Singaporeans having “integration” forced down their throats by the PAP
April 30th, 2010 | 
Author: OPINION
The buzzword lately is “integration, integration and integration”. Not a single day pass without the state media harping on the magical word which is spreading like a bug to afflict all aspects of life in Singapore. Even the classroom is not spared.
A few days ago, a Symposium on Integration in Schools was held to study ways of promoting social interaction and integration between Singaporeans and foreign students in Singapore schools.
A week earlier, a “Water Festival” was held by Bukit Batok grassroots organizations to celebrate the New Year of the Burmese, Thai and Cambodian community in Singapore.
PAP MP Grace Fu who was the Guest-of-Honor at the event, said:
“We are a cosmopolitan society, and we celebrate a lot of festivals that do not originate here. I told the grassroots to look at activities that will drive the crowd here because if people all stay in their flats, integration cannot take place.”
Yes, the key word is still “integration”.
Singaporeans are having “integration” forced down their throats literally by the PAP and the state media which continues to churn out “integration” propaganda day after day faithfully.
The question is: how many Singaporeans are genuinely interested in “integration”?
Saved for the grassroots leaders who are coerced to lend their support to such “integration” events, not many Singaporeans appear to be aware of the activities being held in their neighborhood to promote “bonding” between them and the immigrants.
Integration is a natural process which will take time to materialize and cannot be accelerated artificially by such half-hearted superficial attempts.
In the United States for example, it was found that immigrants generally take at least three generations to become fully naturalized U.S. citizens.
It is impossible to expect the newcomers to become Singaporeans overnight, especially when so many of them are allowed into Singapore within a short a period of time.
As there is already a significant number of their compatriots in Singapore, they tend to congregate within their respective communities and have few incentives to reach out to Singaporeans.
Furthermore, some immigrants do not even understand or speak English, the lingua franca which unites the various races in Singapore.
How can one ever integrate into an English-speaking nation without speaking the language in the first place?
The onus is on the new immigrants to integrate into Singapore society and if they do not bother to put in the effort, no amount of money spent on integration by the PAP will help.
Had the PAP got its immigration policy right in the first place, there will be no need to spend so much money to promote “integration” now.
With public disgruntlement rising against the relentless influx of foreigners, the atmosphere is not quite appropriate for the PAP to implement its “integration” policies on the ground.
The state media only selects rare examples to highlight how the immigrants are “integrating” into Singapore society which is not exatly reflective of the reality.
Singaporeans are already suffering from the recklessness of the PAP’s misguided policies. They should not have “integration” forced down their throats down to cover up for the PAP’s ineptitude.
We did not ask for so many foreigners to be brought into Singapore. Why must we “integrate” with them? Shouldn’t the immigrants be the ones to integrate into our society instead?
While Singaporeans are forced to live with the increasing number of foreigners in their country, it is their choice to decide if they want to socialize with them.
If the integration efforts turn out to be an abject failure, the fault lies with the PAP alone for not formulating its policies well and not Singaporeans.
At the end of the day, Singapore belongs to every Singaporean and not just the PAP. Being citizens of this country, we have the right to decide its fate, including the number and type of immigrants we should accept.
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Integration with who?
Gov cannot and would not integrate with the people and now asking singaporean to integrate with new citizens with some speaks only chinese or indian and some are foreign language.
They bring in so many FW. and now wants us to integrate. But jobs given to FT. My god….. we are not daft to believe in them are we.
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Singapore by and large still has problems integrating the 3 major races. I fail to see how further complicating matters upon the life of the people would benefit anyone. This is social engineering with a hand that does not know when to stop.
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you see, burmese men are strong, tough and robust..
and sexually strong too !!
whereas singaporean men at the most can be a big-head, follow order soldier.. needs air-con and scared of the hot sun !!
so these burmese men must be here in singapore and weakly singapore men must INTEGRATE with them to learn about their physical robustness and stamina !!
women both like and are afraid of strong men like those from myanmar..
wow !!
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I am beginning to feel that I am the one needing “integration” with the so many and increasing numbers of foreigners I see and live with around me all day long.
One thought: PAP may be having difficulty getting foreigners to become citizens and therefore this constant harping about “integration”, “embracing” them, etc etc
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What happens when there is a hole in a dam?
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Somewhat like the scenario of a restructuring move of a private corporation, all Singaporeans by birth have to accept the influx of other human beings born n raised in another land.
If the change management was carried out in a timely and softer manner, the effect might not be felt as much.
