Thank you Dr Chee, for speaking out for Singaporeans. Indeed, the no 1 priority is to bring down the cost of living in Singapore. Wishing you success in the coming elections. We need you in parliament.
That is easier said than done. We do not have any resources. All things need to be imported. If LKY, GCT , LHL cannot do , and I am sure that LW will have to work hard to do something about it . But one thing I am damned sure Dr Chee can do nothing about it . He is just going back in history which is useless . We need to move forward and personally , I will rather do it with LW together than with Dr Chee. It is my personal direction and I am not influencing any one on this platform, unlike Dr Chee
@@SK-2175 Chee is not in charge. Of course, he can't do anything about it. LW is in charge. So far, it's still more FTs, more GST, and more reskilling. We don't have any resources, so we import more people to make resources even more scarce. Brilliant. At this rate, fertility will hit 0.6 by 2031. which means the number of native sinkies (born and bred) will half every 35 years. by 2070, SAF couldn't even fill the ranks each year.
Chee is not in charge. Of course, he can't do anything about it. LW is in charge. So far, it's still more FTs, more GST, and more reskilling. We don't have any resources, so we import more people to make resources even more scarce. Brilliant. At this rate, fertility will hit 0.6 by 2031. which means the number of native sinkies (born and bred) will half every 35 years. by 2070, SAF couldn't even fill the ranks each year.
I am a true Blue Singaporean senior citizen aged 72 , served my nation for 8 years Part time NS in the police force . Married to also a true blue Singaporean . However had worked and lived in US, Germany , Thailand and 13 years in China !
Many people convert from Malaysia citizen to Singapore citizen, even LW is son of Malaysia citizen to Singapore citizen. Our nation has been taken over by foreigners.
@GongGong-zk8qs You can't vote in Singapore if you are not a Singapore citizen. Don't you realize that? Our older generations are mainly foreigners, too.
All the baby bonus will not solve the lack of job security that is needed for at least 2 decades or more. And yet PAP continue to open door big big for new citizens.
With all the benefits and advantages that a citizen has over foreigners looking for jobs in Singapore, if we still cannot compete against them, how do you expect Singapore to compete globally? And if we can't compete globally, what do you think will happen to Singapore's economy?
@@bobguard What benefits and advantages? One issue is age. Employers may prefer to hire younger foreign staff compared to Singaporeans say age 45 and above.
“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” “Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today’s problems are a result of yesterday’s solutions.” Thomas Sowell
Agree.....but we have leaders who only look at grow grow grow and money money money. Inflation won't affect them as their pay is in millions. So that's the consequences.
I am also a millionaire. To me, COE is good. Its a status symbol I enjoy. The poor has no such ability to own a car as easily as I do. GST? ERP? Cpf? I am not sure why the hooha. SG is great for me
@@LonganLee the government is a public servant where Singaporeans voted them to the office . if their policies only benefits the millionaires...then they should out in the next GE!!!
@@antonette2113 Do you have facts to prove that the government policies ONLY benefit the millionaires? By the way, do you even realised that Singapore has more than 333,000 millionaires and this number is increasing? Would you rather that we have policies that grow more millionaires or make more people poorer and reduce the number of millionaires? Think about it. I rather we have policies that grow more millionaires while at the same time have more welfare schemes that also look after the needy who are left behind.
After the Pandemic, all MPs in the Parliament concurred that there is a need to now rebuild our reserves that were drawndown during the pandemic. Reserves will help to safeguard future generations. Now with the birthrate declining and foreign Singaporean & PR increasing, who are the future generations that will be benefiting from our reserves ??
Which ethnicity are you from? What is the 4 major ethnicity that make up Sg? Where does these ethnicity originated from? My great grandfather is from China just like many other Chinese and India Singaporean. Our forefather was once a foreigner to this land too and decide to stay and make it call home. Singapore has a history of influx foreigners and immigrants, as early as the between 14th and 17th centuries where early Chinese settlers can be trace back to. So on what basis we should say no to immigration to SG while we benefited from our forefathers decision to stay and call Singapore home?
