Ben Bland
Asia Sentinel
Given the Singapore government’s oft-repeated mantra that it has taken the city-state “from third world to first,” you would not expect to find refugees fleeing the island’s shores and gleaming skyscrapers.
But despite the prosperity, the decent health and education systems and the lack of crime, a steady trickle of Singaporeans have felt the urge to abandon their homeland and seek asylum in nations such as Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada over the last few years.
(That of course doesn’t count the thousands of Singaporeans who leave every year to settle elsewhere. By one estimate, the number who put the Lion City behind them is as high as 15 percent of annual births. In 2006, the Transport Minister, Raymond Lim, expressed concern that 53 percent of Singaporean teens would consider emigration. One website survey put Singapore’s average outflow at 26.11 migrants per 1,000 citizens, the second highest in the world – next only to East Timor (51.07). )
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I am not surprised that Singaporeans are leaving this country by the droves. Singaporeans are living in hell , paying, paying and paying to this Pay and Pay govt. There is no social safety net for the ordinary Singaporeans. We have been cheated of everything by this PAP govt whose only aim is to enrich itself.
The only aim now for all Singaporeans is to throw out this useless, incompetent , good-for-nothing, pathetic, brainless, stupid, money- sucking PAP govt from power come next elections. Time for change.
when the singapore government start issusin you a decree and court order thru legalised parliament law includin the approval from the useless prata eatin puppet with your cpf savins where law/agreements seem to change term whenever it feel liked it
who else don’t want to quit and migrate?
even the senoir civil servants are feelin the heat….their cpf savins is UNTOUCHEABLE mey?
For a better and more caring Singapore for all Singaporeans, Vote out the PAP.
the govt is killing its own citizens in no time, if this things don’t stop, the nation is doom.
i am thinking of how to get out… perhaps via NZ… Australia has tough immigration laws.
Singapore’s average outflow at 26.11 migrants per 1,000 citizens, the second highest in the world – next only to East Timor (51.07). )
How pathetic. Of course we bring 3 times the amount of other immigrants but with 9 times less brain power. You can work out the sums which will explain our desperate state of declining productivity and customer service