Singapore takes in "good quality" immigrants
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SINGAPORE: The National Population and Talent Division has said that Singapore will continue to take in immigrants "who are of good quality and able to integrate well into society".
Analysts Channel NewsAsia spoke with have stressed that Singapore needs to be mindful of the kind of immigrants it attracts.
Immigrants have to be young, can contribute economically and can adapt to Singapore culture, say analysts.
Associate Professor Paulin Tay Straughan, a sociologist at the National University of Singapore, said: "If we're talking about trying to attract 25,000 new citizens, then an important consideration would be, we want to make sure we attract good quality applicants.
"So how do we do that? Do we invite more to grow the pool of non-residents so that the probability of finding a segment with the desired attributes will be higher or do we look at immigration concerns with a more targeted approach?
"In short, don't just open doors but be very careful with outreach efforts. We must know who we want to target.
"We want to target younger new citizens because...they would have a younger lifespan in terms of their productivity years and with younger citizens, they grow families.
"So the outreach must be a very targeted one and in order to make Singapore an attractive place for these talents, we also have to be careful that we do not send out signals that foreigners are not welcomed."
The National Population and Talent Division said Singapore assesses citizenship applications holistically.
The assessment includes looking at the person's family ties to Singaporeans, qualifications and length of stay in the country.
A spokesperson from the National Population and Talent Division said: "We will continue to ensure that we take in immigrants who are of good quality and able to integrate well into our society.
"We assess applications holistically on a set of criteria that includes the applicants' family ties to Singaporeans, economic contributions, qualifications, age, family profile, length of stay in Singapore, and their commitment to sinking roots in Singapore."
The National Population and Talent Division added that most new citizens come from Asian countries and between 2005 and 2010, more than half of them were aged 30 or below.
It also explained why its report does not account for the number of permanent residents.
It said citizens are its starting point when looking at the population because they form the core of the population.
"Hence, the objective of this Occasional Paper is to lay out the demographic characteristics of our citizen population under various population scenarios, so as to provide a picture of our demographic challenges," said the spokesperson.
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alamak kenna pawn again
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Another bunch of self-proclaimed elite lying through their eyes.
How do they know since they are not the one doing the rejection and approval ?
What did they refer to ? Statistic ? or the money they bring ? or the funny certificate that the talent bring along ?
They are truly talent for making Singapore full of molesters, murderers, cheat, thief and slum.
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very soon,
everyone one here will be imported from somewhere
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Immigration crucial in baby-scarce Singapore: government paper
SINGAPORE: Singapore needs to continue attracting immigrants to slow down the decline and ageing of its citizen population, according to a paper released by the National Population and Talent Division.
By 2030, the number of elderly citizens will triple to 900,000, representing about 30 per cent of the population.
Compounding this is Singapore's low Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 1.2, well below the replacement rate of 2.1.
In its latest report, the National Population and Talent Division sets out five scenarios: one, if the TFR goes up to the replacement rate of 2.1; two, if the TFR is at the current 1.2 and with no immigration; and the rest, with the current fertility rate but with an inflow of 15,000, 20,000 or 25,000 new citizens each year.
The scenarios are not predictions or forecasts, but illustrations of the growth and change in population that will occur if certain assumptions about future demographics trends prevail over a projected period.
Without immigration, the paper shows that citizen deaths will exceed births in 13 years. By 2025, the population will also start to age and shrink, with the median age being 45 - up from the current 39 years.
The citizen workforce will also start to shrink, with fewer working-age citizens supporting each elderly citizens.
Currently, there are 6.3 working-age citizens supporting each elderly citizen.
By 2030, this ratio will drop to 2.1 is to 1.
With more exiting the workforce, economists say the burden of taxes will fall on the smaller pool of working adult citizens.
Associate Professor Tan Khee Giap, co-director of Asia Competitiveness Institute at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, said: "There is a trade-off here, that all Singapore citizens...must accept that if they want to be helped, to be subsidised when they are old...as less Singaporeans are now paying tax in support of the ageing population...then you must grow the economic cake. And if you want to grow the economic cake with less Singaporeans, you must accept foreign workers."
The paper points out that immigration will help slow down the decline in the pool of working-age citizens. With no immigration and at the current fertility rate, this pool will hit about 1.3 million in 2060. With 20,000 or 25,000 new citizens each year, this figure will be bumped up to about 2 million.
Immigration will also help to slow down the rate of ageing among the population. With no immigration and at the current fertility rate, the median age of citizens will be 47 in 2030. But if 20,000 or 25,000 citizenships are granted each year, the median age will go down to about 44 years of age, the same year.
Taking in 20,000 to 25,000 new citizens each year will also bump up the citizen old-age support ratio slightly from 2.1 to 2.4 working citizens for every elderly citizen, in 2030.
Singapore has been granting between 18,000 and 20,000 citizenships to foreigners over the past three to four years.
Analysts say that while new citizens need to be integrated, the bigger issue is with permanent residents (PRs), which they say may have more issues with assimilation.
Research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, Leong Chan-Hoong, said that the data does not provide any information regarding PRs.
He said: "The data does not provide any information regarding the influx or projected intake of permanent residents. The number of new citizens is actually quite small vis a vis the number of new PRs. So the PRs actually take up a significant component of the new migrants so it would be more helpful if we have information about what kind of projection we are looking at."
