Singapore for Singaporeans?

[verykiasu2010]

LOLMum:

Huh, I seem to be surrounded by Malaysians.


My dd and ds's friends, teachers from Malaysia. My neighbors also Malaysians. My bukit timah hill walks buddies also Malaysian. My beautican's partner also Malaysian.....my friends also Malaysians.

Can't tell the difference until I heard them talking about going home for cny.

between 16 Sept 1963 to 9 Aug 1965, everyone here is a Malaysian

[znzyzyzx]

verykiasu2010:

znzyzyzx:

I would think that the main issue here is that they are too many. Once upon a time, when there were only malaysian PR, our population is only about 3 millions, so no problem, the cake is big enough. But look at now, how many millions? Of course , there will be tension and fight for the same size cake lah. Just imagine a fish tank, where there is only 10 fishes, wow, so peaceful , the fish swim so graciously, so relaxing. Now imagine, one thousand fish is added into the same tank

where got add 1000 fish to 10 fish ? you saying 300 million people added to 3 million people ?

may be you could say what fish being added ? long kang fish or arowana or siamese fighting fish or puffer fish or pirahna ? :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

Doesnt matter what fish added, when the tank is crowded, it is crowded.

[corneyAmber]

znzyzyzx:

I would think that the main issue here is that they are too many. Once upon a time, when there were only malaysian PR, our population is only about 3 millions, so no problem, the cake is big enough. But look at now, how many millions? Of course , there will be tension and fight for the same size cake lah. Just imagine a fish tank, where there is only 10 fishes, wow, so peaceful , the fish swim so graciously, so relaxing. Now imagine, one thousand fish is added into the same tank

Interesting thought on overcrowding....so is it a timing issue? Our cost of living has gone up very high and we find many strangers amongst us. Naturally the question would be: Could it be due to them we may ask? Life is getting so tough.....

[corneyAmber]

LOLMum:

Huh, I seem to be surrounded by Malaysians.


My dd and ds's friends, teachers from Malaysia. My neighbors also Malaysians. My bukit timah hill walks buddies also Malaysian. My beautican's partner also Malaysian.....my friends also Malaysians.

Can't tell the difference until I heard them talking about going home for cny.

Exactly my point...we are in fact so heavily surrounded by \"foreigners from Malaysia\" for many eons but there was no or little effect on us. So I really do not think we dislike foreigners so much but currently PRCs and Pinoys seem to irk us a bit.

And the next question is, why aren't the govt attracting more Malaysians here with study scholarships since they can mingle with us better? Would it not solve the govt's problem the same and still make everyone happy?

[znzyzyzx]

ksi:

LOLMum:

Huh, I seem to be surrounded by Malaysians.

My dd and ds's friends, teachers from Malaysia. My neighbors also Malaysians. My bukit timah hill walks buddies also Malaysian. My beautican's partner also Malaysian.....my friends also Malaysians.
Can't tell the difference until I heard them talking about going home for cny.

Exactly my point...we are in fact so heavily surrounded by \"foreigners from Malaysia\" for many eons but there was no or little effect on us. So I really do not think we dislike foreigners so much but currently PRCs and Pinoys seem to irk us a bit.
And the next question is, why aren't the govt attracting more Malaysians here with study scholarships since they can mingle with us better? Would it not solve the govt's problem the same and still make everyone happy?

They are given scholarship/subsidy to study here. One of my husband's cousin was recently given a few hundred allowance per month to study in nanyang poly (i think is digital media coursce). And the course fee all no need to pay. And I dont think he is even one of the top student in his school in malaysia.

[Busymom]

ksi:

LOLMum:

Huh, I seem to be surrounded by Malaysians.


My dd and ds's friends, teachers from Malaysia. My neighbors also Malaysians. My bukit timah hill walks buddies also Malaysian. My beautican's partner also Malaysian.....my friends also Malaysians.

Can't tell the difference until I heard them talking about going home for cny.

