This was in the Straits Times on 12 Oct. Is it really true, or do numbers from our neighbours (malaysians) inflate the numbers? There's no distinct cultural difference between malaysians and singaporeans.

 

Do you think really that many S'poreans marry foreigners? What's the social impact then? Brain drain?

 

By the way, does anyone have the full online article?

it cannot be true

if u include the malaysians and some other nationalities from this region that have pretty similar cultures, it's not so hard to imagine.

ai yo.. what so impossible about that??? come come let uncle explain to u...

 

4 out of 10.... cos that 4 is foreigner in the first place lor.. then become citizen... then of cos their gf or wife is usually foreigner right?? they wont so fast become citizen too.. cos then the other half can bring them to other country when needed what.. as PR lor... understand?? simple right?

more and more FTs?

 

sg govt encorage us to invest out mah

so have to marry someone out from Sg also

lor

My friend not so handsome married one texas ang mo

now happily staying in landed and own a car there

Maybe can consider also...

 

trying to psycho us to accept foreigners

In the perspective of we gals, because local men/boys are not romantic at all, they cannot take the hardship of life, overly pampered and behave in a male chauvinist behavior thinking that they are the best.

 

Next is that most men are being Conned by PRC gals into a Can, so before going for Sg guy, we sg gal will have a second look around. And most likely, with FT handsome men around, we get melted

Originally posted by angel7030:

In the perspective of we gals, because local men/boys are not romantic at all, they cannot take the hardship of life, overly pampered and behave in a male chauvinist behavior thinking that they are the best.

 

Next is that most men are being Conned by PRC gals into a Can, so before going for Sg guy, we sg gal will have a second look around. And most likely, with FT handsome men around, we get melted

so hot weather ,, you confirm will get melted

Originally posted by noahnoah:

so hot weather ,, you confirm will get melted

First, we get wet than slowly as the nite goes on, the melting part come when the mouth came into contact.

 

M & M chocolate, the only chocolate that melt in your mouth and not in your hand

Originally posted by angel7030:

First, we get wet than slowly as the nite goes on, the melting part come when the mouth came into contact.

 

M & M chocolate, the only chocolate that melt in your mouth and not in your hand

M & M choc like contain paint inside leh

got any other better choc that also dun melt in mouth not on hand?

Originally posted by noahnoah:

M & M choc like contain paint inside leh

got any other better choc that also dun melt in mouth not on hand?

got, i got toilet make first

6K plus men and 1.8k women marry foreigners. This is only based on those who register in Singapore. There are others who marry and register in foreign country. So the number might be higher. The biggest group to marry foreigners are the lower educated men and highly educated women. 

Originally posted by mistyblue:

6K plus men and 1.8k women marry foreigners. This is only based on those who register in Singapore. There are others who marry and register in foreign country. So the number might be higher. The biggest group to marry foreigners are the lower educated men and highly educated women. 

ya, lower educated men go for PRC gals and vietcong brides, higher educated women go for foreign romantic handsome expatriates, so left only the goondo ugly higher educated men with ah huay n ah lian as lower class women.

IIRC, that news is referring to singaporean man .

i prefer local gals..lol

 

local girls want 6c

but nvm now market downturn

they will give discount maybe 3 c

so strike when iron is hot

gread deals dun come so often

till the bull wake up

Originally posted by Deino:

i prefer local gals..lol

What you like about them? Mind sharing?

why not 2 in 5 ?

 

why use 4 in 10 ?

 

huh huh huh

Because 2/5 will ring alarm bells, but 4/10 still sounds like got 6 more to go what why worry.

Four in 10 S’poreans marry foreigners
Globalisation creating more chances for locals to meet, tie the knot with non-citizens
By Mavis Toh

Ms A.L. Koh is 36, has a master’s degree in business administration and works as a marketing manager in a multinational company.
When her Singaporean boyfriend of six years broke off their engagement in 2005 due to objections from his mother, she dropped the idea of marriage totally.
Mismatched couples ‘At work, we are conditioned to fight like a man but at home, they still expect us to go soft and take care of their every need.’
MS A.L. KOH, 36, on Singaporean men. She is married to a Frenchman