Dr Leong, though, added that the paper would be helpful as a guide for the national discourse on population policies.
"It's actually a very valuable platform for the ministry to engage Singaporeans to think about what kind of future, what kind of population landscape they want for Singapore.
"I think the other possible objective is also to make Singaporeans think harder, that if we do not have immigration, then there might be the possibility that Singaporeans will have to work longer and you will have to pay more taxes in light of the rapidly ageing population.
"So with all these different scenarios that the National Population and Talent Division has rolled out, then Singaporeans would have a more informed decision or platform to think about what sort of issues that they are more likely to encounter in the years to come."
The paper will form the basis of discussions among focus groups and the public for a White Paper to be released by the National Population and Talent Division by the end of the year.
The White Paper will set out issues important to Singaporeans and strategies for a sustainable population. This will cover areas such as housing, transport and land use. The public consultation for this is expected to start in the middle of the year.
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again this is an issue of balancing.... we cannot aggresively pursue policies without first consideration to local citizens. If we keep increasing the import of foreigns more than we should consider to improve and uplift the living standards of locals, this would become unsustainable in the long run.... Though targeted approach may contain "overflow effect" of mass foreigns recruitment...it cannot resolve the growing imbalance and dissent of the locals. It is important for the system to reflect whether they have really found the root problems...there are certain areas the system are not willing to review and improve....marriages remain a socio-psychological issue which a balanced gender policy is one of the key components tand must be in place to remove the fear of marriages and commitment... too much is focussed on the outcome, than understanding the fundamentals
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Originally posted by lce:
alamak kenna pawn again
give us a break lah! All these so called sociologist! enough of their rubbish ! What man proposes God disposes! Quality? a bit late to say this now isn't it? Murderers , loonies , ,pinoy mentally challenged child, peitu mamas, pinoy dancer companions, masssage parlour owners , spa pratitioners, ,,,,,all kinds ! -
'who are of good quality and able to integrate well into society.'
The fundamentals are nobel.
But the practice...
Quote: "Alamak kenna pawn again."
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Originally posted by mancha:
'who are of good quality and able to integrate well into society.'
The fundamentals are nobel.
But the practice...
Quote: "Alamak kenna pawn again."
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wtf is "The National Population and Talent Division" ???
Theory always sounds good... but most of the time is always impractical
For example, ppl CAN really turn lead into gold... but the amount of money cost is much much more then the gold value
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
wtf is "The National Population and Talent Division" ???
Theory always sounds good... but most of the time is always impractical
For example, ppl CAN really turn lead into gold... but the amount of money cost is much much more then the gold value
True indeed. Just like the MRT conceptually a great idea- practical implementation a bloody cock up resulting it to function like a slow boat to China! Interestingly they look at the shortage of people and say they need 25,000 new citizens- how else to get the numbers unless we again give away this time citizenship( not merely PRs) like funfair coupons! And can theygaurantee that the economy will be on a continually super growth path to support such a growing / young population size for all times? What if suddenly there is massive natural disaster or unforseen e conomic disaster this part of the world-everyone would be suffering badly! Furthermore getting in the numbers - what about the PRs and foreign workers who are here - they don't account at all? -
so you guys think what i should have for breakfast tomorrow?
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how much of taxpayers money wasted on this population and untalented division again?
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peanuts lah i bet
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Higher quality than the locals? That would qualify the whole world!
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Tell PAP to go fuck off lah.
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Want to stop the immigration?
Simple. Get your employers to stop employing foreigners.
Employers are to be blamed for the influx.
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Good quality?
as in those fit genetically as said by this madman (Wesker) below?
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Originally posted by Mr Milo:
Good quality?
as in those fit genetically as said by this madman (Wesker) below?
Never forget once upon a time many decades ago - they told Singaporeans to STOP AT TWO! and also married women to STERILISE themselves and also to HAVE LATE MARRIAGES. then they also have statisticians from the Family Planning Board to tell SINGAPOREANS IN EARNEST their critical bleuprint less we experience a population EXPLOSION the economy can't cope with! NOW decades later - the song is sung in reverse ?????? My advice follow your own blueprint in life! -
Originally posted by Bikeforceful:
Never forget once upon a time many decades ago - they told Singaporeans to STOP AT TWO! and also married women to STERILISE themselves and also to HAVE LATE MARRIAGES.There are a lot of shit garbage policies from the PAP.
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Originally posted by speakoutfor:
Want to stop the immigration?
Simple. Get your employers to stop employing foreigners.
Employers are to be blamed for the influx.
then the one leading must go - so many problem. -
"good quality" meaning... what? they can come in and can afford to... buy HDB flats and then drive up the price of the HDB flats?
or the really "good quality" ones which buy up the condos and then treat them like investments, buying up many of them to sell at a higher price to others, causing inflation?
or the not so "good quality" ones which we end up paying out of our taxpayer money to educate and teach them how to speak english while they live in enclaves?
or the not "good quality" ones which we end up paying out of our taxpayer money to make sure they do not starve to death?
either way we, the citizens of Singapore, lose...
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"Talent division"
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The war for talent is heating up.
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Originally posted by lce:
alamak kenna pawn again
If one day you never get pwned, then you worry something is not right.