Re: Wakeup, Stop the papist leegime treating U like dirt

Singapore need to be realistic how many foreigners we can squeeze on this island.

Singapore total land space is only about 730 km. 12% are road space. If you included land space allotted for other usage then the amount of land available is extremely small. Say 5.08 millions humans are given a total of 650 km of space, that means population density will go up to 7800 humans per sq km.

Since 1 sq km = 1000 m X 1000 m, each island resident is allotted just 128 sq metres of space if he is living here. How much is 128 sq metres ? It is about the size of those old type 5 room HDB flats.

Singapore is not Australia, Texas, Canada, London, Johor or KL. There is only so much land available.

On 9/1/2010 11:46 AM, truth wrote:
http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/

Singapore Population crosses 5M....
3.23 million citizens and 1.84 foreigners (incl PR). Foreigners make up 36%
of the population. The % does not include those who took up citizenship as
adults.

During the ND Rally, PM Lee asked Singaporeans to do their part and help to
integrate the new arrivals. He also explained the benefits of having
foreigners and other countries are doing it. Lets put it this way -
Singapore's immigration policy is not the same as what other countries are
doing. The PAP govt policy borders on the extreme. For example, in the US,
immigration is also a hot topic but the foreign born (including those who
took up citizenship) is only 16%. We frequently hear our PAP leaders tell us
to be more open and accepting etc as if Singaporeans are very xenophobic. I
find these remarks insensitive and unfair. I tell you, frankly, that
Singaporeans are the most open people in the world. There was hardly a
whimper of concern when the number of foreigners hit 16% because people
trusted the PAP govt and the state controlled media on this issue. No where
else in the world can you find such a high level of acceptance of
foreigners. It was only when the numbers crossed 25% that Singaporeans
realised something was amiss. It was when serious structural unemployment
emerged and family breadwinners had difficulty holding on to jobs and income
that they suspect something is wrong. For the residents in Jurong it was
when the public transport reached 'crush-load' that they woke up and began
to understand what the govt has done.

After implementing an extreme policy (immigration on steroids?), the PAP
leaders went round to chide Singaporeans for being small-minded. Citizens
from big countries like Australia,US and UK raised their concerns about
immigrants when the % of immigrants were much lower than in Singapore.

Singapore's immigration policy has never been about benefits for the
citizens. It is a policy driven by business demand for labor from China&
India and the PAP's fixation with high GDP growth. Now at this late hour
with the elections coming and voters who have woken up to what the PAP govt
has done, the PM tries to reframe the entire thing as something done for the
benefit of citizens. This is ridiculous. How many people will believe him?
While many feel the pain from the rising home prices, crowded public
transport and increased competition for jobs, the real tragedy is found in
the thousands of low income families that have been pushed further into
poverty as the cost of living rose and their wages became depressed.
Netizens and bloggers are not small minded, they are concerned about the
plight of their fellow Singaporeans especially the less educated who are
unable to speak up for themselves.



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