What I hate about the current Singapore

[concern2]

lim72:

janet_lee88:

Singapore is not of the past...a place we feel at home...a place we call home.

With a great influx of foreigners, we are going to lose a sense of belonging.

Agreed with you Janet.

I feel sad for our future. But I'm not willing to give up on my country yet. I hope to play a small part, hoping for some changes but not waiting for other fellow Singaporeans to do it instead. My whole family will be gg to Hong Lim Park tomorrow at 4pm.

:rahrah: :rahrah: Don't forget to bring Bah Kua and pineapple tarts there to share share huh? :evil:

[lim72]

concern2:

lim72:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]Singapore is not of the past...a place we feel at home...a place we call home.

With a great influx of foreigners, we are going to lose a sense of belonging.

Agreed with you Janet.

I feel sad for our future. But I'm not willing to give up on my country yet. I hope to play a small part, hoping for some changes but not waiting for other fellow Singaporeans to do it instead. My whole family will be gg to Hong Lim Park tomorrow at 4pm.

:rahrah: :rahrah: Don't forget to bring Bah Kua and pineapple tarts there to share share huh? :evil:[/quote]Raincoats & umbrellas are more important as forecasted raining, cos we want to stay till the end. But can share floormate with you if you & your kaki are not too big a group. So excited, this could be the only event that we will see Singaporeans as Majority leh ... :imcool:

[Dora1]

pirate:

phtthp:

today, SG has turned into a Hub.
A Hub - where people conveniently come and go, seek golden opportunites here.
seek enough already - then they \"balik kampong\" retire back in their own country, from whichever hometown they come from.

Generically referring to Singaporeans. So many 'spreading their wings' outside Singapore. Not \"our\" kids, meh? :scratchhead:

The sad thing is that, from my observations, most Singaporeans that I know who have gone overseas, have no intention of coming back. Those that come back mostly because of aged parents etc. Once their parents pass away, they will go again. Most that I know who are overseas never indicated that they want to go back to SG for retirement etc because that is home. However, the FTs that I talk to all hope to go back to their country one day, even though their country has high corruption, high crime rate, high joblessness and a fraction of SG GDP.

That is so sad isn't it? :sad: Are we still a country??

[concern2]

Dora1:

pirate:

[quote=\"phtthp\"]today, SG has turned into a Hub.
A Hub - where people conveniently come and go, seek golden opportunites here.
seek enough already - then they \"balik kampong\" retire back in their own country, from whichever hometown they come from.

Generically referring to Singaporeans. So many 'spreading their wings' outside Singapore. Not \"our\" kids, meh? :scratchhead:

The sad thing is that, from my observations, most Singaporeans that I know who have gone overseas, have no intention of coming back. Those that come back mostly because of aged parents etc. Once their parents pass away, they will go again. Most that I know who are overseas never indicated that they want to go back to SG for retirement etc because that is home. However, the FTs that I talk to all hope to go back to their country one day, even though their country has high corruption, high crime rate, high joblessness and a fraction of SG GDP.

That is so sad isn't it? :sad: Are we still a country??[/quote]Wu bian bo bian kua hian hian! Nevermind - can fight, fight on! For those that have moved on, (I know some of them), their heart (deep down) is still Singapore.

[concern2]

lim72:

concern2:

[quote=\"lim72\"]
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I feel sad for our future. But I'm not willing to give up on my country yet. I hope to play a small part, hoping for some changes but not waiting for other fellow Singaporeans to do it instead. My whole family will be gg to Hong Lim Park tomorrow at 4pm.

:rahrah: :rahrah: Don't forget to bring Bah Kua and pineapple tarts there to share share huh? :evil:

Raincoats & umbrellas are more important as forecasted raining, cos we want to stay till the end. But can share floormate with you if you & your kaki are not too big a group. So excited, this could be the only event that we will see Singaporeans as Majority leh ... :imcool:[/quote]Actually, that's true. Was telling DH the other day - this one regardless of whether you are oppo, not oppo, or whichever oppo, IF YOU CARE ENOUGH, YOU'LL BE THERE!

[pirate]

Dora1:

The sad thing is that, from my observations, most Singaporeans that I know who have gone overseas, have no intention of coming back. Those that come back mostly because of aged parents etc. Once their parents pass away, they will go again. Most that I know who are overseas never indicated that they want to go back to SG for retirement etc because that is home. However, the FTs that I talk to all hope to go back to their country one day, even though their country has high corruption, high crime rate, high joblessness and a fraction of SG GDP.


That is so sad isn't it? :sad: Are we still a country??

Dunno leh. I know of a few who did come back. One even became a Member of Parliament. :evil:

[pirate]

janet_lee88:

Singapore is not of the past...a place we feel at home...a place we call home.

With a great influx of foreigners, we are going to lose a sense of belonging.

Dunno leh, I am surrounded by Malaysians, PRCs, Indians from India, Philippinos, Japanese, angmos etc but I still feel very comfortable with the foreigners around me leh.

[Funz]

Is the whole world not changing?


In US, there are also many PRCs, Indians, Vietnamese, Japanese, Koreans.
In Japan, there seem to be more PRCs, Koreans, Ang mohs
In Australia, Malaysians, PRCs, Viets, Kiwis, Indians, Singaporeans.

Most developed countries are seeing an influx of immigrants. I read somewhere that Obama was talking about allowing more legal immigrants into US, to help create jobs and grow economy. He mentioned something about harnessing the talents and ingenuity of hopeful immigrants.

[Coolkidsrock2]

Think foreigners working and living in another country will be a global phenomenon which will someday become a way of life. I have family who hold multiple PRs and will re-locate based on job opportunities.


Even Korea is opening up to foreigners.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-13/south-korea-scours-himalayas-for-staff-as-population-ages.html

[Dora1]

Coolkidsrock2:

Think foreigners working and living in another country will be a global phenomenon which will someday become a way of life. I have family who hold multiple PRs and will re-locate based on job opportunities.


Even Korea is opening up to foreigners.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-13/south-korea-scours-himalayas-for-staff-as-population-ages.html

Actually those of us who complain about foreigners are not saying that we should not have a single foreigner in SG. We all understand that they are required. However, now we are like a house with the door left wide open, any tom dick or harry can come in, do whatever they want, even bully the original occupants, and take whatever they want and leave. There must be better control of the number and quality of foreigners. And I strongly believe that there must be legislation in place to protect SCs from being discriminated because the FTs hire their own kind. And the rate of immigration must slow down.
Other countries have plenty of land. Even if they add lots of immigrants, they still do not feel that they are squeezed out of their own homeland, unlike SG. Even with their big land size, some people are complaining about the immigrants.
Cannot compare US and SG, our land size is totally different. and our population density is also very different.
Also the rate of immigration is important. SG has always have immigrants, it has never stopped. And ppl have never complained. Just tat the rate has been too much and too fast recently. it's almost that we just woke up one fine day to find that we suddenly cannot board the MRT, and everyone around us is a foreigner.