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Another 30% population jump in Singapore by 2030?
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That or there were no changes to the original stance like most of his speech was tonight, meaning the same cap on numbers per year (give or take 5K or so).
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Well they're going to need to start allowing dual citizenship with other countries then. Not many people would give up citizenship from a first world country to take up Singaporean citizenship. Third world immigrants, sure.Wd40 wrote:I noticed one very new thing in the PM's speech. The word PR or permanent residents was not used even once. He kept talking about Singaporeans and new citizens and non residents. That's a very interesting shift to me.
I don't know what it exactly means but my take is PRs will get lesser and lesser privileges and will become very close to EP holders in terms of benefits in the future and they would want them to convert to citizens ASAP.
Nice article
http://www.todayonline.com/commentary/i ... orean-core
I particularly like this part:
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This means, the pool of PR and citizenship applicants can be selected with a more relaxed definition of “economic contribution”
http://www.todayonline.com/commentary/i ... orean-core
I particularly like this part:
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This means, the pool of PR and citizenship applicants can be selected with a more relaxed definition of “economic contribution”
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That's the only thing that's stopped me. I mean crap, I've already been here over 30 years and my son will be getting out of the Navy in May. But I'll not give up my US citizenship, warts & alll.movingtospore wrote:Well they're going to need to start allowing dual citizenship with other countries then. Not many people would give up citizenship from a first world country to take up Singaporean citizenship. Third world immigrants, sure.Wd40 wrote:I noticed one very new thing in the PM's speech. The word PR or permanent residents was not used even once. He kept talking about Singaporeans and new citizens and non residents. That's a very interesting shift to me.
I don't know what it exactly means but my take is PRs will get lesser and lesser privileges and will become very close to EP holders in terms of benefits in the future and they would want them to convert to citizens ASAP.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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