Electoral rolls updated again to include more new citizens in the register
February 18th, 2010 | 
Author: Written by Our Correspondent
In a sign that elections may be called anytime soon, the ruling party has updated the registers of voters again for the second time within a year to include the new immigrants who took up Singapore citizenship last year.
The revision will enable the names of new voters to be entered in the appropriate registers.
There were 20,153 new citizens in 2008 and their names have already been included in an earlier update in February last year. The present revision will include new citizens in 2009, whose numbers is not known yet.
Faced with a potential voter backlash over some of its misguided policies, the ruling party has been desperately trying to shore up its support base by “persuading” PRs to take up Singapore citizenship.
According to unverified feedback from the ground, some PRs are not having their status renewed – they were told in no uncertain terms either to become Singaporeans or returned to where they came from.
As new citizens will most likely vote for the ruling party, the increase in the number of new citizens will dilute support for the opposition.
The ruling party has gone out of its way to woo the newcomers including PRs. A mega $10-million Community Integration Fund was unveiled last year to make the immigrants feel “welcomed” in Singapore.
New citizens and PRs are being roped into grassroots organizations which are described as “part of the PAP” by its strongman Lee Kuan Yew lately. No efforts were spared by the media to portray the measures taken by the ruling party to “integrate” the new citizens.
Due to the ruling party’s liberal immigration policies, foreigners now make up 36 per cent of Singapore’s population, up from 14 per cent in 1990. Of the remaining 64 per cent who are citizens, an increasing number are born overseas.
Assuming the average number of new citizens per year since 2006 is 20,000, they may contribute nearly 100,000 new voters in the next election, more than enough to sway votes in favor of the ruling party in closely fought contests.
With few credible leaders in the opposition camp, the ruling party is likely to romp home to another electoral victory with or without the help of the new citizens.
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there are rumours that election will come after opening of both IRs, F1 race and the youth olympic games…
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Short-sighted. Hahahahahaha…
I’d touch on this topic in my blog later.
请神容易，送神难. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha~
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司马昭之心，路人皆知！
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The new citzens, or fellow Singaporeans now, we welcome them. Some will still vote for opposition.
You can never say 100% will cast their vote for the PAP. But the result will still be the same, the ruiling party will still win.
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These 100,000 new citizens will not affect the next election as long as we have oppositions to vote and no walk over . Remember , we ( 80% of local citizens )only need to have a chance to vote , thats all . Freak election is coming . Papaya panic button pressed already and their camp confused and no co-ordination at all .
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Pity the staffs processing citizenship…guess they’ll be working overtimes.
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KNN. True born and breed Singaporean who have stayed here for 20 years and is unable to vote due to the minimum age requirement of 21. And these outsiders suka suka stay here for 2-3 years can vote and decide for my future! What the hell is this man?
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no doubt majority of new citizens will vote for PAP, but don’t forget that many old voters has been switching grounds too.
with each passing year, a batch of old pap voters dies and a new batch of young voters gets to vote. if more young votes swing to opposition, that will be enough to counter the rising new citizen vote
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Its time for all the native born Singaporean to join hand together and vote for the Opposition otherwise, in 5 years time, the new New Citizen will take over and the papaya will become gahment forever. This is the Kiasu papaya who not only carve the boundary of the GRC in each election but also include new citizen to enhance thier votes. There are only in terested in power and money.
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They update now and they update later… whats the different to you?
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@XIIIblackcat
How about those who can vote but faced some many times WALKED OVER due to a super weak opposition?
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“With few credible leaders in the opposition camp, the ruling party is likely to romp home to another electoral victory with or without the help of the new citizens.”
TR… why you say this type of thing ??
You already are saying PAP wins…!
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how can we know that these new citizens are scattered around the island and not into certain wards or grc?
i heard something like they ensure there will not be enclaves. but how do we know? by this, does it mean their residence is controlled in some way?
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We have to pressure the STUPID gahmen to hold the election sooner before they nationalized more FTrash & PRubbish to gain more voters.
From internal leak, the PM have intention to push it to next year, to give as much citizenship to FTrash & PRubbish.
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“Righteous”: That someone can call itself righteous and label fellow human beings trash and rubbish is beyond me. Maybe you should take a long look in the mirror before calling others names.
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Why so troublesome, just give all the PR and work permit holder the same voting right. Then we will be able to see clearly who they vote for.
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Election will most likely be this year and not next year.
Having election election next year is too risky for the PAP. It is widely believe that economy in latter part of this year may not be too rosy. In fact election even in the end of this year is also not very positive for the incumbent.
Election during weak economy period is dangerous because everybody is already angry hence cannot think properly.
Should election be held next year and if the PAP lose, with less than a year could they hand over to the next government neatly since they are not even able to account for the reserve monies accurately?
The likelihood is that election will be held in this year after the world cup same as previous election too. If there is no world cup live telecast this time round, maybe it will be held in the June holiday.
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New Citizens would surely vote for PAP as it would be foolish on their part to upset the regime that gave them that privilege.