@@jameschan1585 wrong this foreiengers became local by going throught the war and staying to defend. also last time travelling is not as easy or fast. its totally different story. the key is Singapore is now a country with native citizens. Even LHL says that we are Singapore Chinese and not Chinese Chinese
@@siaboonleong I do not agree with your reasoning. Many of our forefathers do not migrate to Singapore because they were patriotic to the British colony or Singapore back then. They migrate for the most simplest reason is to search for a better life, escape poverty and to some as a means to support their family back in their homeland. In your own words they were also taking advantage of what opportunities that were available to them. They did not come and expect to stay to fight a war too. Even they were force to fight in World War 2 they were not fighting exactly for British. As many of them have strong affiliation back to their homeland in those day. Which is why Chinese were the most targeted group during the Japanese Occupation, as many are providing financial assistance to support the war effort back in China. So to say a foreigner to prove his or her loyalty by fighting a war is irrational, senseless and not implementable. I can’t imagine what will Singapore be if we declare war every now and then with our neighbors or any countries as part of immigration requirement. What I am pointing out is that we should not view immigration policy and expect result in the short term. Many of us true blue Singaporean are the 2nd, 3rd, 4th generation of our forefathers. Our identity rooted because we are born and grow up here, which is very different from our forefathers experience. Yes it is understandable that you have doubts for those 1st generation immigrants. Me too. But looking at our family history and roots we are not so different from them too.
I'm catholic singaporean chinese.i hope the country can fix the birthrate problem within our own population.We are looking at a decrease in the population over the next few decades I think if not fixed.im not very patriotic but I'll be frank we know all countries have this notion,the divide between citizens and what is considered foreign.Personally I take opposition stand,not really happy about the issue.i support local too. I'm scared about being blacklisted for this but I say my 2 cents worth. The pap will probably make thier stand that we will import more foreigners to really try to solve the population,I mean it's not hard to tell that is the generalised way to solve the problem.The pap is not worried they are part of the top elites of the country,they won't make it obvious but behind the scenes they will ramp up thier efforts to try get more foreigners to come.Anyways just saying the demographics will be changing in yrs to come.Wondering where the influx will come too.Probably say I'm stupid too.Do monitor and watch the situation closely.Could be Malaysian chinese or mainland Chinese or south east asian or even westerners.Dont know.Just hope I don't become like a slave in my own land.
@@carlanthony1724 the low TFR cannot be resolved by the citizens. Singapore since her founding years had been reshaped and progressed because of immigrants and will continue to do so with more immigrants. This is an undeniable trend. Singaporeans must evolve and accept that we are also citizens of the world. Once we have achieved the right knowledge, skills and talent we too can do likewise and work overseas to broaden our scope and experience. That's what many western digital nomads are doing today. There is nothing to fear and nothing wrong with welcoming talented foreigners to our shores to live and work. When you talk about originality and creativity 2 countries stand out in the world. Israel and USA What do these 2 countries have in common? The American dream is the rags to riches story of an immigrant making a good life in the USA so they welcome and attract immigrants. Israel " Law of Return" welcomes all Jews to this promise land to make it their home. Singapore has reached the status of a world class destination achieving top standing as a place to live. , work and bring up children . This is our greatest achievement and branding. Top in the world for forward looking government, high per capita GDP, excellent infrastructure, transport system, healthcare , education and urban living environment. Maybe that's why it is also the most expensive and also stressful city in the world. Singaporeans must learn to appreciate this. Our existential threat is when citizens give up the life challenges and demand more welfarism and at the same time restricts talented foreigners to prevent them from taking roots in this small island. This is the time that Singapore will become an average city declining to a insignificant red dot nobody wants to associate with and then subsequently perish and join the ranks of Philippines, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.
Singapore does not belong to singaporeans anymore. The China has taken over. Just open your eyes and look around - malls, hawker centres, public transport, parks, everywhere. See the high number of restaurant owners who are Chinese mainlanders. So vote wisely if you want your country back.
