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6,700 S’poreans’ foreign spouses denied long-term visit pass or PR each year
May. 25 | The TODAY newspaper article headlined “Longer wait, harder to get PR or citizenship” (Today, 19 May) was amended on 19 May at 1615hrs. The second last paragraph of the story originally stated: “As for foreign spouses of Singaporeans, the ICA...
Tripartite panel contradicts Government on employment practices?
Apr. 9 | I refer to the article, “Bosses hiring foreigners over S’poreans? Not true”. (Straits Times, 8 April). It states that: “More Singaporeans are complaining that employers prefer to hire foreigners over them. But investigations by a tripartite...
Resident upset with noisy foreign neighbours
Apr. 6 | The following is an email sent to The Online Citizen and copied to various government ministries, including the Ministry of National Development, the HDB, JTC, and the local media. We publish the letter here in full without edit. Hi, After months of decline,...
Foreigners give back to Singapore society
Feb. 25 | By Maxie Aw Yeong and Cerelia Lim In recent months, to be a foreigner in Singapore is to subject oneself to scrutiny. Impassioned debate over the country’s immigration policies, stirred by a strong influx of foreign workers in recent years, has dominated...
101 East – Calling Singapore Home
Jan. 23 | How will the government’s new liberal immigration policy affect the people? In this 2-part video, Al Jazeera speaks to Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Mr Siew Kum Hong, Mr Jolovan Wham and Dr Dawn Dekle. The Singapore government declined to participate...
HDB’s reply on flats for foreigners – a conflict of interest?
Jan. 15 | Leong Sze Hian In my letter to the Today newspaper titled, “A precious resource”, I had asked why two blocks of flats in Toa Payoh were being reserved for rental to foreign workers from the two Integrated Resorts (IRs). I had said that HDB flats,...
Singapore raises school fees for foreigners
Dec. 25 | If the Singapore Government increases the fees substantially, I may have to review my decision to send my children to schools there. Housewife Dalillah Yusof, 46, whose three children with PR are currently studying in Singapore
Is Singapore a better place without foreigners?
Nov. 21 | The following is a comment posted on TOC by “AAA”, under the article, “How Singapore appreciates a PRC who tried to integrate”. The author of the comment describes himself as a “PRC scholar”. TOC tried to get in touch with him but our email...
Deconstructing the Singaporean – foreigner and local alike
Nov. 20 | Note on posting comments: Please do not post your comments entirely in capital letters. There is no need to “shout” so loud. Everyone can read you fine. And also, please keep comments to 500-words or less. Thank you. Molly Meek “Singapore,...
A PR problem
Nov. 13 | In the past, immigrants were concentrated at the top or bottom of the jobs ladder, performing work that Singaporeans could not or did not want to do. Today, foreigners compete on almost every rung. The Economist, “Singapore and immigration: a PR problem”
Strangers in our own land
Sep. 24 | I do not want to sound alarmist but a recurring nightmare of mine is that someday we will find ourselves strangers in our own land. Former senior civil servant, Ngiam Tong Dow (Straits Times, 24 Sept)
There’s that phrase again – “calibrated inflow”
Sep. 16 | We have been calibrating the inflows… Quah Ley Hoon (Ms), Director, National Population Secretariat, 29 August 2009 [We] must have a sustained, calibrated inflow of immigrants. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, 15 September 2009
Level the playing field for locals and foreigners in employment
Aug. 25 | Announcement: We apologise for not updating this website the last couple of days. TOC is taking a few days’ break. We’ll be back soon. Leong Sze Hian was invited by BlogTV to pen an article for them. We publish it below. Before we talk...
A nation of foreigners in 11 years
Jun. 22 | Ng E-Jay / Current Affairs Desk Half of Singapore’s population could consists of foreigners in 11 years time, if the government continues its current plan of attracting foreigners to feed its “growth-at-all-cost” economic model. This,...
Foreigners here to stay, reach out to them, says Vivian
Mar. 30 | They are of different races, languages and religions. Their presence is being felt around the neighbourhood, in places of worship, and at community activities. Many of these newcomers are here to stay. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, urging Singaporeans to...
How many jobs went S’poreans?
Mar. 15 | According to investment bank Credit Suisse, Singapore’s population grew 18%, to about 4.8 million, from 2004 to 2008. More than three-quarters of that growth, Credit Suisse estimates, came from newly arrived foreigners taking lucrative positions...
TOC International: Spaced-out in Singapore!
Feb. 17 | Gilbert Goh I had returned to Singapore from Sydney some weeks back. I was away for only a few months and was shocked at the drastic transformation in Singapore. The first thing that struck me when I reached home was the sheer number of people that I...
