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    1 more ballot chance during 2010 P1 registration for citizen

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    • J Offline
      Jav
      last edited by

      Namie has pointed out correctly! I second to Namie. The little tweak will only give a little additional chance but it does not change the fundamental in the procedure of enrolling your children into Primary.

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      • tankeeT Offline
        tankee
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        qms:
        kimsoon:

        i think at least the govt has taken steps to address the feedback from citizens..


        Actually, I think the government is trying to take small steps at a time. It's better than current status, right?

        Which come back to what we have been guessing - ELECTION is coming up! šŸ˜‰


        :celebrate: totally agree with you, especially on the Election portion. Been seeing more MP appearances these days too.

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        • tankeeT Offline
          tankee
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          Namie:
          It helps but not a lot. Since this only applies when there is a balloting situation, it means as long as the PRs stay within 1Km or 2km, they will be in, leaving the citizens staying out of the 2km to ballot for vacancies.

          yes. thus we should not sit back & relax (since we are kiasu parents) and continue to try to get into earlier phases and avoid balloting.

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          • T Offline
            titank
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            tankee:
            qms:

            [quote=\"kimsoon\"]i think at least the govt has taken steps to address the feedback from citizens..


            Actually, I think the government is trying to take small steps at a time. It's better than current status, right?

            Which come back to what we have been guessing - ELECTION is coming up! šŸ˜‰


            :celebrate: totally agree with you, especially on the Election portion. Been seeing more MP appearances these days too.[/quote]In that case can we ask MP write letter to get into the choice of our primary school?

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            • corneyAmberC Offline
              corneyAmber
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              Jav:
              Namie has pointed out correctly! I second to Namie. The little tweak will only give a little additional chance but it does not change the fundamental in the procedure of enrolling your children into Primary.

              I think this is a good idea that one should write in to MOE to propose. I believe the government is now aware of the unhappiness of the citizens compared to the foreigners' perks and I believe they are more open to listening to suggestions. At their positions when they lack nothing, they may not have the right ideas so I feel that it is worthwhile writing in to make the recommendations and provide the justification for them.

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              • W Offline
                Way2GO
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                qms:


                ....I suppose the government is trying to balance the needs of citizens vs the overall policy of attracting PRs to Singapore. ......
                Agree. Minister Ng after saying citizens will get an extra ballot for P1 registration followed by stating that \"This is not a matter of principle across the board...for Singaporens getting twice as much as PRs.\"
                So clearly, the garmen wants to have its cake n eat it too. But it is a difficult balancing act n both citizens n PRs can never be fully satisfied.

                If you have to ballot, it is STILL a lottery. Citizens just get an extra ticket, that's all. You still depends on the luck of the draw with PRs. Come to think of it, is this really much of a privilege for citizens?

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                  Way2GO:

                  If you have to ballot, it is STILL a lottery. Citizens just get an extra ticket, that's all. You still depends on the luck of the draw with PRs. Come to think of it, is this really much of a privilege for citizens?
                  True. At least a baby step has been taken. If there is openess to change, there is always the hope of further changes. Just need to put the case formally to them.

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                  • T Offline
                    titank
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                    I think this system would be a little help.Sooner the PR's would quickly take up SC then they also have 2 tickets in the baloting.

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                    • B Offline
                      BigDevil
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                      titank:
                      I think this system would be a little help.Sooner the PR's would quickly take up SC then they also have 2 tickets in the baloting.

                      Ya...then people will cry foul again, and propose that true SC which are born and bred here have priority over immigrant SC. šŸ˜‰

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                      • W Offline
                        Way2GO
                        last edited by

                        titank:
                        I think this system would be a little help.Sooner the PR's would quickly take up SC then they also have 2 tickets in the baloting.

                        Smart move on the garmen part, isn't it šŸ˜‰ šŸ˜‰
                        Pacify the citizenry a little and tease the PRs with the same carrot at the same time:lol:

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