S'poreans to get priority for P1 places during balloting

[thefoos]

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[KSP]

dorisp:

verykiasu2010:

eh, all schools are good school hor, where got good schools for SC only .....

aiyo, if true then we sin lung liao lo..... even PR also know lah.....

[friendship]

why worry? so many new primary schools are coming up next year. 2 in punggol and 1 in sengkang.

[iRabbit]

thefoos:

The feeling of hostility towards 'pinoys', 'abnn', 'ah tiongs' is pretty obvious here too. Comments such as 'they should convert if not happy' have been floated here more than once.

I'm not sure about the word 'pinoy', but I'm sure the words 'abnn' and 'ah tiongs' are considered as racial slurs. I believe 'abnn' is even offensive to our local Indians. So I'm surprised that such words are floated so freely earlier(not referring to yours, I know that you're just quoting).

I wish we're not so careless about using such words. I mean if we go to a place like England, I'm sure we won't like it if we're referred to as 'chinks'.

[Picolo]

laughingcat:

Regardless of SC or PR, we as a parents all want the best for our children. We want the best or at least good enough for our children. So perhaps let's be sensitive to each other as a SC or PR.


But i must say my piece....a PR from a reasonable country with good Uni as compared to our local uni, of course will see no point in converting to SC. That i can totally understand as they can enjoy better perks back in their motherland. Such a PR should never neither demand nor expect to have the same priviledges as the SC, especially they have absolute no intention to stay in SGP for long term. Yes, SGP has a history of migrant. Bear in mind that it is HISTORY, just like policemen used to wear bermudas.

:goodpost:

As rational human beings, PRs also do their own cost-benefits analysis to see if it's 'worth it' to convert to become SCs. I know several PRs with 2 children and more here, of which only an extremely small % are willing to give up the citizenship they are holding now to become SCs. To them, being SPRs, they get to enjoy the best of both worlds. These PRs I know mainly come from Hong Kong, PRC, Malaysia and India. I still remember the morning when my HK friend was beaming and rattling away how her family still gets to keep dual passports, still enjoying $ from HKSAR while living in Singapore, and how her son will save 2 years not needing to do NS for remaining a PR. Most importantly, they are mobile... you never know what will happen say 10 years later and which country you need more later... All in all, it is definitely a gain for them not to commit now to be SCs from their viewpoint.

The new SC priority also doesn't affect this group of PR friends at all - they already have at least 1 child presently studying in the school they desired, so, technically the chance of the younger kid entering to same pri school is 100%.

To me, this SC priority thingy is long overdue, but... better late than never.

How about those who aspire their kids to go to academically 'better' schools? Easy. Usually these are the ones who can really compete academically. Just pump their kids more and learn in advance. By end of P3, if their kids don't get into GEP (agree that all GEP schools are good schools right? I know at least 20% of the kids offered GEP from ds's son class are PRs), they can easily transfer their bright kids to mainstream schools with high academic standards.

[janet88]

friendship:

why worry? so many new primary schools are coming up next year. 2 in punggol and 1 in sengkang.

PRs have moved to stay within 1km of popular schools. With SC having priority with immediate effect, I guess they are pushed to a situation where they have to accept any schools which have vacancies.

BTW, Not every Filipino here is a maid...some are nurses. You will see many of them in hospitals. Indians are holding jobs in IT industry.

[Trapwithin]

verykiasu2010:

Dino_Mummy:

I don't know about you guys but when i travel overseas and then the moment i landed back in Singapore airport again - i just feel a sense of happiness that i am back. I love the 'smell' of even our airport.

Only a SC will feel this way.

That is why SC felt there should be some form of assurance on the P1 registration, i think, which resulted in the very recent move.

the feeling of home is when you step on board a SIA plane, regardless NYC or LAX or Beijing

How true. So glad to know that they are people who feel the same way as me. :dancing:

[Trapwithin]

limlim:

Dino_Mummy:

I don't know about you guys but when i travel overseas and then the moment i landed back in Singapore airport again - i just feel a sense of happiness that i am back. I love the 'smell' of even our airport.

Only a SC will feel this way.

So.. at the customs, did you queue at the \"Singapore Passport\" or \"All passports\"

indeed.. the \"Welcome Home\" message is very warming too....

I don't queue I use the auto system ... Privilege of a Singapore passport

[daddy2007]

Dino_Mummy:

I don't know about you guys but when i travel overseas and then the moment i landed back in Singapore airport again - i just feel a sense of happiness that i am back. I love the 'smell' of even our airport.

yeah... I like this feeling too. Back home again

[phtthp]

me too. I love our SG Changi airport, so proud of it! kekekekekekeek

going through the auto system is so convenient