Come next election I bet at least 70% of these ex-new-citizens would hunger for an opposition instead.Why?Because five years is more than enough for them to realize their folly for keeping PAP in power which simply means an unbearable increase in their cost of living..
Once the PAP’s love affair with FT’s & new citizens is over I bet PAP would once again resort to another sort of management by crisis to capture power for the next election.
This is how PAP had ruled us for the past 50 years or so.
PAP takes elections as a necessary evil to overcome every 5 years and not as a measure of people’s will…..just go through some of MM’s past speeches and one would be shocked at it’s revelations…PAP in the past had toyed with more than 1 vote for certain groups because it had identified them to be their staunch supporters….Now,new citizens are merely another pawn in PAP’s power game so as to speak.
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I know of new citizens who do not like PAP. New citizens voting for PAP may not be 100% accurate. As a matter of fact, they see clearer than many Singaporeans and they will never hesitate to vote out PAP unlike kiasi Singaporeans. If we look around us, these PRCs and Ah Nehs were quite daring to break laws, something that Singaporeans have not tried. Let’s keep our chin high and trust that PAP will be voted out to save not just Singapore, but every comrades living and building this nation.
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It is also NOT in the interest of new citizens to support the current FT policy.
Don’t forget that by definition they are no longer FTs and will suffer along with all other citizens if FTs and FWs continue to stream in endlessly.
Perhaps TR can write, in both English and Chinese, about how new citizens will ALSO suffer if the PAP government is not given a wake up call.
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As long as I live, I will NEVER vote for this papaya clowns!!!!!
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Let us be realistic, the opposition here is not united and cannot rule the country effectively, for now. The PAP will still be in power after this election but prayfully with a few GRCs and all single seats with the opposition.
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A less sinister explaination is that there is a legal requirement for the electoral roll to be updated for the FY before an election can be held. This latest exercise just tells us that there will be no surprise election during the March school holiday.
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Still forecasting for GE in 2011. Still too early as global economy is still rather choppy with China curbing credit with an overheated economy, USA still tottering with patchy economic growth & chronic unemployment and European Union in crisis with huge budget deficits in several EU countries. More like a W recovery as some economists have predicted last year.
Of course, your wonderful PAP gahment would want you to think otherwise, knowing how DAFT Sporeans are, that is the way PAP sees us.
Most likely scenario for updating electoral register is to re-draw GRC boundaries to best harness socio & racial profiles to up PAP percentage winnings in the next GE.
PAP knows it will still win big in the next GE with or without new citizens as the majority of native Sporeans will still vote for them no matter what. That is something that we the netizens who are disgruntled with PAP cannot figure out.
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How would new citizens vote?
Than we must look at their demographic of their docile ; especially in HDB estates.
Surely,even if 100% of new citizens vote only for PAP that effect would be very diluted if they are evenly spread….This is where the HDB high resale prices and new citizens pattern of voting comes handy.Why?
Because ask any marketing strategist how he/she would destroy a competitor through price mechanism..Most probably by setting a very competitive price SELECTIVELY & STRATEGICALLY.
That’s how the HDB high resale prices works for PAP.Ever noticed that the highest HDB resale prices are only in Tanjong Pagar constituency?..MM’s constituency !
Now,why is that problem you would ask.Because take away MM and that constituency would fall since no credible PAP MP is there to replace MM….which simply means only PAP as brand has to be sold in Tanjong Pagar constituency..
Just keep a watch at the price mechanism of the resale HDB flats whether high or low.It would gives us a clue as to where these 100,000 or so new citizens would vote.
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PAP is sure to lose big in the coming GE. With the lowering of quality of life due the escalated cost of living, what there to lose to vote for opposition ????
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If the new citizens are smart, they will know that they themselves will be in exactly the same position as bred-and-born S’poreans…..that is, new citizens will face declining wages and joblessness by age 40 because PAP will import even cheaper foreigners to replace them!!!
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Won’t make any difference.
Singaporeans are going to vote for change.
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How come new citizens got the rights to vote? They did not served National Service leh….
If new citizens dun need to serve NS, but their kids will have to serve.
So, new citizens cannot vote, wait for their kids to turn 21 before they can cast a vote…
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Update. Check the number of new citizens … not enough. Ok wait.
Update again. Check the number of new citizens … still not enough. Ok wait.
Update yet again. Check the number of new citizens …enough, but some loyal old (and gullible) ones have died. Wah lau … have to wait again.
Prime Millionaire trying to see if enough new citizens will vote their way.
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i wonder how many MPs will lose their jobs and how many grassroot leaders will have their heads chop off after the elections..
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Whether now or later, I would like to see a break in the GRC in which an opposition capture one of them.
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Actually many of the new citizen PRC friends I know do not necessary vote for PAP. They will question and judge objectively. My own experiences, usually those from India and Southeast Asia countries such as Malaysians, Philippines, Vietnamese etc that are more supportive of the regime. Their home country is nearer and they are here just to make money, going home very frequently, they are not interested in politics.
