S'poreans to get priority for P1 places during balloting

[ngsc23]

I shared my experience last year at RGPS. At 2C, 42 vacancies 45 applicants. Out of 45 all within 1km, 7 Non-singaporean. So lucky that at the end of balloting, all Sin got in with 3 non-sin balloted out. So we see that there will be 10-15% vacancies up for Sin. Roughly translate to 8-10 for phase 2B and 2C.



Not sure what other popular schools composite will be.

[LOLMum]

well, you never know.


as one post said, a 3rd level primary school might become a 1st level primary school in a few years.

the pr would definitely be a push factor here.

[JGMum]

limlim:

countries like.. your own? (juz a remark, no intention to be sarcastic or anything..)

it may be a political move.. you can't run away from that..

One comment on the hostility.. most are not against real talents who can contribute to the community.. but rather cheap PMET labour from pinoy land, abnn land or tiong land or the like.. who come here in hordes to compete with locals for jobs..

I doubt UK employee or Aussie employees will cost less than locals..

But pinoys, abnn & tiong more often than not will be much cheaper.. plus no NS obligations..

FT is just a general term.. the hostility is most likely not targeted at all FTs.. I doubt the number of European FTs is significant anyway.. compared to pinoy, abnn & tiong land..... to cause any distress to locals..

All along, there have been FTs from other parts of the world and there was never much resentment.. only recently the influx from pinoy, abnn & tiong than got so many complains..

Hence, no need to be bothered by those comments against FTs that you see in other forums..... I feel..

I was wondering what \"abnn\" means. :?
Then suddenly it dawned on me... aiyoh

[Joule]

yup, I haven’t heard that term since I was a kid


aiyoh…abnn

[Tokidoki]

understand from my colleagues that now SG Govt really dun grant SG Citizenship so easily. they have friends who applied to convert from PR (6mths ago), both got rejected. becos only 1 parent is converting along with the kids. the officier interviewing them ask ‘how come the husband don’t want to convert?’.

[Daddy D]

\"Bishan resident and IT engineer Rakesh Menon, 42, who is from India and has a five-year-old daughter, said: 'We have no car. What if she can only get into a school in Jurong? Just because we are PRs doesn't mean we are not serious about staying here - we do want to stay and live here in the long term.'\"


Sorry to say... We have enough IT engineers...
:siam:

[BlueBells]

Being a country lacking in natural resources, Singapore’s main resource is thus its citizens, so I think it is only right that the government gave more priority to its citizens, regardless of whether they are born and bred here, or naturalised.


Well, in my opinion, regardless of where one uprooted to or from, resilience and adaptability are key. In globalisation, nothing is constant except changes. If anyone really feels that Singapore is appearing to be hostile, perhaps he really need to take a step back and consider what was their primary consideration / objective in moving to Singapore in the first place.

[Daddy D]

\"Taiwanese Sandy Shih, 32, who is a PR here, said she was disappointed with the change, especially as she moved from a condominium in Bukit Timah to one in Siglap so that her son Henry, now four, could enrol into Tao Nan.

Her home now is a five-minute walk from the school.
'I understand that the Government wants to put the interests of Singaporeans first,' said the businesswoman in Mandarin. 'There is nothing much I can do; maybe do more volunteer work or try to enrol my son at St Stephen's, which is also nearby.'\"

Time to sell condo?
:siam:

[Tokidoki]

Daddy

\"Bishan resident and IT engineer Rakesh Menon, 42, who is from India and has a five-year-old daughter, said: 'We have no car. What if she can only get into a school in Jurong? Just because we are PRs doesn't mean we are not serious about staying here - we do want to stay and live here in the long term.'\"


Sorry to say... We have enough IT engineers...
:siam:

all using SG as a stepping stone for them to move on to US. :stompfeet:

[LOLMum]

Joule:

yup, I haven't heard that term since I was a kid


aiyoh....abnn

can share ? and also what is tiong land?

too shy? can pm me :evil: