners also knows not all sch are the same. Citizens are taken for a ride by own govt.

[Busymom]

Maybe the way to do it is not to totally banish the PRs from the earlier phases (too harsh for the PRs to swallow) but when there is balloting involved, the citizens will have priority. Eg. within 1km, if there are more applicants than vacancies, the citizens would have priority over the PRs. If there are still places left, the PRs staying within 1km can go for them or ballot as necessary. In this way, citizens who are staying more than 1km away would be behind the PRs who stay within 1km in terms of priority in each phase. The same goes for other phases. This would also entice the kiasu parents who are PR here to convert to Singapore citizenship. Or those who die die do not want to convert because of "personal reasons" would have to do PV under phase 2B and hope that there would not be too many citizen PVs staying near the school as well. How nice, kill 2 birds with 1 stone - so that Singaporeans stop harping about the issue/benefits of citizenship in this country while getting more PRs to become Singapore citizens!


By the way, as far as Jet Li is concerned, at least he bites the bullet and converts his citizenship. So what’s there for us to complain about??

[caroline3sg]

[quote]Or those who die die do not want to convert because of \"personal reasons\" would have to do PV under phase 2B[/quote]
I don't agree with above. Many PRs jump queue by joining 2B. Someone already mentioned, PR wife can do PV while citizen mum has to jugle work, home, kids etc. 2B should omit PRs coz many citizens are from 2C.

[Luanee]

Actually I think citizens here do not have any advantage over PRs here at all, be it housing, education etc… Everytime u see the sentence ‘citizens and PRs’ being grouped together. IF I am a PR here, I also wont convert to a citizen as there is absolutely no advantage at all.

[qms]

Luanee:

Actually I think citizens here do not have any advantage over PRs here at all, be it housing, education etc...

In terms of housing, only Singaporeans are eligible to purchase HDB flats DIRECTLY from HDB. PRs can only purchase HDB flats from the resale market.

[FMz]

qms:

Luanee:

Actually I think citizens here do not have any advantage over PRs here at all, be it housing, education etc...

In terms of housing, only Singaporeans are eligible to purchase HDB flats DIRECTLY from HDB. PRs can only purchase HDB flats from the resale market.

tats one good example. anymore?

anyway, direct purchase of new unit from HDB used to be a draw due to its price.... but nowadays, new unit are not only pricier but also lesser in quantity.

[Busymom]

Luanee:

Actually I think citizens here do not have any advantage over PRs here at all, be it housing, education etc... Everytime u see the sentence 'citizens and PRs' being grouped together. IF I am a PR here, I also wont convert to a citizen as there is absolutely no advantage at all.

Precisely! That is the sore point for many Singaporeans right? The key therefore is to make sure there are more benefits to becoming Singaporeans. Otherwise, might as well remain as PR, right?

I know so many PRs who said that blatantly.