Underline it. Highlight it. Circle it. Whatever you do, don’t forget it.

populationThat’s the number that Singaporeans must wake up to. If it hasn’t set off alarm bells in you, you are not paying enough attention. It’s the number that the PAP wants to increase our population to. Unbelievable? Here’s what National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan: “A recent review of our long-term land use and transportation plan concluded that we have enough land to cater to a population of 6.5 million.”

Let’s start with the obvious. Singapore is already the third most densely populated country in the world with a density of 7,023 persons/sq km. Even Hong Kong – long known for its crowded roads and housing estates – is less dense (6,349 persons/sq km).

That was the data for 2009 where the number of people on this island was 4.98 million. The Govenment announced last week that the new number is 5.08 million – an increase of 100,000 in just a year.

Out of the 5.08 million, only 3.23 million are Singaporeans which makes 36 percent of the population foreigners. In other words for every three persons you see around you, one is not a Singaporean.

And because of the PAP’s very deliberate policy of flooding this country with foreigners, we have housing prices shooting through the roof because non-Singaporeans continue to buy property here like there was no tomorrow.

The MRT trains are at bursting point. One netizen reported that a station was so crowded that people coming up from the escalator could not get off safely because the train platform was filled with commuters.

Our roads are getting ever more crowded despite ERP gantries sprouting up like mushrooms. We’re digging more and more tunnels for the trains without knowing whether they are contributing to the unprecedented floods that we have had.

Foreign Minister George Yeo admitted that we needed a masterplan to figure out how to house all the foreign workers here. We’re beginning to see fights breakout between the foreign nationals. Violent crime is on the rise.

With all these problems still unresolved the PAP is, quite incredibly, bringing 80,000 more foreigners this year. This will continue until we hit 6.5 million over the next several years, by which time we will see more foreigners than Singaporeans in Singapore.

That is quite a statistic.

But it is more than a statistic. It is our lives and our future that the PAP is playing wth.

Whether our infrastructure will be able to cope with such a load no one really knows. What social impact the mass immigation will have on society is anybody’s guess. The Government has not conducted any study or produced any evidence that this small island can cope with 6.5 million.

All we have is Mr Mah Bow Tan’s proclamation on his party’s website that “so long as we have a leadership that has the foresight to anticipate challenges,” having 6.5 million people here will be good for Singapore. This coming from someone who could not even properly anticipate the supply HDB flats to meet the needs of the population.

ministersWe have the environment minister who can’t keep the floods out and the home Minister who can’t keep terrorist suspects in.

Then we have the sports minister who, even with an over-sized budget of $387 million, can’t properly organise a mini-Olympic games.

We also have the trade and finance ministers who could not see the looming global financial crisis in 2008 despite clear warning signals. As a result,  Temasek and GIC lost $140 billion from bad investments.

Then there is the trade union minister who in the depth of the recession tells us that he feels so rich.

Leadership? Foresight?

There has been no public consultation, no debate and no proper scrutiny over this so-called foreign talent policy. All we have is Mr Mah’s banal promise. If this dangerous 6.5-million experiment fails, it will be too late. We, the ordinary folks, will be the ones paying for the mess.

The ministers who live in their Gurkha-guarded homes, far removed from the daily stresses that they place upon us, will not be affected. They will ask us to “bear with it” like the prime minister did in his ND Rally.

Singaporeans must rally around this issue. We must check the PAP’s recklessness and stop it from increasing our population by another 30 percent! 

 

Singapore Democrats

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63 Responses to “Underline it. Highlight it. Circle it. Whatever you do, don’t forget it.”

  • TS:

    Good article. I read SDP website everyday =))

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  • kenajialatjialat:

    kena pack like sardine everywhere you go….sigh.

    look around you and you will see more foreigners than singaporeans…feeling alien in your own land.

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  • quando quando quando:

    The duty of the PAP government is to serve the people, not to cause
    uncessary inconvenience to the people. PAP should consult the
    citizens or call for a referrendum for the people to decide.
    PAP SHOULD NOT ABUSE ITS POWER; They should be stopped!!