But last December, she walked down the aisle of a church in France and said ‘I do’ to a Frenchman.
The two had met at work – the 40-year-old man is a project manager in the same firm – and they have now set up home here. Like Ms Koh, nearly 40 per cent of Singaporeans who tied the knot last year married either a permanent resident or a foreigner.
Of the 20,775 marriages involving at least one citizen, 8,086 Singaporeans were hitched to non-citizen spouses. Of the 8,086 people, 6,200 were men and 1,886 were women.
There were 8,406 and 8,161 such marriages in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
Close to 90 per cent of these non-citizen spouses last year were from Asia.
These figures were released recently by the National Population Secretariat but the real figure may be even higher as some Singaporeans marry their partners and register their marriages overseas.
The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) attributed the trend to globalisation. It noted that Singaporeans routinely travel overseas for work, study and leisure, and as the country becomes more vibrant and cosmopolitan, many foreigners also choose to live and work here.
‘This provides more opportunities for interaction between Singaporeans and foreigners, and it is not surprising for some to fall in love and marry,’ said a MCYS spokesman.
Sociologist Paulin Straughan attributes the high figures in recent years to Singapore’s open-door policy towards foreign talent.
She added that the largest group of Singaporean male singles are usually lower educated while the female singles are usually higher educated.
‘The educated women are more likely to travel overseas or meet Caucasian spouses at work here. The men turn to foreign brides through matchmaking agencies,’ she said.
While figures on the nationalities of foreign spouses are unavailable, The Sunday Times understands that Malaysians form the bulk. But the mushrooming of matchmaking agencies has brought an influx of brides from Vietnam and China.
There are about 200 dating and matchmaking agencies here.
One of them is Blissful Marriage Consultants whose owner Han Lin Zhuo matchmakes about 10 couples yearly, charging $5,888 for each case.
His agency, set up in 2004, deals specifically with Hainanese brides because they are ‘more virtuous and family-oriented’ than Singaporean women.
‘If Singaporean men do not want to date career-minded Singaporean women, I give them an alternative to date virtuous Hainanese women,’ he said. He has contacts and an office in Hainan which generate a constant pool of Hainanese women looking to pair up with Singaporean men.
He added that most of his clients, aged between 28 and 50, had tried dating Singaporean women before turning to him.
‘They date for three to five years and the girls are unwilling to settle down. The men want to start a family and don’t want to risk going through the dating process again,’ he said.
At another agency, Life Partner Matchmaker, owner Janson Ong said many men had joined dating agencies before seeking help from a matchmaker.
‘They join these agencies and waste a number of years without getting a life partner. So they come to us – it’s faster and the stigma of going to matchmakers has also gone down,’ he said.
But his business – the women come from Vietnam – has been affected by the economic downturn since August last year. Now, he gets only one case every few months. Previously, he could get up to six cases monthly, charging $10,000 for each virgin bride.
He added that 40 per cent of his clients are degree holders with good jobs.
‘They do well in their careers but when it comes to women, they’re shy and have no courage to ask them out,’ he noted.
Ms Annie Chan, co-founder of Club2040, a matchmaking agency and social dating club, said most of its clients still prefer to date local women because of their ‘similar upbringing’.
She said men may turn to foreign women because they find local ones too ‘career-minded’ and ‘driven’.
But Ms Chan said: ‘Local women feel that men here don’t understand that our education system has pushed them to pursue such high-powered careers. After a while, they feel that perhaps foreign men will appreciate this part of them.’
Ms Koh agrees. Her former boyfriend had often complained about her long working hours and felt insecure that she made more money than him.
‘At work, we are conditioned to fight like a man but at home, they still expect us to go soft and take care of their every need,’ she said.
‘Foreign men are different; they know how to take care of their women.’
With trans-national marriages taking off, one issue has surfaced – citizenship for the children of these couples.
Dr Straughan said: ‘These kids have one foot in each culture and country but Singapore may end up losing talents if the other parent is from a First World country.’
For businessman Jerome Phua, 43, it does not bother him which citizenship his son Ethan, three, takes up.
His wife is Indonesian and they met while he was on business in that country.
‘Such marriages and ‘mixed kids’ will just add to the cosmopolitan flavour of Singapore. After all, we’re already a rojak society,’ he said.

look at it the bright side la

more mixed babies.

i think local gals are hawt. but i need angel to teach me be gentleman first