Chinese don't come here anymore they are better off in China. I have Chinese friends who regretted changing their passport to Singaporean. Now the foreign influx belongs to Indians/Blangah
listen! the high cost of living is affecting Singaporeans.. our savings are depleting as the prices of almost everything including basic necessities are increasing to almost 60-80%.....with influx of foreigners taking over our jobs, Singapore is a foreigners dream while Singaporean keep struggling. FIX these!
Exactly, the cost of living is ROOT of it. Singaporeans need to work very hard in Corp and paycheck is used without much savings. And there are many foreigners in our local firms holding high posts and putting pressure on locals until they threw in the towel or stress up affecting family lives. Then the Foreign heads will bring their peers into the Corporates.
@@tangt4860 If the place where you live and work is a monster, why are you still here. Go where the rainbow is but do not turn back as it is not as rosy as you think. I travelled to many many many countries in Americal , Europe and Asia , Australia during my corporate 45 years work and I know what I am talking about. By the way , I had lived 1 year in America, 1 and Half year in Germany, 6 months in Thailand and 13 years in China. I would not want to live in any of these countries , except maybe only China. If things and the environment do not change , you make the change yourself. No need to wait for Dr Chee , who will be not able to help you at all.
@@ShanshankedRe Looks like you don’t need a PhD to do that. Take Opp MP Pritam Singh, for example-he only has a bar qualification, but he handled things better and got more attention. How many times has CSJ been successful in politics despite having a PhD? If politically he hasn’t managed to win the people's support yet, do you think he could handle the intense political environment of Parliament?
@orlhachrono2682 look at TCB. He has qualities to be President. And he would have the support of the people too. Yet somehow, the timing of certain PE rule changes makes people question if he was intentionally being c0@kblocked by the powers that be.
Dr Chee need to be in the parliament. So we can see and hear the underlying. The payout from PAP is that it won't solve the issue parmeantly. Just like when a person use the credit card, and end of the day, the bill is foot by the minimum sum and the interest keep topping up, and if it continue to foot the minimum sum, in the end the bill will be huge. Likewise, Dr Chee has said what make we or LW himself think that he can solve the problem that both the ex PM cannot solve. Exactly bingo. I believe they can improve if more opposition Party are elect to enter the parliament for PM check. "Preventive Maintenance check".
I agree. Matter of crucial importance are livelihood, housing costs hdbs are too high price, high costs of basic necessities food, public transportation should be free for 65 and above, there should be food in hawker centre and coffeeshops price for seniors at half port and half price, need I say more...
Yes I will vote for SDP. PAP makes education so stressful and competitive not knowing that the number of young people's mental health problems are increasing.😕
I hear a lot of complain and fear mongering but no clear plans or ideas to solve the issue. Birth rate issue is affecting all developed countries in the world and not unique to Singapore, and cost of living will not necessarily solve the birth rate challenges.
LW is cut from the same pap cloth like GCT n LHL..so dun expect any positive changes to our lives..however the only solution we really have is to make this party sit in as the opposition in the coming GE...Majullah Sp citizens..VTO
The following four issues (existential threats) raised by Dr Chee ,which he has pointed out is the fault of government, are not new. These are old battle cries which are certainly dated and has lost its relevance given how far Singapore has progressed 1. The TFR is declining ( presumably because of the high cost of living )and aged population is increasing 2. The cost of living has gone up for the past 3 decades 3. The influx of foreigners is a threat to every Singaporeans 4. The high stress faced by Singaporeans The decline in TFR and the rise in the aged population are experienced in every mature economy and developed country with an educated population. Countries in Europe and US are in the same situation . In some way we can blame government for the increase in aged population because our excellent health care system has extended their life span. The "stop at two children" family policy has to some extend also contributed to the TFR the same way as the one child policy has contributed to the overall population decline in China. But the US and Europe do not have such policies to limit the size of their population but they too faced these unintended consequences although not so obvious because they mitigate the effects by allowing immigrants into their country. So how do you explain this same phenomenon across developed and mature economies? Is it a trend amongst the better educated young people in developed countries to marry later and produce less children ? You will notice that most third world countries' TFR are not so seriously affected although they may have low survival rate of their children and elderly population due to their poor healthcare system Inflation takes 2 forms . Imported inflation because prices of imported goods are on the rise globally and local inflation caused by higher prices in housing, cars , education , healthcare, transport ...etc. Government tackles imported inflation by controlling the strength of the Singapore currency. Government cannot be blamed for these price increases of imported items and NTUC had been tasked to help mitigate these increases through bulk