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Don know how you conclude that PAP will lose the election even if its held tomorrow. Fact is older generation will still vote them, the new citizens will vote them. of course will gerry mendering, i will not get to vote.
so pap win again. they will also buy your vote thru singapore shares, everyone is song again so we forget everything. govt knows it but generally singaporeans don seem to realise it. the only question is whether we are angry enough to receive the money and still vote oppositon.
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To : Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long,
We need to enlist those new citizens for national service before they are fully considered native singaporeans.
If they are not native singaporeans then these bunch of idiots must not be considered as voters.
If through winning election with these discarded rubbish discarded by their own country(s) will only bring you, singapore prime minister and the PAP SHAME & UNETHICAL.
Engaging such underhand tactic to win coming election will only bring disaster to your good self and the respectable party in the next election.
On top of all, The Shame upon you & your party is forever written in history and shall be read and remembered by everyone including your close relative.
Sir ! You have the power, will and ability to decide what is to be written in history.
No matter how powerful or influential a person or party is, none is able to change facts in history.
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When the numbers of new citizens added up to improve PAP chances, they will call for GE immediately.
But at the meantime, they will tell you to bare with them and bull.sh..it that future intakes of foreigners will be reduced becos after this GE, knowingly, the next one will be 5 years away.
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Something has to be done this coming GE…..otherwise, GST will be increased to 10% immediately after that (similar to the previous GE in 2006).
MPs salaries, ERP rates, bus fares, taxi fares and other taxes will certainly follow too.
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disgusting…
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Why don’t PAP try to listen to the grounds for a change instead of keep getting these new citizens, new voters in to squeeze us?
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There’s no Leadership & no Hope from PAP, (Penchuri Atau Perompah) make you Pay And Pay, for more good years and a Swiss standard life for themselves. Ah Yew, Kayu & Blur sothong thinks we are Daft. WE shall show these bunch of idiots that we are not daft ! IT’S TIME ! CHANGE ! There’s Hope ! WE THE CITIZENS OF SINGAPORE STAND AS ONE UNITED PEOPLE.
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Even walkover constituency still need to vote. If they cannot garner say 20% of popular vote then those who lost in the main election can stand again in the by election. This is a more fairer way.
This should be apply to Presidential Election too.
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The people coming in from China view LKY as a demigod. No wonder they get citizenship so fast and easily. When elections come around they’ll be very useful to the PAP.
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Need to get FTrash, PRC & IN outta here!!!
At this point it really doesnt matter to me who opposition is, I will vote for them.I am at wits end!! I hope they stand in all GRC etc
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Dear PAP ,
We have voted for you for the past 40 years . Your policies have destroyed us and you keep loosing BILLIONS . Unless someting done to solve the massive problem , we will not vote you anymore .
on behalf of a BIG group of senior PAP supporters
Cheers
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Come what may! Lai Lah in Hokkien! KNN!
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About half of all native citizens do not serve NS too, so i think that harping on NS liability as a criterion to fulfill as a citizen is not productive and can polarize the native Sinagporean girls.
It is good to protect citizen rights but do it more rationally, that’s the way to go.
More citizen rights and more equal distribution of wealth to all Singapore citizens who are citizens for more than 5 years.
Rights
1. The right for all Singaporeans to vote.
2. The right of freedom of speech.
3. etc
Equal distribution of wealth by
1. Disseminating 20% of the profit from investment by TH and GIC every 5 years to all citizens who has been Singapore citizens for at least the last 8 years.
Specifically, distribute evenly to all working adults (more to those with NS and who are above 62 years old).
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The bloody govt owns the election dept, even if the opposition wins, the elections will be rigged.. so at the end of the day PAP wins yet again… unless LKY dies soon… let’s all pray for his demise…
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PAP is importing voters, this will lead to the downfall of Singapore
we have to take this country back from them
VOTE FOR CHANGE, VOTE PAP OUT, VOTE OPPOSITION
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remember the extra 1% interest is supposed to be taken away last year. It was reinstated this year. The pigs are paying for it.
If they start the election within this year, they will remove this extra 1% interest the subsequent years.
Why is it that this govt is so stingy with 1% when it could spend 10 million on new citizens?
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updating the list of voters from people who have been in Singapore as PR for a few years is a shitty tactic.
It shows that after sueing and locking people up for no reason, the pigs have sunk to a new low.
They are not interested in serving the genuine of singaporeans but their own.
A bunch of self serving pigs.
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we will not vote you anymore.
on behalf of a BIG group of senior PAP supporters
a liar is always a liar, much more those folks who supported PAP must realised by now that they has been used by the ruling party far too many years, simple question to ask: where are all your life saving cpf $$$ now? its ALL GONE!!!! those who are now awaken must do their part and inform all your families, neighbours and friends not to fall into the PAP trap again or be prepared to ruin your childrens future in the hand of those bandits.
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Article : “some PRs are not having their status renewed”
Faintz.. PR need renewal meh? Wah seh, this basic fact what – No need for renewal la!
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