    PAP SURE LOSE

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  • Yamamoto:

    I will love PAP to continue screw Singaporeans Up and hopefully, they will be kick out

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  • BECAUSE PAP IS RACIST:

    I am awaiting in anticipation for Dr.Chee’s reasons for PAP 6.5 million.

    HERE IS MINE:
    ————

    Historians will definitely write about Singapore.

    Mark my words.

    Why?..Because of LKY or it’s success?..NAH!

    Because,like Spartan & Athens Singapore is an experimental state.

    A state that experimented with pseudo democracy…call it any name you like —guided-democracy lar,benevolent dictatorship lar or whatever.

    Others are watching us—especially US,Russia & China .

    Therefore LKY is actually playing to a larger gallery—for his 5mins of fame in history…That he is another architect of an ideology,like Carl Marx and etc.Where capitalism works in a communist sort of central governance—eventually abolishing the 1 man 1 vote birth right.

    This is where China is providing the moral and people’s support to PAP.Because China wants Singapore to succeed in this experiment

    Because China wants to show case Singapore to it’s own population on how ethnic Chinese can create an alternative successful governance to the cumbersome liberal western capitalist system—THAT EXPLAINS WHY PRC FLOODS SINGAPORE.

    Communism is not popular with China’s Chinese anymore and China’s political elites are not comfortable with western concept of democracy either.

    THIS IS WHERE LKY COMES IN HANDY.

    Because LKY himself had stated in no uncertain term that democray will not work for Singapore…“Now if democracy will not work for the Russians, a white Christian people, can we assume that it will naturally work with Asians?”—Lee Kuan Yew, Asahai Shimbun symposium, May 9, 1991.

    Now how does LKY fits in China’s agenda?

    Because LKY is essentially a megalomaniac and he realized money will only go that far.A lesson he learnt from the follies of Marcos and Suharto.

    Just observe him historically.He insisted to remain as PM and not a CM under Malaysia..2 PMs for Malaysia?…he always wanted a larger territory to play his politics and spread his glory….Just look at his memoirs rewritten in many languages playing his glory to the largest global gallery possible….to be a hero amongst the billion of Chinese must be his wildest dream.

    Simply LKY wants his legacy to be forever etched in history.As a larger figure than Carl Marx or Adam Smith.

    Because when history speaks it talks and glorifies things like the Great Wall of China or Taj Mahal….the miseries on which they are built do not matter.

    For which LKY will sacrifice you and me,

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  • SixPiontFiveMillion:

    Yes we are now 5.08 million and already facing so much problems as a result of this huge and ONGOING influx of foreigners.

    Just imagine there will be another about 1.5 MILLION FOREIGNERS coming to reach their target of 6.5 MILLION !

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  • hydropump:

    Show me MBT and I will show you someone who has never taken the trains during the morning rush hour.

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  • CrazyBum:

    Time to buy 4D: 6565, 5566, 6500, 0065

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  • PAP…….

    cheeby my million dollar paycheck is much important than the lesser moral

    so i do not flood singapore with cheap labour
    who will sustain my million dollars paycheck

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  • Johnny Jazz:

    Good article. Hopefully, more young Singaporeans will follow Mr Jarrod Luo and step forward to make their voices heard.

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  • YourFriends:

    Over time, Singapore shall change its name to “Sardine-pore”.
    The Tsunami is coming to our shore faster than before.

    If the government still persists in living their dreamland and not awaken as yet despite the strong voice of the people clamouring for a STOP ! Then the people has no choice but to exercise their electoral rights.

    Dare to CHANGE will prevail…

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  • anonymous:

    ONLY TWO WORDS NEEDED – REPLACE THEM

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  • Old Chubby:

    Looking at these faces make me puke. For the sake of our children and future generation, please vote OTHER THAN the PAP. Be a 4 legs or 6 legs alternative.. whats that ? may be a frog.. or a spider … but still better than the PAP.

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  • Simsl77:

    BLOODY HELL! Today, I was carrying the baby pram and accidentally blocked the Indian FT way. He just kicked my pram and walked off. If my wife and my baby not around, I will give him a punch!