purchase and an efficient distribution and sales network . As for cars Singaporeans know why these are the most expensive in the world . At the same time Singaporeans also acknowledged the efficient and affordable public transport system which has been rated as one of the best in the world. Similarly our education system has been rated one of the best in the world with top global ranking for NUS. The fees charged by our education institutions compared to those ivy league universities charged by UK or US are very competitive. Our healthcare are also well regulated and subsidised for Singaporeans . Again we have to compare them against similar facilities in developed countries. As for housing the citizens are insulated because of our pubilc HDB housing policies . You do not see slumps in Singapore . While we complain about high HDB prices sold at over S$1 million you have to see who benefitted from these high prices. All prices in any commodity or assets are well regulated by the forces of demand and supply . The market mechanism will adjust prices to meet both the demand and supply and government keeps a close watch on the housing bubble and introduced cooling measures when necessary to ensure it does not burst because any downward adjustment of property prices will wipe out the wealth of property owners ( over 90 % of the citizen population) . Extensive infrastructure development funded by government is also responsible for the appreciation of property prices in Singapore. But do you rather we remain a back water mosquito infested swamp and live in those conditions? Our taxes create reserves to fund these infrastructure improvements and more. Given the high cost of living Singaporeans need not worry about foreigners coming to our shores to take over their jobs. Expats have to pay high rentals for their accommodation and quality lifestyle that they have been used to in their current countries . So they need a certain level of income and employers will only pay high income if they have the talent, qualifications , experience and skills. So the high cost of living in Singapore operates as an additional screening filter to only let in talented professionals. Why would companies want to pay high salaries to foreigners if the locals can do the job ? Are these companies not profit motivated which needs to provide adequate returns to their shareholders? So on balance we have to compare the cost of living with our GDP per capita . Singapore's GDP has been consistently ranked top 5 over the last few years . But Dr. Chee never provided these statistics . Our debt to GDP though high at about 167% of GDP but we borrow because we want to develop our bond market and also to fund infrastructure that are profit generating . Unlike many countries , developed or otherwise, they borrow to cover their budget deficits. Over the years the PAP government has a good track record on generating budget surplus to keep the country going in good times and in bad times. Our "existential threat" lies not in these 4 outdated issues but lies in a decline in the quality of our citizens in the workforce and in our schools who keep complaining about "high stress" in the country. Singapore has been ranked in the top 5 financial centres in the world . When you look at the workforce in these centres like New York , London, ..etc the average Singaporean is no more stressful than the executives in these cities. Parents complain about the stress in our schools . Our only resource is the people and we need to make sure that every child continues to do better than their parents and grandparents in order for Singapore to survive and stay relevant to the world. So Dr Chee please stop all these dated arguments stating that they are our existential threat . They are the reasons why Singapore has been successful and ranked so highly in many aspects globally and the envy of many countries. If you want to really help Singapore ,shift your focus from the next election because | think Singaporeans are tired of hearing about your grouses with government . Instead focus on Singapore's achievements and rally the citizens to be better prepared by equipping themselves and more importantly their children for a tough future that lies ahead because our economic growth is likely to remain single digit and the global needs will cause more structural unemployment more frequently because jobs will become obsolete very quickly. So within our working life we need to continue to gain new knowledge , new skills to fit into new jobs changing at least 3 different careers in order to be able to last the 30 to 35 years of our working life. This is a new trend that those who are now above 60 years old have never experienced in their life time and cannot relate to them and therefore unable to come up with the right strategies to ensure our survival. Singapore's existential threat is to degenerate to become a welfare state with the population taking their own sweet time to find their role in life to become a productive resource in the society. We have to move ahead of the fast changing pace of a globalised world! As for the issue of foreigners coming to our shores to work and live in Singapore we must not stop them. We need to ensure that they are the talent needed in the global environment and hopefully when they come and experience the lifestyle and the safe and secure environment to bring up their children they will stay with us and take up citizenship. Our society has to continue to stay alert and evolve to accept these talent and their contributions to continue to make Singapore successful. Without these talented professionals we have no "insurance policy" to insulate ourselves against our declining TFR and to keep the high standards required in a productive workforce so that we can continue to rank amongst the top countries in a challenging world.
