S'poreans to get priority for P1 places during balloting

[Picolo]

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

:celebrate: sama sama

[sawakoh]

Dino_Mummy:

NO hostility towards good PRs with genuine liking for Singapore and wanting to eventually convert to become SC.


I have two ex-colleagues.
One, a Malaysian - stayed in Singapore since her toddler days, her family is here and they don't miss one bit of Malaysia. She is in Actuarial profession.

When she hangs out with us (SC) for lunch, she is totally like one. She likes the safety here, cleanliness, etc. She was not in International school but primary and secondary here; tertiary overseas but still wants to come back coz her family is here and she (they) likes it here. [PS: i don't know her primary school; i just graduated and not a parent yet]

I remembered we were all anxiously waiting and hoping she passed the interview.
I welcome with open arms when she finally converts to SC.

Another colleague.
PRC lady - Analyst with reknown international firm.

She came here to study at NUS because in her own words \"All the good/famous universities in my country - i can't enter! The people in my country are just way too smart (i won't deny and believe) for me to fight for a place there\"... \"here, i apply - my grades are good enough to enter into faculty of my choice\".

She got married, bought a flat here with her hubby (also PRC) and both become PR - but NEVER would they ever convert to SC, they said.

In her words again \"In years to come, China will eventually be the place to be at... plus our home/family is back there so no, i don't think we will convert to SC. We came here mainly to seek experience...\" Hubby then went to US to further studies while she stayed on here 1-2yrs. Her hubby then intended to stay on in US and build his career there; she applied for an internal transfer within her company and B-O-O-M! Off she goes to join him and sold off the flat.

Singapore to them is a \"Nice, safe stepping stone\".
She is a nice person and I like her but from a Singaporean point of view - i don't want her to become SC; she think its nice here but and there is always a but in her thinking that Singapore is inferior (in culture compared to China) and elsewhere is always better (be it China or US).

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.

Well said... as a SC, and having resided in the US and UK for almost a decade and relocating back home recently, I felt the same as described. The sense of belonging the moment I stepped onto Singapore Airlines, and reading a copy of the Straits Times and the beaming smiles the moment the plane touched down at Changi Airport.

[verykiasu2010]

FQW:

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'.

this is where double standard is : we see such remarks freely floating and we demand for the \"blood\" of someone who mentioned \"dogs\".....sounds like the pot calling the kettle ......\"eh, you so black, huh ?\" .... ooops another 'racist' remark ....

[verykiasu2010]

Trapwithin:

limlim:

[quote=\"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 [/quote]but sorry hor, the same privilege is extended to SPRs

[janet88]

Singapore is seen as a safe country…and it offers a sound education, which is a stepping stone for kids looking at overseas U after that. I know of PRs who will never convert to SCs. Their kids are here to enjoy primary education, and then secondary. After that, they will leave.

Although there are not many of these people, they still exist and as such, I feel that Singaporeans FIRST is a privilege.

[phankao]

verykiasu2010:

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

but sorry hor, the same privilege is extended to SPRs[/quote]

Haha - yeah, my dh does that too. In fact, for many years, when going across the causeway, he had the easiest time clearing both sides with Malaysian card and singapore card.

Haiz, I cannot use auto system bc I have a preschooler with me each time.

[phtthp]

each time no matter which country we go for a term break holiday, i always look forward to flying home. proud to be an SC.

Singapore, our home SWEET home.

[fightingmom]

phtthp:

each time no matter which country we go for a term break holiday, i always look forward to flying home. proud to be an SC.

Singapore, our home SWEET home.

same here ! :rahrah:

[verykiasu2010]

phtthp:

each time no matter which country we go for a term break holiday, i always look forward to flying home. proud to be an SC.

Singapore, our home SWEET home.

agreed with what you say but sometimes, the behaviour of singaporeans when they are touring overseas make you want to find a hole and just disappear from among them

okay this another topic for another day :offtopic: :snooze:

[SAHM_TAN]

I never realise we are such a nationalistic lot