+1. My exact thoughts.Strong Eagle wrote:Perhaps forum activity is a harbinger of things to come. After all, the gahmen seems intent on cutting off the flow of 'foreign talent' and somehow making a go of it without the corresponding inflow of foreign dollars.
Perhaps there aren't more 'new regulars' coming on board because fewer companies are considering moving personnel into Singapore because of rising costs and ever more onerous employment regulations.
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And it's not just the lack of inflow, there is the ramped-up outflow.Strong Eagle wrote:Perhaps forum activity is a harbinger of things to come. After all, the gahmen seems intent on cutting off the flow of 'foreign talent' and somehow making a go of it without the corresponding inflow of foreign dollars.
Perhaps there aren't more 'new regulars' coming on board because fewer companies are considering moving personnel into Singapore because of rising costs and ever more onerous employment regulations.
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Stats for past 10 years on race numbers then/now in Sg would make interesting reading. Where can I locate?
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SingStat. You will have to do some digging but it's all there. Or, at least to the last census anyway.
http://www.singstat.gov.sg/
http://www.singstat.gov.sg/
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Check the Wiki page for Singapore, under the 'population by race' they might indicate links that they quote from.
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Man, if the forum gets so quiet on Fridays, then something is really wrong... 

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Man, if the forum gets so quiet on Fridays, then something is really wrong... 

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I am on vacation in India right now, I guess lots of people are taking vacations due to school holidays.
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Man, I did hear you the first timethe lynx wrote:Man, if the forum gets so quiet on Fridays, then something is really wrong...

It's been a bit quite these days anyway ..
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Oops that double-post error again. Back then I could delete one of the double posts but now new format doesn't let me to.ecureilx wrote:Man, I did hear you the first timethe lynx wrote:Man, if the forum gets so quiet on Fridays, then something is really wrong...
It's been a bit quite these days anyway ..
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Boosting forum traffic, though.the lynx wrote:
Oops that double-post error again. Back then I could delete one of the double posts but now new format doesn't let me to.

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June and December are the vacation months.
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^^This!
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Hi Chris. You are right. It's been a while. 

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