Malaysian Chinese and Indonesian Chinese are Immigration Policy set in stone years ago. This is counter balance the race ratio in SG so that the Chinese although having 70% majority, needs that the superiority in numbers to stay in power and the lowest fertility rate among the four races. On top of that it is a foreign policy to counter act the so called "abuse" of Chinese race in Malaysia and Indonesia. Ain't it funny .Pendatang_71 wrote:SMS, we are Malaysian Chinese.sundaymorningstaple wrote:I'd be interested to know your ethnicity and country of origin.
Hubby had worked in Singapore in the early 90s, also on a P1 visa.
When you cherry pick on your application, you deserve to be rejected. Qualification yes is a must but many M'sia Chinese that does not possess these qualification still manages a PRship. Unlike M'sia Malay even though his or her qualification meets more than what is required , the rejection is faster than the speeding bullet. This is the hard truth.Pendatang_71 wrote:Although that is true, I believe the Gahmen still look to its list to tick a set of requirements before letting the application go through.
An SPR friend who has been here 10 years tried to apply for citizenship 2 weeks ago, was turned away. She was applying for herself and her son, but hubby was not applying.
I was surprised actually.
She's Chinese btw.Pendatang_71 wrote:Although that is true, I believe the Gahmen still look to its list to tick a set of requirements before letting the application go through.
An SPR friend who has been here 10 years tried to apply for citizenship 2 weeks ago, was turned away. She was applying for herself and her son, but hubby was not applying.
I was surprised actually.
Bolded are the key words. If the hubby wasn't applying as well, they have to suspect something isn't quite cricket.Pendatang_71 wrote:She's Chinese btw.Pendatang_71 wrote:Although that is true, I believe the Gahmen still look to its list to tick a set of requirements before letting the application go through.
An SPR friend who has been here 10 years tried to apply for citizenship 2 weeks ago, was turned away. She was applying for herself and her son, but hubby was not applying.
I was surprised actually.
Yes, there is institutionalized racism (why else would race quotas need to be maintained?). It's really pretty obvious but with a state-influenced media, those headlines you speak of will barely see the light of day.antonio_eggb wrote:I have only spent about 30+ days here. I find this thread very interesting. I have always thought racism (some form of it) here is somewhat institutionalized and widely accepted. I am not sure how else to explain/define this behavior. I have also noticed this while renting apartments. This type of behavior will make press headlines back home.
Well, from what I know Singapore as a sovereign and separate state was born out of Malaysia's growing fear of the then-Malaysian Chinese economic and political power (by leeky as proxy).Pendatang_71 wrote:I grew up with institutionalized racism.
I had stellar grades compared with some friends, yet they were given government scholarships to complete their 'A' levels in England, when my mother had to scrape and save every penny so I could go to a local college.
It's still on-going and it's not going to change.
I read this yesterday, and thought it was spot on.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/brea ... shaun-tan/
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