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  • Simsl77:

    If PAP use their policy in Australia, and other European countries. They kenna no confident vote.

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  • hi 5:

    dr chee kayee kan kan,, nt goin to support pap the next ge ,fallen pap dynasty bye bye

    dr chee pls say something to help singaporean

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  • HAYOO!:

    Build higher high-rise flats. Build double-decker MRTs (or maybe we can try sitting on top of the train like they do in India). Woohoo!

    I seriously don’t mind if Singapore’s population is increased to 6.5 million because of our own Singaporean population growth
    1) Child is by birth, Singaporean
    2) One of the parents is a Singaporean

    But if the increase in population is due to an influx of importing foreigners, then seriously. IT SUCKS! :(

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  • 6,500,000 Million:

    Good article.
    6.5 million people. This is a very powerful keyword to drill into people mind from now on leading to the next election.

    The other keyword people should spread and use widely is the
    ‘Pro Alien Party’. This is by far the most applicable party name for them, which previously was Pay And Pay.

    Then there were a couple article posted either by legion or the Hardwarezone website with a long list of “if you vote PAP…”

    The oppositions should compile them and prepare to print hardcopies with multi langauges for uncles/aunties as well as for those who dont surf the net.

    Time for change, and the change is now or never, before it is too late, before when everyone walk on the street, one out of two is a alien.

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  • Mashalin Chin:

    If PAP don’t bring PRC chinese then singapore chinese ratio will go down and become equal with other races or worst still become minority race. How then singapore is going to progress? chinese are the backbone of this country the most hardworking and enterprising race.

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  • ahgohgoh:

    this is a ridiculous figure – as a singaporean i wont want this number. perth doesnt have 2m people, and look at the lifestyle! our so-called ‘leaders’ have lots of money, but they dont have culture and dont understand what it takes for a city to be ‘livable’.

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  • LIONS ROAR:

    PAP stands for Protect Alls Property.

    Have faith with it. This party brought Singapore from a fishing village into First World Country where so many ppl wish to come and work, stay here.

    We should be grateful to it.

    Majority Singaporeans grateful to it that’s why it won in all GE since independence.

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  • LIONS ROAR:

    6.5 sounds not so good.

    6.8 will be much better.

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  • senior citizen:

    We have enough land to house everyone, says MBT. Of course, build shoebox homes.

    Like this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-iFJ3ncIDo

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  • ALL FARK FACES:

    全部一个模样!奸人。贱人。

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  • Pick-ups:

    Walau,are you the real LIONS ROAR @ 12.11 am.
    you dun sound like him.
    so,no need to pretend.
    we can paick up the difference.
    as for you,imposter,go fxxx your itchy backside.

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  • fo:

    Did Singaporean agreed on this number? PAP government did not consult the citizen before implementing the immigration policy as if the country is owned by them. Singaporean should cast their vote wisely in the next GE i.e. if they vote for PAP, they are endorsing PAP ideas of having 6.5 million and thus have to bear the consequence of over-population!

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  • ColourBlind:

    @Mashalin Chin, If you like PRC chinese so much why don’t you migrate to China? You said ‘chinese are the backbone of this country the most hardworking and enterprising race.’ I agree on the enterprising part but this nation is a multi-racial country don’t you state such misconceptions that only the ‘chinese’ are important in our country. Have you observed how lowly educated the PRC brought into Singapore are?
    They are rude,they lack courtesy and they smell like unwashed toilets!
    If we need PRCs to make our country progress,then obviously we have progress backwards.

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  • knn:

    @LIONS ROAR: September 8, 2010 at 12:11 am
    @LIONS ROAR: September 8, 2010 at 12:12 am (8.8 even better, idiot)

    Hello, u r a fake ‘LIONS ROAR’. no bloody standard.
    We knew the real LIONS ROAR bro well enough to know u r just a ‘CAT MEOW’ Pro Alien Party ballcarrier cum asslicker.
    Anyway, welcome to TR. it is also asshole like you and PR CITIZEN that make TR alot more interesting, hahahaha.

