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by jhkim » Mon, 24 Oct 2005 8:46 am
Got it!~ You are not old!~
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by Vaucluse » Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:40 am
On EP and the letter G - thought it was because my surname starts with a G. Mrs Vaucluse is on a dependants pass and it starts with F, so there went my theory.
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by Loops » Mon, 24 Oct 2005 7:05 pm
me and the kids are G - we're dependants passes. Other half is F I think, he's EP.
I always thought that was the difference.
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by Vaucluse » Mon, 24 Oct 2005 7:52 pm
Seems there is no rhyme or reason?
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by Carpe Diem » Tue, 25 Oct 2005 8:40 am
Had a talk with someone working at MOM...
So the criteria to give F or G letter is... random!
La vie est trop courte, profitons de chaque instant
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by jhkim » Tue, 25 Oct 2005 9:19 am
Woa haha OMG Random..........

I did not expect that from Singapore....oh well I can sleep well tonight not worrying about why I am F...
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by Vaucluse » Tue, 25 Oct 2005 9:23 am
Can't believe I was correct . . . This calls for a celebration and a change in guise - the last post from Vaucluse.
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by rajspy84 » Fri, 18 Aug 2017 7:45 pm
Singapore citizens and permanent residents born before the year 2000 are assigned the letter "S".
Singapore citizens and permanent residents born in and after 2000 are assigned the letter "T".
Foreigners holding long-term passes issued before 2000 are assigned the letter "F".
Foreigners holding long-term passes issued in and after 2000 are assigned the letter "G".
Before 2000, it was commonly thought that "S" stood for Singapore" and "F" for Foreign. In 2000, the "T" and "G" ranges (which are one letter after "S" and "F" respectively) were introduced to avoid conflicts with previously issued numbers. As "S" is the 19th letter of the alphabet, it was reinterpreted as denoting that the person was born in the Second millennium (0000–1999), "T" is the 20th letter of the alphabet, denoting that the person was born in the years 2000 to 2999 (the Third millennium).
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by sundaymorningstaple » Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:02 pm
You are a wee bit late with this news. It's very old news, in fact. I posted this information way back in Feb of 2013.
viewtopic.php?p=628034#p628034
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by PNGMK » Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:39 pm
sundaymorningstaple wrote:You are a wee bit late with this news. It's very old news, in fact. I posted this information way back in Feb of 2013.
viewtopic.php?p=628034#p628034
Phucker clipped it from a wiki link. My authorship is underlined.
As "S" is the 19th letter of the alphabet,
it was reinterpreted as denoting that the person was born in the Second millennium (0000–1999), "T" is the 20th letter of the alphabet,
denoting that the person was born in the years 2000 to 2999 (the Third millennium).
I not lawyer/teacher/CPA.
You've been arrested? Law Society of Singapore can provide referrals.
You want an International School job? School website or
http://www.ISS.edu
Your rugrat needs a School? Avoid for profit schools
You need Tax advice? Ask a CPA
You ran away without doing NS? Shame on you!
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by x9200 » Sat, 19 Aug 2017 8:01 am
I think both hypothesis may be correct but I more lean towards the old one: S-Singaporeans/F-Foreigners and later, when they realized the 7 digit code is not that capable for a 6-digit population they decided to make a change at the millennium mark naturally taking the next in line characters.
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