Well-articulated and totally agree with you. Singaporeans need to wake up and realized that if we don't be on our toes all the time, others will catch up and overtake us. Look at how fast China can develop when they are focus on improving themselves. Same with our neighbouring economies when they get their acts together. If we just rest on our laurels, be prepared to fall behind in future decades.
For every 1 million visitors, only 3000 are Singaporeans. We went from schools to Guerilla 24/7. It is tiring not being able to let our guards down. Especially in a bar setting and you are not sure who you are dealing with.
A simple example would be the hundreds of thousands Malaysians who jam our causeway everyday to work in sg. Earn in sg, spend in msia. Absolutely useless for our economy. Bringing their sloppy shit-standards in and taking no pride in their work. They just want to earn their dough and bring it all back to their families. The service standards in f&b restaurants, food in coffeeshops, the amount of choppers/con-artistes in the car workshop industry, etc. The Malaysians dgaf the slightest bit about any sort of quality or providing value. Their mindsets are that all singaporeans are filthy rich and they want a piece of our pie.
@@alanloo so how will that make any different? Immigration and influx of foreigners had been happening to Singapore as early as 14 centuries with early Chinese settlers way back before British colony and up to presence day Singapore. The best way to answer those question is to find out from your family history. When and why your forefather migrate to Singapore. I can assure you that many (1st generation) that came were because of opportunities that they can take advantage of. What matters is the 2nd generation onwards their affiliation to the (1st gen) homeland they came from will dilute over time. Isn’t this what happens to us? My great grandfather came from China, but I born in SG, grow up in SG, serve NS and have no affiliation to China. I assume you are the same too right?
@@jameschan1585 You are so right, from now on, I will welcome all foreigners to be Singaporeans and encourage them to take all possible opportunities and advantages from our country and embrace them to fight together with us and defend Singapore as their own country too! Together we will against drugs trafficking, money laundering etc. and build our nation hand in hand to achieve a higher level. Happy? I know you from PAP, can you stop your brainwashing tactics and stop trolling me now?
@@yantaoxiao Spot on...thats y many young couples are not having kids after marriage. The older Gs are living from hand to mouth...most are struggling.
Singapore can be a place to live in if you're rich if not, forget about living in Singapore. For example, one god damn small car cost almost 150 thousand Singapore dollars and that haven't include road tax, insurance. And also the high cost of gasoline, parking fees, ERP entries.
The real problem is that young Singaporeans do not want to have more Children than they can have , not because of just cost but a personal choice . And ain't we are also new citizens many many years ago and slowly and painstaking became Singaporeans . Dr Chee is mixing the increase in Population to include those of Work Permit . If there are no work permit guya ro sweep the road, repairing the road, and and and , are the True Blue Singaporeans or Dr Chee childrensgoing to do all these work. Many of the costs which had risen are happening everywhere in the world and the government cannot prevent them. What LKY, GCT , LHL cannot solve, Dr Chee can. Ha Ha, he thinks he is super man !
Peace time foreigners comes here making big bucks go back their own country and build big houses.When peace time our local breed Singaporean whole-life hard-earned stressed n sweat c p f money are not return sooner but war time expect we go protect the country, war time leaders should go fight first and not sacrifice innocent soldiers life just because we are Singaporean,
I'm just gonna say it , I've never been a patriot at all to my country, too consumed by my own set of stresses which I only can assume to link to Dr Chee's set of concerns for the country. Dr Chee , in my opinion , is saying this part of me out loud. I am having trouble feeling a sense of belonging in my own homeland socially. Ok sure , I feel that I am partly at fault for being so numb to all this and clearly doing nothing about the problem, causing me to be even more closed off from others socially. But the opinions of Dr Chee worries me to the extent I may suddenly become part of the problem in regards to the birth rate situation in Singapore. I know I am being pessimistic. But the only time I feel I can only say something for the nation is at the ballot box.
