Foreign brides cause social problems? FT families don’t?

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Foreign brides cause social problems? FT families don’t?

May 24th, 2015

http://www.tremeritus.com/2015/05/24...E2%80%99t-wtf/

Foreign brides cause social problems even though sons do NS like their fathers?

But FT families can come in by the cattle truck load and then sons can avoid NS like what new citizen two timing Raj was planning to do? And FT fathers don’t do NS.



Wah lan PAP sure love FTs.

Those tots crossed my mind when I read some of ESM Goh’s comments at the launch of the Social Service Research Centre (SSR), National University of Singapore on Friday (24 Apr).

He said more older men are at his MPS asking for a long-term visit pass or permanent residency for their younger, foreign wife. He worried about potential problems resulting from such marriages and their effects on children and society. (ESM Goh Chok Tong told the audience that he could see “an avalanche of social issues coming” of which foreign wives was one. See below for details.*)

Well given the problems that the PAP’s very liberal immigration policies have resulted in new citizens like two timing Raj, fake degree holder and celebrated new citizen model IDA employee Nisha, and Roy Ngerng’s sidekick Han Hui Hui; and PRs who beat up taxi drivers and rob locals: WHY single out the problems that can happen when S’porean men marry younger, foreign women**?

The men are true blue S’porean men who have done NS. Surely, we as a society (and in particular the PAP) should try to accommodate them what with them spending two years to provide cheap labour to the PAP administration? And whose sons will do NS.

Here’s a Mother’s Day Tribute that appeared on FB to foreign born mums with S’porean kids which I agree with

There are many Singapore citizens whose mothers are living in Singapore on long-term-visit-passes. Some of these male citizens have even served their national service. These LTVP mothers appear not to have as much “merit” as some foreign students with no blood ties to Singapore. The reverence for mothers and motherhood that some in Singapore society and leadership proclaim, is to me the epitome of hypocrisy.

As a citizen of Singapore, I apologise to all LTVP mothers for this lapse in our national integrity. May your acknowledgement come swiftly.

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*He said, “I can see an avalanche of social issues coming. We started out young and hungry, poor and illiterate. Now we are relatively affluent and educated, older and perhaps less energetic.”

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“The social challenges of Singaporeans in the next 50 years will be drastically different from those in the last 50. We need to think ahead of the curve, and evolve a new social service infrastructure,” he added.



Mr Goh is advisor to the newly launched SSR.

He said that Singapore has undergone a sea change and it is now shaped by 3 major shifts in the areas of demography, technology and social expectations.

Mr Goh identified 3 key drivers of the current social climate change in Singapore:

1. Ageing Population

Mr Goh said Singapore has an ageing and declining population, and a big jump in cross-border marriages across cultures and socio-economic groups.

He mentioned that more older men are at his MPS asking for a long-term visit pass or permanent residency for their younger, foreign wife. He worried about potential problems resulting from such marriages and their effects on children and society.

2. Social Media
The second is the use of mobile smart devices and social media, which will influence how people interact with each other, he said.

Already, even the elderly are using smart phones in their daily lives.

3. Rise of Middle Class

Third, many more Singaporeans count themselves as middle class now, he noted.

But with this comes mid-life insecurity and fear about their economic future and their children’s, he said.

Also, expectations tend to increase as more Singaporeans become middle-class income earners.

NUS provost Tan Eng Chye said the centre was timely as it comes amid growing public scrutiny of social issues here. SSR will work with policy makers and social service agencies to pilot social programmes.

(CNA)

**Didn’t that stalwart of the PAP, Dr Goh Keng Swee, divorce his wife and marry a M’sian-born much younger lady? If he can, why can’t lesser mortals?

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