RECAP: Lee Kuan Yew said in 2009 that PRs are vetted carefully

Dear TRS,

With the recent saga about Yang Yin and the allegations that he received PR here by dubious means, I wanted to share this old article from 2009 when MM Lee Kuan Yew claimed that all PRs are "carefully vetted". 

He explained that the government is not stupid.

So how the hell did they let Yang Yin come to sg with faked degrees and bogus offices in the name card.

(See: PRC who manipulated 87yr old widow is a PAP supporter who got PR with fake degree)

This is what PAP promised us 5 years ago, straight from the mouth of MM Lee. It seems this failed policy is coming back to haunt him.

Potential citizens are vetted carefully: MM

PRs vetted carefully; Contributions are key, he says, in response to fears over immigration

By Rachel Chang
Mon, Nov 09, 2009
The Straits Times

Mr Lee said that 10per cent of the pool of foreigners here are new PRs, while another 20per cent are PRs who have been here for some time.

THE government looks closely at permanent residents' (PRs) contributions to Singapore before deciding which ones can become citizens, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on Sunday night at a Tanjong Pagar GRC event.

'So please put up with the new immigrants. We are very careful about who becomes a citizen,' he said, responding to criticisms over the growing influx of foreigners living and working here.

There were more than 1.2million foreigners in Singapore last year.