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  • LIONS ROAR:

    to Pick-ups:
    September 8, 2010 at 12:31 am
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    thanks Pal.

    not to worry,i have stopped posting as i mentioned.
    i also want to enjoy the ‘wayang’ form this chap.
    i will just let TR MODERATORS/EDITOR DO THE TRACKING.
    MEANwhiLE i Will HaVE fUN.

    NOW,I GO PICKONSE.
    CHEERS.

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  • Weil:

    the biggest joke is that the government are screwing the people who have faithfully voted them into power over the past few decades.

    Yes, the current governing party has the track record. But if I post the question of whether other parties can screw up as badly as this party? Probably so…but at least they dun get paid as much for screwing up.

    Beyond voting, I worry about my future generations survival. Our local government is probably the most impartial in the world. When most governments are pressurized to reduce their own countries’ unemployment rate, our government remains madly faithful to bringing in ‘talents’ who break bonds and contribute nothing more than just following the norms.

    yes, Singapore can still house 6.5m people. the island can probably house 13m people, who knows. that way, all the speculators and investors of properties can earn big bucks renting their apartments out. The listed GLCs and TLCs will register staggering figures quarter on quarter.

    People not happy? who cares anyway.

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  • picknose:

    While HK can “blame” it on the US$ peg, Singapore has no such an excuse. We simply do not have a mechanism to deal with excessive liquidity, which is manifested in the strong physical property market: Where do the average Singaporeans, especially the retirees, park their surplus funds? Banks are offering only 0.5% for deposits and government / SWF (eg Temasek) bonds and quality corporate bonds (eg by Capitaland) are insufficient to satisfy demand.

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  • No more walkover:

    I want to know, just how the hell did the gahment pluck this number from???? Madness!!!

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  • atobe:

    Ironically, after all the excuses to increase the population numbers the most credible one remains to be the one that the Pro Alien Party refuse to speak about – that is to win the upcoming General Election, which the PAP has the gut feel that the majority of the younger Singapore voters will surely be rebelling.

    All the thinly disguised shanenigan reasons to the importance of “foreign talent” – to create more jobs and to supplement the declining birth rates – have been proven wrong even by the statistics that the Pro Alien Party forgot to fix.

    Despite the annual increases that result in the population growing by another 100,000 in 2009 to 2010, the jobless in Singapore as of mid-2010 had sneaked upwards to 2.3 per cent.

    Even MM LKY dared to comment that at the end of 2009, total birth rates had declined to 1.22 – when in 1999 it was 1.48.

    Clearly, the huge inflow of foreigners are not achieving the loudly stated goals that the leadership of the Pro Alien Party had boasted.

    The real and undeclared reason from the Pro Alien Party for its policy to allow the huge inflow of foreigners to take up citizenship freely – is to overwhelm the expected ‘REBELLION AT THE BALLOT BOX’ by TRUE BLUE SINGAPOREANS at the upcoming General Election.

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  • picknose:

    to atobe
    how can you anyhow call our good PAP Pro Alien Party.
    you are disrespectful.
    the PAP is the best team of government in the whole world.
    that is why so many fts want to come here.
    all lazy singaporeans better get out of this country.

    you think you are the dept of statistics or what?
    anyhow quote numbers here and there.

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  • iona:

    @BECAUSE PAP IS RACIST

    Agree with you.

    LKY is only interested in his own legacy.
    After this GE, Sporeans will have no more voices
    and his pap shall live on forever.

    Spore is merely his showcase to the world.
    Spore’s economic power and influence.
    That’s HIS Spore. Not ours.
    He cant be bothered with Sporeans livelihood or the way Sporeans want Spore to be…afterall…we will have no more voices.

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  • NoFuture:

    SPEAK UP AND VOTE FOR CHANGE…

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  • culture of fear:

    i am waiting for the whole of singapore to desend into chaos and darkness. that will be the day of renewal. may the Devil take hold of this land and cast it into Oblivion.

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  • wayne:

    how can we overthrow them and cut short their term? HOW?

