Singapore's Immigration Policy

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(1) Andrew Jacobs, In Singapore, Vitriol Against Chinese Newcomers; In a land of decorum, an unseemly outrage against mainlanders. New York Times, July 27, 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/2 ... mainland-china.html

Quote:

"a government-engineered immigration push that has almost doubled Singapore’s population to 5.2 million since 1990. * * * While the government has refused to release figures on immigrant origins, officials are quick to stress that the majority of new citizens came from countries other than China, with nearly half from Southeast Asia.

"Despite the growing animus, Singapore remains the third most desirable immigration destination for affluent Chinese after the United States and Canada, according to a survey by the Bank of China and the Hurun Report, which compiles an annual list of the richest Chinese.

Note:
(a) Alvin TAN  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Tan
(Founder and Artistic Director of The Necessary Stage (TNS) and co-Artistic Director of the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival)

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(b) The report talks about Singaporeans' "beloved Kopi-C (coffee sweetened with evaporated milk)."

Singlish vocabulary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish_vocabulary
(section 3.27.2.2 Types of coffee  A table displays, "Kopi[:] (Hokkien/Malay) Coffee; Kopi-C[:] Coffee with evaporated milk. The C refers to the Carnation brand of evaporated milk")
(c) TEO Chee Hean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teo_Chee_Hean
(张 志贤; 1954- Singaporean)
(d) WANG Quancheng 王泉成 (会长)/ Hua Yuan Association  新加坡 华源会
www.myhuayuan.org
(A photo of Mr Wang at upper right corner of the home page)

(e) The report mentions "Geylang, Singapore's red-light district."

Geylang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geylang
(section 1 Etymology)
(f) YANG Mu  杨沐 博士 (新加坡国立大学东亚研究所资深访问研究员), whose 网易微博 is:
http://t.163.com/3947277174
(g) Regarding "stiff drinks."

stiff (adj): "POTENT <poured her a stiff drink>"
(h) A photo caption refers to
Renewal Christian Church  更新基督教会
http://www.antioch.com.sg/sg/renewal/
, of Singapore.

(2) Lee Kuan Yew, China and India: Different Trajectories; Vital for a vibrant economy. Forbes, Aug 6, 2012 (cover date).
http://www.forbes.com/global/201 ... a-lee-kuan-yew.html

Quote:

"China’s imploding population contrasts with India’s increasing one."  sentence 1

"Singapore takes in immigrants from China, India and the rest of the region, which contributes to its remaining a dynamic economy and society. Hong Kong’s population is legally and illegally increased by immigrants. Japan, on the other hand, is a nation of purebred Japanese. It refuses migrants, so its population is shrinking and aging--a difficult trend to reverse once a country’s birthrate has declined so rapidly." the last paragraph