Many a times during the restructuring of private organizations, many employees will leave due to culture changes, and sense of being undervalued by the management. I think this is what the born Singaporeans are feeling right now.
Basically, during such times, management are willing to lose some existing employees and replace with more less experienced, or less costly resources.
Basically, the management of your company do not really care for you personally. They only care if the organization makes money and if they can get their bonus at the end of the year.
If we all think this way, perhaps its time to think about our own future, rather than the organization future which has minimal benefits to you, compared to the management.
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Why should we, citizens, try to learn and integrate with people who may not even stay for 1 generation here? What happens when they suddenly leave? Do we still hold delusional “water festivals” to remember them by?
And which group should we integrate with? The indians, the PRCs, the pinos, the ang mos, the Burmeses, the Thais or the Cambodians?
Can anyone in their right mind actually learn the culture, languages and habits of so many lands all at once?
And given the size of the nations these people are from, there’re many sub-groups. Ang mos from different europeans and US cities, PRCs from different provinces, Indians from different castes and all the little scattered islanders from the SEA countries, all with their own cultures and languages/dilects.
HOW TO INTEGRATE when the current policies seemed to promote DIVERSIFICATION!?!?
The single point of integration should be OUR CULTURE, so we all come together as one! Why our culture? Cos Singaporeans are still the majority population and this is our country!
Instead of trying to teach 50 different cultures to a scattered group of people, we should engage and integrate all into a unified culture. But we all know its not possible now, cause there’s so many of them, they’re just going to carve the island into little indias, little beijings and little watever the heck they can.
This is the last election I’ll hang around for…the final stand and the watershed. If we fail, then for the sake of my children and family, I must leave the land that I love, for there’s no more love in this land
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Sure we will try to integrate them with Rubbish & Trash !
Practically in our area, native singaporeans are shunning away from these garbage. We see no reason to integrate with them and we are planning to get rid of these so called ” new citizens, PR and FT “.
Hell with all these new citizens, PR and FT !!!!!!!
The PAP can jolly keep them in Istana and houses of those PAP MP if they treasure them so much !!!!!
Now we do understand why the Japanese and those Western Country(s) attacked China, few main reasons are( Sly & Arrogant, bloody snobbish and ungrateful ) and these Chinese asked for it and need to be fixed up !!! To sad we are speaking from a Chinese Singaporean point of view. Of course for other reasons to attack China, we are against it.
***** Send these rubbish & trash home before situations deteriorate. ****
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mmmmMMMMMM….. “Adding insults to injuries”?????
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When a foreigner comes here and takes up PR or Citizenship,it clearly points to the fact that they must have a liking for things SINGAPOREAN,isn’t it?
As such,it would presumably be only right for them to assimilate themselves into our way of life and well-being.
IF singaporeans must then be the ones to assimilate into the foreigners’ various ways of life’s patterns,it implies,therefore,that we might as well disclaim our SInGAPOREAN identity and the foregoing govt’s efforts to nurture such a SINAGPOREAN identity and culture would then be but a farce,one big delusion and deception.
I say the author is correct in pointing out that the ‘NEW’ wannabe SINGAPOREANS must LEARN SINCERELY TO INTEGRATE SINGAPOREAN SOCIETY and not the other way round,however we look at it.
If this govt still has got any sense of BELONGING to this small humble and dignified nation of true singaporeans and motherland,SINGAPURA,the LION CITY,it should cease altogether to dislodge this nation and its beautiful people with this policy and many such others that will surely cause the DISINTEGRATION of true SINGAPOREAN IDENTITY which we have been striving to build and nurture for the past 45 years….MAJU-LAH SINGAPOREANS!MAJU-LAH SINGA-PURA! for we are neither INDIA,CHINA or any other suka-suka TOM,DICK AND ‘hairy’ nation.
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Due to the Proforeigners PAP ruling party liberal immigration policies, immigrants now make up 36 per cent of Singapore’s population. The dominant party selfish interest is to shore up their anticipated falling votes in the coming general election so as to perpetuate in enjoying their multi-million dollars pay package with 8.8 percent increment this year by legal corruption in blatantly rewarding themselves through parliament such highest salaries in the world.
So there are now about 533,200 PRs and 1.25 million new citizens in Singapore as of last year. And it is hardly surprising to see more increase in the number of foreigners seeking long-term relationships in Singapore.
More of these aliens are coming to study and work here with parliamentary indiscriminate approval by the ruling party and PAP ministers respecting these foreigners with splurging S$10 million dollars Integrated Fund that come from our hard earned taxpayers monies to organize various activities for them like the Water Festival, English courses etc.
