Dear Singaporeans,
I am a PR and I have been studying for 8 years. This is solely a point of view from an average non-singaporean and I am open to all your comments or criticism.
Firstly, I am uncomfortable with the strong anti-foreigners vibe we have here. Look around us: we have Chinese, Indian, Malay and many other various races. Do not forget that once upon a time, all of your forefathers migrated from their homecountries: China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia,etc. In other words,you were all foreigners once. It is rather contradicting if you have so much hatred towards the current foreigners especially the PRC. So give a chance for them to migrate here peacefully because they are the forefathers of their next few generations just like how you are the next generations of our forefathers despite having an identity called Singaporean.
Despite the perks that we enjoy, foreigners and PRs also have to pay the price for living here. For foreigner students, they have to pay more than stunning school fees of 1k per month and PRs pay a few hundreds while Singaporeans only have to pay a small sum of less than 50bucks. Singaporeans also always have edusave to cover up for their school trips. Furthermore, working PRs also have to pay the same taxes as you. Going to the hot topic, PRs still have to serve NS just like the Singaporeans. Otherwise, our PR status will be revoked. For me, I have decided that I will serve NS as a return of favor and I will fight for this country if it is ever under attack. This sounds like a NATO and some of you might not believe but once again, you are entitled to your own opinions.
I am blessed and thankful to Singapore for giving me such a golden opportunity to study and live in. Let's work together towards a better future, a better solution, putting our differences aside. It does not matter whatever social problem we have. What matters is whether we are solving it instead of just talking about it. Just take a second to be in the shoes of the other party.
Greatest regards,
TRS reader