Exactly my point...we are in fact so heavily surrounded by \"foreigners from Malaysia\" for many eons but there was no or little effect on us. So I really do not think we dislike foreigners so much but currently PRCs and Pinoys seem to irk us a bit.

And the next question is, why aren't the govt attracting more Malaysians here with study scholarships since they can mingle with us better? Would it not solve the govt's problem the same and still make everyone happy?

Heard that the M'sian government trying to discourage their citizens from coming to Singapore and would counter-offer their own scholarship to those who have been offered ASEAN scholarship here.

[corneyAmber]

znzyzyzx:

ksi:

Exactly my point...we are in fact so heavily surrounded by \"foreigners from Malaysia\" for many eons but there was no or little effect on us. So I really do not think we dislike foreigners so much but currently PRCs and Pinoys seem to irk us a bit.

And the next question is, why aren't the govt attracting more Malaysians here with study scholarships since they can mingle with us better? Would it not solve the govt's problem the same and still make everyone happy?

They are given scholarship/subsidy to study here. One of my husband's cousin was recently given a few hundred allowance per month to study in nanyang poly (i think is digital media coursce). And the course fee all no need to pay. And I dont think he is even one of the top student in his school in malaysia.

So
(1) Are we not getting enough from Malaysia these days so we have to venture to other countries? Is there brain-drain?
(2) Are we offering the Malaysians at uni levels too?
(3) Anyone knows the distribution of Malaysians offered as opposed to other countries?

Perhaps when we understand more, then we understand why so many of the non-Malaysian foreigners are invited in.

[corneyAmber]

Busymom:

ksi:

[quote=\"LOLMum\"]Huh, I seem to be surrounded by Malaysians.


My dd and ds's friends, teachers from Malaysia. My neighbors also Malaysians. My bukit timah hill walks buddies also Malaysian. My beautican's partner also Malaysian.....my friends also Malaysians.

Can't tell the difference until I heard them talking about going home for cny.

Exactly my point...we are in fact so heavily surrounded by \"foreigners from Malaysia\" for many eons but there was no or little effect on us. So I really do not think we dislike foreigners so much but currently PRCs and Pinoys seem to irk us a bit.

And the next question is, why aren't the govt attracting more Malaysians here with study scholarships since they can mingle with us better? Would it not solve the govt's problem the same and still make everyone happy?

Heard that the M'sian government trying to discourage their citizens from coming to Singapore and would counter-offer their own scholarship to those who have been offered ASEAN scholarship here.[/quote]Ah so this is the cause of us not getting our friendly neighbours here with us....hmm..apart from the scholarships, does SG hv no other attractions to make them pop over? Maybe we have to send them our famous people list in the study brochure....

[snowfly]

Are there really a lot PRCs here in SG? How come in a big local company I know which has about 600 staff, majority foreigner staff (exclude Malaysian) are from Indian, followed by Philipine… only very limited (maybe 10+) are from PRC

[Busymom]

ksi:

znzyzyzx:

[quote=\"ksi\"]Exactly my point...we are in fact so heavily surrounded by \"foreigners from Malaysia\" for many eons but there was no or little effect on us. So I really do not think we dislike foreigners so much but currently PRCs and Pinoys seem to irk us a bit.

And the next question is, why aren't the govt attracting more Malaysians here with study scholarships since they can mingle with us better? Would it not solve the govt's problem the same and still make everyone happy?

They are given scholarship/subsidy to study here. One of my husband's cousin was recently given a few hundred allowance per month to study in nanyang poly (i think is digital media coursce). And the course fee all no need to pay. And I dont think he is even one of the top student in his school in malaysia.

So
(1) Are we not getting enough from Malaysia these days so we have to venture to other countries? Is there brain-drain?
(2) Are we offering the Malaysians at uni levels too?
(3) Anyone knows the distribution of Malaysians offered as opposed to other countries?

Perhaps when we understand more, then we understand why so many of the non-Malaysian foreigners are invited in.[/quote]1) there should be other countries courting Malaysian students, not just Singapore (eg Australia)
2) yes, ASEAN scholarship is available at uni level.
3) must ask those whose kids are now studying in uni