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  • anonymous:

    @6,500,000 Million:
    September 7, 2010 at 11:58 pm

    AND ONE MORE TO THE VOCABULARLY – PINOPPI ( Persons In Need of Protection of Protected Interests)

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  • anonymous:

    FORBIDEN CITY IS A DEN OF SHAME AND OUR MIW WORSHIPS THEM LIKE DIVINE? what a fucking mob of stupid shits still trapped in imperial barbarism.

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  • lau ping:

    We have elected a bunch of thieves, bandits, robbers, charlatans and con-artists as leaders.

    Keep it up Singaporeans, elect them again to screw your ass.

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  • Clement Tan:

    6.5 million is not so scary. What is even more scary is that immigration ISN’T going to magically stop once the population hits 6.5 million.

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  • lostinlioncity:

    why not 6.6? 666= devil

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  • Whether You Like It Or Not:

    Whether You Like It Or Not

    By the next election in year 2016,
    they would have been allowed to increase the population by

    HALF A MILLION

    each term they are around, at this rate, it goes up by

    HALF A MILLION

    Whether We Like It Or Not

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  • Let me ask a very interesting question here. Now, assuming we have reached 6.5M, say, by next year. Then what? You stop growing the economy?

    Say at 6.5M, you still want further growth. What should we do then? Plan to grow it to 8M?

    And when we reach 8M, then what? etc…

    This kind of method to grow the economy is meant for brainless Govt who has run out of ideas to run the country!

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  • I am one of the 66.6% pro-PAPigs. I will continue to vote PAPigs on coming general election so that they give our block of flats in liftupgrading; given me a peanut pocket money; the PAPigs are so kind, caring and compassion to our native people; moreover $9,000 dollars to our national servicemen and allow us to work as long as we can. Very good PAP Government.

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  • atobe:

    @picknose: September 8, 2010 at 1:58 am

    Try digesting the following in the thread:-

    “Declining birth rate of last ten years includes that of new citizens”
    http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/09/07/declining-birth-rate-of-last-ten-years-includes-that-of-new-citizens/

    If the Pro Alien Party is the best team in the whole world, there will not be a sudden avalanche of policy mishaps that appear over the last 36 months.

    We are suddenly experiencing a deluge of policy stupidity that saw the escape of a terrorist from a ISD high security lock-up; the departure of a Singaporean holding someone’s passport despite the high security lock-down status to catch the escaped terrorist; the deteriorating jobless situation that up till this day saw those age 45 and above still unable to find permanent jobs; the self-serving policy of the Government – (being the largest employer) – to force Singaporeans to accept employment contracts lasting only 2 to 3 years, so as to give themselves the flexibility to hire and fire according to the economic siutation without paying retrenchment benefits; the amazing talent of their ministers to lose US$100 BILLION of our reserve on reckless investment in overseas financial institutions when other more astute investors will not touch the stocks of these failed institutions; the lack of supervision in due diligence of the ministers in providing sufficient housing when the population is growing at a rate of nearly 40 times that of homes being built; the refusal of a supposedly good government that will not be accountable nor transparent in admitting to its policy failures that have lowered the Standard of Living for Singaporeans, who have seen real wage shrinking in an environment of deliberate suppression of wages amidst uncontrolled increases to the Cost of Living.

    If you cannot respect the reality on the ground, try to show some respect to your intelligence or others may not do it for you.

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  • ACACIA:

    Friends we already breached the 6 million mark with arrivals of tourist hitting 1 million last month. So its not 6 million if they continue to add, its 7 million ++.

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  • picknose:

    atobe:
    September 8, 2010 at 10:16 am
    @picknose: September 8, 2010 at 1:58 am

    THERE IS AN IMPOSTER HERE

    PLEASE STOP USING MY NICKNAME

    PICKNOSE

    MODERATOR PLEASE ASSIST

    THANK YOU

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  • anonymous:

    66.6% pro-PAP:
    September 8, 2010 at 9:57 am

    With underground shopping, living and nuclear power, one natural disaster or nuclear power accident, who among your PAPies friends is coming to your funeral to stuff $9,000 in your coffin??????????

    Tell us all at TR here please?

    Do you think seriously your $9,000 BURNT for your wonderful use in eternity is LEGAL TENDER in the other world?