MM Lee even call us local native citizens Daft and Lazy and threatened that there will be no social network to fall into as the PAP government is not a charitable organization.
Most of us will be despairingly depressed as we start to become poor, destitute, jobless and homeless as these immigrants and foreigners snatch all our jobs in the job market with their extremely low wages and foreign investors and Foreign Talents buying up our homes.
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MM lee called us Daft and Lazy as the dominant Foreign Action Party through parliament approved more immigrants and foreigners with their extremely low wages to compete with us.
Now we have to integrate with these foreigners that are making us all Jobless.
Now Law Minister, Shanmugam want us to give this ruling party a clear majority in the coming general election?
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Old Guy.
What you mean burmese guy is strong. They are dammed weak, lazy, act blur and everything don’t know when ask to do work. They only know how to carry their boss ball. They will lick and lick until the boss ball and ass become dry. LOL..
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To Hell with integration! lets have INTERCOURSE and INTER MILAN to win Champions League!! WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!
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I rather have a ang mo friend than some PRC scum sitting next to me in KFC screaming into his phone. Also, I rather have a civilised Indian friend rather the PRC bitches screaming so loud that I can hear across the road. In short, if they are not from the Land of The Whores I am all right with it…my ass. REFORMS!
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These shameless foreigners came here seeking a better life. We didn’t go their country. What is there for us to integrate with them?
They know that they are not welcomed here by Singaporeans. If they truely have self pride and self respect, they should leave Singapore immediately. If they don’t than they are nothing more than prostitutes.
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I wanna integrate my boots with the asses of those useless ministers and MPs
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Tomorrow ST will report 99% Singaporeans support Integration. 99% Singaporeans support Local Press. 99% Singaporeans support Govt. 99% Singaporeans feels sense of belonging. 99% Singaporeans think public transport good, Great place to live, work, play
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Papa Jahat, you got it right. I’m also doing my part intercoursing…oops, I mean integrating.. as frequently as possible with PRC mei meis.
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can’t help wondering /LOL when I read the following report by URA and comments by MBT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1053528/1/.html in the MSM today.
Is it a proof that singaporeans are already integrated?
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Dont Integrate With Me Please.
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Business Times reported
“Agus Anwar may have once owned banks in Indonesia, but now he is owing rent.
The Singapore investment holding firm controlled by the once prominent banker has proposed a plan at the eleventh hour to pay $1.2 million in arrears it owes Ngee Ann Development – just as the landlord was about to auction the firm’s property to offset the unpaid rent.
Early this month, an order issued by the High Court allowed Ngee Ann Development to auction property owned by Investoasia located at its former 24th floor office – unless it pays up.
Mr Agus and his lawyers have declined to comment.
The suit is one of many filed by creditors against Mr Agus and firms controlled by him and his family.
Last December, he applied for a stay of bankruptcy proceedings, saying he was looking to raise income from certain sources. His application was turned down – a decision he is appealing against.
Indonesian-born Mr Agus, now in his late 50s, moved here in 2000 to start afresh amid the fallout from the 1997 financial crisis, which hit Indonesia hard.
He became a Singapore citizen in 2004 – the year news reports quoted Indonesian officials as saying that he owed the Indonesian government 3.2 trillion rupiah.”
He must be FT that MM wants — drive.
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嚴格説來，我們人民中有很多是比那些部長高官們還精明能幹的，所以那些狐假虎威的紙老虎高官請閉尊嘴，不必教我們怎樣做！我們有我們的做法和方式，不必一味聽從那些躲在象牙塔裏的井蛙！
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NS is the best form of integration. People from all walks of life work and live together. No 10 million dollars programme can ever come close to that level of integration.
Since PAP keeps harping on integration, it should not be concerned NS will scare away the foreigners.
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Result of a single dorminant party in a disguised monarchy.
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@James Lai
Don’t try pretend you have surename Lai. Do you know who are the foreigners most difficult to integrate with? The answer is obvious. So do you know?
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Since all the local beasts of burden have forgotten the feeling of the spurs stuck into their hide… it’s time for an infusion of new blood.
When other countries speak of assimilation it means adding a bit of overseas spice to the existing menu. But over here, foreigners assimilate you and the menu changes over to a different cuisine.
Bertolt Brecht already covered this in his 1959 poem, “The Solution”:
Would it not be easier
In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another?
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The old ‘forcaster’ has said that the local Singaporeans have no ’spurs stuck in their hides’, so he has to open the floodgate to allow for the herds of those who have ’spurs stuck in their hides.’
