What I hate about the current Singapore

[Harlequin]

It’s sad and disheartening to see parents here hurried to repost info like this without even first verify.

[pirate]

Harlequin:

I personally have 6 friends that went for their degree/master in Columbia, Stanford, MIT... Under full scholarship.... So, I dispute her statement of \"Full scholarship for Malaysian but not for Singaporean!\"

Yes, but how many of these scholarships are public scholarships and without bond? I know of some private foundation scholarships without bond, but these are private, not gov money.

If there are, it would be wise for the gov to publicize them because evidently many Singaporeans don't know about them.

[concern2]

Harlequin:

It's sad and disheartening to see parents here hurried to repost info like this without even first verify.

No need to be disheartened. Look at it positively - posting here means there is a chance to get clarified, yes?

[Musings]

pirate:

Harlequin:

I personally have 6 friends that went for their degree/master in Columbia, Stanford, MIT... Under full scholarship.... So, I dispute her statement of \"Full scholarship for Malaysian but not for Singaporean!\"

Yes, but how many of these scholarships are public scholarships and without bond? I know of some private foundation scholarships without bond, but these are private, not gov money.

If there are, it would be wise for the gov to publicize them because evidently many Singaporeans don't know about them.

Actually all the local universities offer full scholarships to Singaporeans and PRs only without bond. Just visit any of the uni's website - they are all there. All these are publicly funded by MOE through the universities. They are the equivalent of the ASEAN scholarship (without bond) offered to residents from ASEAN countries.

[Harlequin]

concern2:

Harlequin:

It's sad and disheartening to see parents here hurried to repost info like this without even first verify.

No need to be disheartened. Look at it positively - posting here means there is a chance to get clarified, yes?

Haha, true true... sometime I get quite emotional, pek chek and all that reading some posts.... :siao: liao! :oops:

[Harlequin]

Musings:

pirate:

[quote=\"Harlequin\"]I personally have 6 friends that went for their degree/master in Columbia, Stanford, MIT... Under full scholarship.... So, I dispute her statement of \"Full scholarship for Malaysian but not for Singaporean!\"

Yes, but how many of these scholarships are public scholarships and without bond? I know of some private foundation scholarships without bond, but these are private, not gov money.

If there are, it would be wise for the gov to publicize them because evidently many Singaporeans don't know about them.

Actually all the local universities offer full scholarships to Singaporeans and PRs only without bond. Just visit any of the uni's website - they are all there. All these are publicly funded by MOE through the universities. They are the equivalent of the ASEAN scholarship (without bond) offered to residents from ASEAN countries.[/quote]Musings, thank you very much for answering Pirate's post for me.

[pirate]

Harlequin:

Musings:

Actually all the local universities offer full scholarships to Singaporeans and PRs only without bond. Just visit any of the uni's website - they are all there. All these are publicly funded by MOE through the universities. They are the equivalent of the ASEAN scholarship (without bond) offered to residents from ASEAN countries.

Musings, thank you very much for answering Pirate's post for me.

See? Another anti-foreigner myth busted.

[concern2]

Musings:

pirate:

[quote=\"Harlequin\"]I personally have 6 friends that went for their degree/master in Columbia, Stanford, MIT... Under full scholarship.... So, I dispute her statement of \"Full scholarship for Malaysian but not for Singaporean!\"

Yes, but how many of these scholarships are public scholarships and without bond? I know of some private foundation scholarships without bond, but these are private, not gov money.

If there are, it would be wise for the gov to publicize them because evidently many Singaporeans don't know about them.

Actually all the local universities offer full scholarships to Singaporeans and PRs only without bond. Just visit any of the uni's website - they are all there. All these are publicly funded by MOE through the universities. They are the equivalent of the ASEAN scholarship (without bond) offered to residents from ASEAN countries.[/quote]Seems like there has been changes since we used to hear news about this scholar breaking bond, that scholar breaking bond. How long have the 'scholarships without bonds' been on-going for?

[WeiHan]

Scholarships without bond is usually small in value and the number given is also insignificant. No point quarelling over this.

[concern2]

WeiHan:

Scholarships without bond is usually small in value and the number given is also insignificant. No point quarelling over this.

So what exactly is the purpose of giving out these scholarships in the first place?