we must welcome talent from abroad to create and ...........

[verykiasu2010]

you see, who are the people sending their kids to overseas uni to unlearn the rigidity of the SG system and to learn something new from overseas ? the popular thing these days is liberal arts education, PPE, and the like


why don’t all these government scholars stay put in NUS / SMU / NTU ?

draw your own conclusion

[verykiasu2010]

concern2:

Yes, I should have broken my sentence into two instead of inferring the problem is solely due to foreigners. Yet, we ARE increasing in our numbers of citizens..

the increase is not enough to cover the shortfall of live births.

last year's increase in new citizens is less than 20,000, and live births less than 40,000 ..... together still below replacement level, and the new citizens are of shorter life span than new live births .... so long term problem still exist ..... :rotflmao:

[concern2]

verykiasu2010:

you see, who are the people sending their kids to overseas uni to unlearn the rigidity of the SG system and to learn something new from overseas ? the popular thing these days is liberal arts education, PPE, and the like


why don't all these government scholars stay put in NUS / SMU / NTU ?

draw your own conclusion

:goodpost:

[Oppsgal]

So next time send kids to overseas uni instead of local ones?


Strawberry is bad? Or prefer don't ask what to do and anyhow do, then do wrong? Which is worst?



Most employers I notice prefer the \"push button\" to work, with specific experiences and knowledge of computer programs.

Wonder where those fresh grads get these knowledge if not taught in school 0 experience, and companies refuse to hire them :?

[concern2]

Oppsgal:

Strawberry is bad? Or prefer don't ask what to do and anyhow do, then do wrong? Which is worst?

Asking is good, but not if Strawberry treats you like he's your boss, and his mistake is your mistake, because you didn't warn him of all the various consequences - just one example..

Oppsgal:

Wonder where those fresh grads get these knowledge if not taught in school 0 experience, and companies refuse to hire them :?

Continue studying for a few more years then see how..that's why so many Phds and masters around...

In the end, so highly educated, how to accept a lowly paid job? Sigh..

[concern2]

The young and ambitions may take this opportunity to set up their own business instead, which could be a good sign - many govt grants now. Are we seeing this trend yet?

[Oppsgal]

concern2:

The young and ambitions may take this opportunity to set up their own business instead, which could be a good sign - many govt grants now. Are we seeing this trend yet?

What grants for setting up business? what about the risk?

[verykiasu2010]

Business Times - 13 Oct 2011



Approvals for PRs buying landed homes set to plunge

By UMA SHANKARI

(SINGAPORE) The number of approvals given to permanent residents (PRs) who want to buy landed homes in Singapore is set to fall by more than half after the criteria was tightened further recently, Law Minister K Shanmugam said yesterday.

'After the further tightening, I suspect we are looking at very few people who would qualify. I think probably less than half of those who had previously qualified - under the previous already strict criteria - would qualify now. I'd be surprised if approvals are more than 50 per year,' Mr Shanmugam said.

'Our belief is that landed property is primarily for Singaporeans and the exceptions have to be very rare.'

Mr Shanmugam was speaking to reporters after visiting a black-and-white bungalow at Goodwood Hill.

The Ministry of Law said that the criteria was tightened 'recently' but declined to provide a more exact date.

A ministry spokeswoman said that over the last three years, the ministry had received an average of about 230 applications a year from PRs for the purchase of landed residential property.

On average, about 60 per cent of the applications were approved. With the revised criteria, the approval rate could drop by more than 50 per cent, she said.

This means that the number of approvals could fall from around 138 a year to Mr Shanmugam's prediction of not more than 50.

Foreigners who are PRs currently own about 3.5 per cent of the total stock of 70,000 landed homes in Singapore. This includes properties in Sentosa Cove, where the government has made a decision to liberally allow purchases by foreigners.

Foreigners cannot buy such properties without the prior approval of the law minister. And only foreigners who are PRs can apply to purchase landed properties.

Mr Shanmugam told The Business Times in an interview in July that his ministry regularly reviews the rules to ensure that they are current and relevant. And yesterday, he said that the 'strict' criteria were tightened further this year.

'We have reviewed it further this year . . . as we are even stricter, it (the number of approvals) may fall by half,' Mr Shanmugam said.

The Law Ministry spokeswoman added that PRs who want to buy landed properties must demonstrate that they are making a 'very significant economic contribution' to Singapore.

'Some discretion is also exercised by considering the commitment shown to Singapore by the applicants, including how rooted they and their children are in Singapore,' she said.

'Since the criteria have been further revised this year, the approval rate is expected to fall further from the already small number of approvals in the past years.'

Copyright 2010 Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. All rights reserved.

http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/sub/news/story/0,4574,460296,00.html?

[peapot]

In the past PR and citizens do not have much difference. So I know someone who has been PR for years and can’t be bothered to convert to citizens. His exact words " why should I? Since I enjoy the same benefits as u. I can still hold another passport!"

[peapot]

If these people are real talent, they won’t want to be here. Too much red tape. This cannot that cannot. Most of these foreigners who are here, are they real talent?? Or the gov’t just want to boost the population. No prawn fish also good.