Foreigners in SG crosses 1m mark
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This is good news.
They come for here to earn money,study,seek medical treatment,
looking for opportunity etc
We should be happy our economy can support them staying here.
Dunt be naive that if less foreigners in Sg,your salary will go up.
Pl cool down.They need housing,transport,schools etc which
contribute a lot to our economy growth.
Imagine 1 out of 4.6 persons here disappear.....
Singapore Resident incl Citizens and Sg PR.
Foreigners incl employment pass,work permit,S pass,students pass etc
and their eligible family members.
Citizens 3,225,000 est,past few yrs about 13,000 pa became citizens
PR............450,000 est .10 years ago is 300,000.past few yrs abt 50,000 pa
................................. became PR
Forigners.1,005,000 employment pass,work permit,S pass,students pass
..................................and their eligible family members
www.singstat.gov.sg 61 pages report in pdf.
Sep 27, 2007
Foreign population in Singapore crosses 1m markFOREIGNERS are coming here in unprecedented numbers, contributing to the largest swell in Singapore's population in more than two decades.
2.If u think so many foreigners here is bad,i can tell
The foreign population, which includes professionals, workers, students and their family members, was an estimated 1,005,500 in June this year - crossing the one million mark for the first time.
This is a 14.9 per cent rise over a year ago and represents the highest jump in at least seven years, according to the Department of Statistics.
The previous year's increase was 9.7 per cent.
The number of Singaporeans and permanent residents here also grew 1.8 per cent, the same as the previous year.
These increases lifted Singapore's total population to 4,680,600 as of June this year - a 4.4 per cent rise over the previous year.
This is also the largest increase since 1982's 4.5 per cent.
The figures, from the Department's annual report on population trends released on Thursday, also covered statistics for marriages, divorces, births and deaths.
Economist Song Seng Wun said the surge in the number of foreigners reflects the nation's broad- based economic recovery.
'Foreigners are lapping up job opportunities for sectors across the board, from financial services to teaching to construction,' he said.
External factors figure too.
'Many neighbouring countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, have been on a strong growth path, so their companies have been setting up shop here as a base for regional expansion,' he added.
Liberal immigration policies also play a part, said consultant demographer G. Shantakumar.
'We are attracting not just workers, but also students, in the hope of getting more foreigners to settle down here,' he noted.
Read the full report in Friday's edition of The Straits Times
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u if will be worse if they are not here. -
There are FTs and there are people who are quite concerned at the high number of reported FTs and foreigners.
That is about 1/3 or more if you consider just the working population , less the children and students and homemakers and retirees and disabled and jobless.
Concerns:
1. So many in proportion to the population. A stranger of mine said that this shows sg's weakness in providing citizens with the market-demand skills.
It also shows SG's inability to be more self reliant than before. He wants to know why the education system is not able to bridge the skills gap. He wondered if our youths spend too much time handicap in other things wasting time and not starting to come out to society to work or go for further education as early as FTs. Of course, being a world record super duper supporter, I disagreed.
2. The privileges and rights of PRs and even FTs who are not PRs in terms of competiting for work with citizens is like very good. A stranger asked me, will locals du-lan? of course , I said I dunno. Then he asked, how many citizens will truely willingly sacrifice their lives to protect the nation if war breaks given the current situations. Again, I of course said I dunno. I speak no evil in SG wan.
So, these are the 2 concerns I am aware of regarding the influx of Foreigners and talents.
Being a super supporter, I told the stranger, I hope the number of FTs tripple in numbers here and make you more productive. The stranger dieded cork standing.
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now i believe empty lion make the most noise!
well done lionnoisy!! -
I see a lot of FTs in Geylang area.
Yah they need places to live also... -
Jobs for foreigners!
NS for Singapore man!
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You are so proud to say that nearly 25% of Singapore population is made up of foreigners.
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why dont we let every tom, dick and harry come into singapore.
since it will help boost our economy. maybe we should import another 20 million people. -
Wow! I as Singaporean should migrate! Then I will be loved for contributing to the economy! Cos as a Singaporean we are never mentioned but the work of 1 in 4 is so "respectable"!
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oh no...the puss.y cats in Singapore is going to stave to death, while the hungry stray cats are going to be fat cats soon.
meow meow!! -
I know I'm contradicting myself, but why are we giving this asshat the dignity of a response to his thread?
Well, since I'm already speaking here I'll add that I oppose any population increase that strains our infrastructure. Just look around you. -
no wonder im finding it difficult to breathe lately
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The people who are profitting by collecting taxs will be laughing all the way to bank. While every day you will be squeezing with them on train, bus, forming a longer queue, paying a higher price for services and things that you need to buy due to higher demand. You have to thanks your million dollars ministers who have came up with such idea, not to forget thier target is 6.5m, the increasing figure is not over yet, you will have a more crowded and unpleasant scene awaiting ahead.
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They push up prices while lowering salaries.... tourists... now that's what we want... not Foreigners...!
Productivity is the key for companies to reduce manpower... not employ more foreigners! -
hahahah, but now you have more chinese and indian air mah.Originally posted by FireIce:no wonder im finding it difficult to breathe lately
Never mind, if you still have difficulty, I can give mouth to mouth ... -
yeah. Tax the foreigners more!
Increase GST! Give GST Package to Singaporeans and not foreigners!
Tax them more than their country for smoking!
Tax them more than their country for buying cars!
Tax them more than their country for using roads!
Tax!
Tax!
TAX TAX TAX! -
Can productivity clean my estate and look after my aged parents?Originally posted by AndrewPKYap:They push up prices while lowering salaries.... tourists... now that's what we want... not Foreigners...!
Productivity is the key for companies to reduce manpower... not employ more foreigners! -
I noticed something scary. The population increase by foreigners is more than the population increase by Singaporeans since 2006. If this continues for the next 10 - 20 years, we would probably have more FTs than locals. 0.0!
Population increase ('000)
Year -- SG -- Non-SG
2004 to 2005 -- 59.0 -- 44.5
2005 to 2006 -- 64.6 -- 77.6
2006 to 2007 -- 66.6 -- 130.0 -
What i do know is as protectors of the nation for those physically not unfit ones, they are expected to sacrifice their lives if need be given the training.Originally posted by Y_Shun:Jobs for foreigners!
NS for Singapore man!
so good right?
economy most important.
everything so good, so I can only say Congrats singapooereans!