Foreigners & population most talked about topics: REACH
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SINGAPORE: Foreigners and population issues were the most talked about topics in the first 11 months of 2012, says government feedback channel REACH.
On the other hand, concerns over last year's top issues - housing and transportation - have somewhat eased this year.
On the whole, REACH said the volume of feedback received has remained strong, more than a year after the last General Election.
Releasing figures REACH said for the first 11 months of this year, it received over 64,000 feedback inputs - a 42 per cent increase over the 45,000 feedback inputs received over the same period in 2011.
The issue of foreigners remains the hottest topic for the year.
REACH said contributors expressed unhappiness with foreigners for what they perceived as crowding out of public infrastructure, eroding social norms and values, and marginalising Singaporeans in school placements and the job market.
This was also fuelled by a series of prominent cases involving foreigners - including the insulting comment by foreign scholar Sun Xu and the fatal accident involving a Ferrari driver.
REACH said these cases triggered heated views towards foreigners and calls for a more stringent immigration policy.
Population and immigration issues were the second most popular topic, up from third place last year.
Last year's discussion topics, which included issues of the country's low fertility rate and putting "Singaporeans First" in jobs, education and housing, continued to surface this year.
The discussion was also underpinned by concerns on the influx of foreigners,
The discussion also gained traction with the release of NPTD's (National Population and Talent Division) Occasional papers on Citizen Population Scenarios in April and Marriage & Parenthood Trends in June, followed by the NPTD Issues Paper and a 14-week public consultation on population in July.
The third most popular topic was transportation - down from its top spot last year.
REACH said the six train disruptions in April this year and talk about public transport fare hikes generated a lot of discussion on transport.
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Not scandals?
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tok no use anymore. do by voting is better tan tokin.
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Originally posted by troublemaker2005:
tok no use anymore. do by voting is better tan tokin.
Cannot vote.
Walkover.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Cannot vote.
Walkover.
Hello, resident of Tg Pagar.
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rad the article properly. it should be 'cheap foreign labor' not forein talents.
we know the majority of 'they' we targeting, stop putting words in sgrans' mouth its all foriegners.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Cannot vote.
Walkover.
lousy. my side every GE now also got contestant. next time i hope nicole seah cum fight my contituency. -
Originally posted by troublemaker2005:
rad the article properly. it should be 'cheap foreign labor' not forein talents.
we know the majority of 'they' we targeting, stop putting words in sgrans' mouth its all foriegners.
Manipulation is power and brainwashing. Manipulation is the very important tool to stay in power.
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this is not even manipulation! its putting words in our mouths!
we our primary target at the moment is the mass influx of chap unskilled ungreatful savage ad babaric workers from alien plantes. we never have problem with expats of the minority foreigners real talents cuming here to expand their careers or invest or do buinesess.e
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Originally posted by troublemaker2005:
this is not even manipulation! its putting words in our mouths!
we our primary target at the moment is the mass influx of chap unskilled ungreatful savage ad babaric workers from alien plantes. we never have problem with expats of the minority foreigners real talents cuming here to expand their careers or invest or do buinesess.e
Rampant now with the desire of the pai kok kia. During GCT's era not like that.
PRC friend told me if sg govt keeps import cheap labour from overseas sg will continue have no contribution and country go downhill. Now the money minded pay and pay not importing many foreign heavy weights to contribute they focus on foreign labour. they also reject renewing EP for many PRC professionals . I think got hidden agenda why that one wants cheap foreign labour. Election time if these cheap foreign labour already converted to citizens that one and team can brainwash them to vote pay and pay to stay in power.
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Originally posted by SJS6638:
Rampant now with the desire of the pai kok kia. During GCT's era not like that.
PRC friend told me if sg govt keeps import cheap labour from overseas sg will continue have no contribution and country go downhill. Now the money minded pay and pay not importing many foreign heavy weights to contribute they focus on foreign labour. they also reject renewing EP for many PRC professionals . I think got hidden agenda why that one wants cheap foreign labour. Election time if these cheap foreign labour already converted to citizens that one and team can brainwash them to vote pay and pay to stay in power.
Your friend is captain obvious.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Your friend is captain obvious.
at least this PRC friend aware about it, not all PRCs bother and observe the situation in sg.
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So where are the scandals??
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So many already you still want some more ?
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Originally posted by charlize:
So many already you still want some more ?
Just to prove those taiwanese that our real life drama is better then their aiieeeeee -
Singapore must not be condemned with the PAP forever.
They must be voted out.
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
Just to prove those taiwanese that our real life drama is better then their aiieeeeeeDon't make sbst sad.