Now, they are asking the ‘daft’ Singaporeans to ‘integrate’ with them!!
Who created this problem in the first instance?? Now, they are faced with the
problem which is too hot to handle, they are harping on the ‘integration’ topic,
day in and day out, in the hope that local Singaporeans will be swayed by the propaganda!!
If the recent integration events held were anything to gauge by,the ‘integration’ thingy is a failure, as not many locals are interested
in such events!!
The 10 $million set aside for this purpose would have been more fruitfully
utilised for the poor and aged in our society.
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Talking about Foreigners and Integration, I feel so sorry for all the young kids being told all the good stuff about our polytechnics..and there are 5 polys,I think. I am sure when these 20 year olds graduate,they’ll be screwed over in favour of FW graduates. Employers will get all those cheaper graduate FW Pinoys,Myanmar,Indian and PRC…thus leaving our NS-serving Singapore poly grads with either a hard time getting a job,a job with little relevance to his course or a job with low starting pay. And they are opening a new university too. For whom? Damn!Not only have the PAP made life tough for us working folks,but they have screwed up innocent lives of the next generation too.Congratulations PAP.
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Since the PAPigs Love the foreign Trash so much they should invite them to their homes!
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We don’t get to see Ministers integrating with Singaporeans often. They are in the Ivory Tower, but their sudden interest in integrations with foreigners irked me greatly. Singaporeans felt so betrayed for voting PAP. May be they need foreigners to praise them more often in main stream media or at worse help out in the coming election. Using the hand of foreigners agains local make PAP a state enemy.
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EVERY MORNING WHEN I SEE THE NUMBERS OF FTS (esp PRCs ) enjoying the TRAIN ride while I am worrying about my job and my future, it just reminds me the ABSOLUTE NEED TO GET RID OF THE PEOPLE WHO BRING THESE PEOPLE IN !!!!!!!!!!!! I felt that as fellow sporeans, these pple who brings them in need to share what I AM F*cking going thru, instead of enjoying the millions of salaries while I suffer.
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Yes TR is right, the only sinkies who attend these fake events are the
grassweeds and pappy dogs who shamelessly offer their arseholes for these Foreign Trashes.
Damned, its criminal to waste taxpayers’ money this way. What do ordinary Singaporean get out of ‘integrating’ with these foreigners? Most Sinkies don’t even want to mix, or even get along well with their own singaporean neighbours.
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Try integrating with ppl like this
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try integrating with ppl like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qkTLBsHgU0&feature=player_embedded
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The foreigners are not to blame for coming to our little red dot.It’s our govt welcoming them with an open arm to serve their self interest and we’re partly to share the blame for giving them the mandate to govern for so long.It’s still not too late to make amend and this is the last precious chance for us change this pathetic stage we’re in.
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what integration are we talking about, the foreigners are being brought in just for a soul purpose by the ruling party just to create their own artificial vote, its too obvious and don’t be taken in by all the crabs that they are talking about, its pure rubbish, tell me there is no talented singaporeans here in singapore???? cut all that craps!
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cut all these integration crabs! the foriegners are brought in just for 1 soul purpose, i.e. to create for the ruling party artificial votes and nothing else, its too obvious!
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local singaporeans would just have to get rid of all these MIW before more harms to come, as long as the old man don’t die, local singaporeans will!
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@DamnAngry
“EVERY MORNING WHEN I SEE THE NUMBERS OF FTS (esp PRCs ) enjoying the TRAIN ride while I am worrying about my job and my future”
You are professional? If yes, then you were wrong in your remark because most of the professional jobs are taken by english speaking foreign workers from India, Philippines and other south east asians.
Don’t forget as part of trade agreement with India, Singapore has to open up job markets in IT, Financial and Healthcare sector for Indian professionals who are probably find it tough to get a job in India.
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LiuDaDong,
The prc couple in the video are scary!
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I hate to say anything bad about Sg. But Sg are really gutless and ballness to vote out pap.
Well i have learn my lesson, and have suffer under this gov. Will never ever vote pap again for the rest of my life.
After got retrench only at 42 as jobs goes to FW. Working hard and long hours just to put food on the table and mountain of bills to pay. And knowingly you have billions in reserve to help those who needed. There you are pap gov can just lose billions in months.
Sg are you sure you can trust this gov to move forward and take care of your rice bowl or they are only interest in their millions salary.
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As long as MM Lee is alive such incidences of “forcing down people throats” will be a common occurance. For it bears the trademark of a mafia called LKY.
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