    Tell us again, please.

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  • SG Ghost:

    be displaceed, will displaced, sure displaced. this is what they are trying to do, who say they are not far sighted and did not anticipate the difficulties of singaporean? all along they are trying to displace the true blue singaporean, cause it getting tougher for them to handle and they won’t want to be voted out, so the only thing to do displace us true blue.

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  • anonymous:

    66.6% pro-PAP:
    September 8, 2010 at 9:57 am

    Among the 6.5 millions, and your maggots friends n the political class, let me assure you that your corpse in the aftermath of a nuclear accident won’t be eaten by dead maggots too. IT JUST ROTS IN THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. is that fun?? You might get some visit from your tearful ancestors in the quiet silence of the night but not much else for the next few hundred years, are you going to rejoice that???

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  • No Country for Singaporeans:

    PAP resort to packing the island with foreigners while (1) deliberately withholding the release of land and (2) deliberately building few flats to ensure demand will outstrip supply == housing prices will escalate through the stratosphere since housing is a rather inelastic NEED.

    PAP govt own and control the majority of land and property in Singapore, they manipulate the immigration policies to ensure property prices go up up up and up because they benefit big time from property price increases. What happens next when the population grows to 6.5m and a 5 rm HDB flat costs $2m? PAP would pack up and run road, and the rest of us will be stuck with all these useless overpriced pigeon holes.

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  • Reasonable Citizen:

    @Kojakbt:
    September 8, 2010 at 9:46 am

    Say at 6.5M, you still want further growth. What should we do then? Plan to grow it to 8M?
    And when we reach 8M, then what? etc…
    ______________

    They may stretch a bit more to 8.88M and then make a grand announcement. It may be congested, but they can stay in exclusive locations away from us lesser mortals. To go frther, they can make official trips elsewhere too like MBT who is now in China visiting a pig farm.

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  • ah beng:

    What the recent study show 6.5 million population is just nice for Singapore. Mr Goh said the Govt can slow down the process, when it reach to 5.5 million the intake will go on at a snail pace.
    (note: our land size is growing, with more reclaim land being done)
    However, Mr Goh said:”for every Solution, they will be side effects”
    Singapore had 100% full employment, that is why we could bring in foreign workers.
    You had to prepare for slower growth, your value of flat will creeping up slowly, having faster train mores lines it will cost you

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  • atobe:

    @picknose: September 8, 2010 at 10:39 am

    Yes, I realised that the “picknose – September 8, 2010 at 1:58 am” was clearly an impostor, especially when the tone of the language used does not reflect your characteristic line.

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  • ah beng:

    Let face it, Singapore will never reach 6.5 million
    Most of the foreigner in Singapore are PRs, 500,000 thousand of them
    Some like Gong Li, Vicky Chow, Chow Young Fatt to my 2 cents views they are investors, their citizenship counts for nothing.

    1)If is was so damn good, please explain WHY is our Govt. forcing foreigners to take up citizenship ??? or else the Govt. will NOT renew your PRs, you don’t call that a threat, why I don’t know how we should call it. But it is not encouragement when penatly is apply

    2)Citizenship count for nothing, anyone can give up their citizenship again to emigrate to UK, USA or even China
    China last year attract 1 trillon dollars of Foreign Direct Investment. China combine with Hong Kong spend on UK higher education alone is 400 million pounds. Next year it is projected China will attract another 1 trillion dollars of invesment, and China want TALENTS

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  • FKK:

    Picture this scenario:
    1) SGP GDP’s long-term growth target is 5%pa, and productivity growth 2-3%pa.
    This translates into a population growth of 3%pa so as to sustain the GDP growth (over the long-term).
    2) Present population of 5.1 million will hit 6.5 million people in about 8 years if population grows at 3%pa (or in about 12 years at 2%pa).
    3) Current population growth rate of SGPoreans is 1.1%pa; either this has to go up or some others have to make way.

    Is such an economic model sustainable in the long-term? After the 6.5 million target is breached in a decade or so, what’s next? SGP needs a strategic rethink on its economy model. A high economic growth rate has to be predicated on comparable high productivity growth, that would pave the way to raising the quality and standard of living here, higher wages without inflation, no overcrowding.

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  • anonymous:

    @ FKK:
    September 8, 2010 at 1:03 pm

    POPULATION ECONOMICS IS FAKE ECONOMY. ANY MORON CAN FIGURE THAT ONE OUT. ADD 3% to POPULATION BRINGING CONSUMPTION AND HIDE 3% OF INFLATIONS AND CALL IT 6% ECONOMIC GROWTH. COLLECT BONUS AND STUFFED THIS COUNTRY. KINDERGARTEN KIDS CAN ADD UP 3% + 3% = 6% OF GDP BULLSHIT.

    THIS IS CALLED VOODO ECONOMICS AND IT HAS BEEN PRACTICED IN THE LAST 5 YEARS TO DELUDE SINGAPOREANS. NEVER MIND IF THE MIGRANTS ARE CLEANERS, WHORES, AND CRIMINALS AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT PHDs WHO ASK THEM QUESTIONS WHICH THEY HAVE GOT NO ANSWER.

    WAKE UP SINGAPORE, DISPLACE THEM IN THE NEXT ELECTION.

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  • Aliens have landed:

    6.5 million is figure from the air. By next year 2 in 5 people we see in the street will be aliens.

    The stupid gahment is only interested in GDP growth as they need not rub shoulders with aliens inside mrt train, bus, shoppoing malls and even on the streets. Thye are all housed in ivory tower.

    PAPies gahment only know how to open floodgate and legs for aliens to screw us top, bottom, left, right and center.

    Ask yourselves are you better off 5 years ago or now.

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  • I think a number of the idiotic decision makers “planned” this…reason is they could not wait any more…kill the golden goose that laid the golden eggs…take all and run…

    They can run…they can hide…they can even change their names or have plastic surgery…and they definitely has made plans with their cronies overseas to “protect” them from real justice.

    Enough of these kinds of people…singapore and its people don’t need these parasites anymore…but these parasites just can’t let go cos of utter greed and self personal agendas.

    Sick.

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  • Sam tamales:

    Unbelievable! Why are everyone still saying the rapid FT intake is a mistake or bad planning by PAP??? It is not a mistake! They are not short sighted or in competent or out of touch with common people(whatever that means) It is intentional and it is working out exactly for PAP. It doesn’t take an masters in economics to know that overpopulation causes massive inflation. In the end it is this massive inflation that will benefit our great familee cos through Temasek holdings they they own practically everything in sg from banks to telcos to transport to real estate. Their salary being pegged to GDP is only a small part of the equation. Theres practically nothing that they don’t profit from having more and more population.

    Besides by having an over abundance of labor supply they INTENTIONALLY suppress wages and buying power of the people. That way you slave off your whole life just to pay off your housing debt. In short the more they screw you up the more wealth they gain. So Singaporeans please wake up! Stop assuming your government is introducing policies to solve your problems. Since when are there any evidence for that? They are doing everything for their own benefit. And to think they love foreigners over Singaporeans is being naive. For what? They dun care for any of you low life beings be it FT or citizens. only how much they can profit from you. It seems they favor FT because they must make it attractive so that more FTs will come.

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  • Deen:

    PAP ministers and MPs don’t travel in MRT trains and public buses. And they don’t walk on the streets like you and me. And they don’t live in crowded HDB flats. They are out of touch with the life of an ordinary Singaporean. We are suffering everyday being squeezed by all these masses of foreigners brought in by the PAP. We pay the price of the ill-sighted polices of the PAP.

    Singapore was such a nice and much better place in the 70’s and 80’s when we were surrounded by true blue Singaporeans. If we only knew then that the PAP is going to lump and dump us with these foreign trash, making us loose our Singaporean identity, we would have never voted for the PAP.

    THROW OUT THE PAP SO THAT WE CAN THROW OUT THESE FOREIGN TRASH AS WELL BY GETTING THE NEW GOVT NOT TO RENEW THEIR PR. USE YOUR VOTE WISELY.

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