Reality check, Grant ⬆️ LTV⬇️ Price ⬆️ Stamp duty⬆️ COV⬆️ GST⬆️ Reliability and Durability of materials⬇️ Size of house⬇️ Aircon ledge ⬆️ Kitchen⬇️ Government showing menace and zero sense at the same time.
Another big problem, how well Wil the 4G Govt perform going forward? Wil we continue to have qualitative talents into Govt, if our population gets overrun by foreigners, etc?
Hello , do not think so highly of yourself and those true blue Singaporeans who dare not move to another country to taste life there. Some new Singapore citizens are very qualified and the issue is whether they want to go into politics or not . Ain't your grand parents once also a foreigner in Singapore . Come on man, give them a chance to be a Good citizen like your grand parents.
This is a very grave concern, in the back of many Singaporeans’ mind. Indiscriminate immigration appears to provide economic benefits but the role of a good government goes way beyond creating wealth, and if the balance is tipped, it’s not a rosy picture for everyone here.
Most ppl are already aware of this issue years ago. Unfortunately Singapore need these rich foreigners to stimulate our economy. That being said this will also cause our property cost to go up. Look at the price of those shop houses now. Personally I think we are already in the start of a recession now.
BTO in shorter time? It need more workers, work at extension time to have shorter time. That mean more money need to spend. In summary, bto in shorter time will be more expensive for us to buy. Vto p.a.p.
Most of the govt recognises these problems but somehow they could not make the price go down. Unless the govt nationalize all private entity and become the next Cuba
Not a PAP n know nth about politics but increase of foreigners in what industry? Do we have competent citizen to be top mgt? Could the increase of foreigner be due to labour worker? Ramping supply of BTOs to cool market kena whack for saying reduce greenery.
How much money is needed to be a singaporean ? How much money is needed for a malaysian not to come to singapore to work ? How much money is needed for an indian national never to come to singapore to work ?
Singapore has become a country that many true born and bred Singaporeans (including myself born in the 1960s) can no longer associated with. They have altered the fabric of Singaporean society; complicated its societal value (in a negative way) and ruined the future of young Singaporeans. I told my children that in their next lives, they should seriously consider being born in another country and then migrate to Singapore so that they don’t have to serve the 2-year mandatory national service and pay the same tax rate as the locals.
Many Singaporean were very disappointed over the years with the way Singapore is heading towards the future, i believe a massive of those less fortunate Singaporean will be left behind in the future and Singapore will be a great city and place to live in for those rich and powerful people including those super rich foreign migrants. It's so sad that many working class fellow Singaporean will be on their own to survive.
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Still next GE the ruling party will win if opposition can mantain the 10 seats or surprised win another few seats on top of the current seats is a new history in Singapore. Majority of Singaporeans who is stuck here or live here r very selfish they only think about themselves n family if not why ruiling party will win eventually.. every through every time complaining the cost of living... This n that.. 🤔
The problem with CSJ is that he only highlights problems - which we have been coping well with. He's vocal but there's no solutions besides rolling back on policies. There's no real SG that he wants to build besides rolling back to the 1970s. Nostalgia much that's all
Where is your basis that CSJ wants to roll Singapore back to the 1970s? Dun anyhow hantam accusations out of no where !! Highlighting problems is WAY better than CAUSING and worse still exacerbate the problems isn't it? You want to point fingers, for goodness sake do it across the board.
@popozk - Exactly! His perspective is too superficial. While it's true that the high cost of living and inflation are factors in why Singaporeans may be reluctant to have children, he clearly doesn't understand how inflation actually works. We can all agree that inflation is driven by supply and demand-high demand with low supply causes inflation, while high supply with low demand leads to deflation. The real question is: how are prices controlled? Unless Singapore can produce its own goods-meaning it has the necessary natural resources and manufacturing capabilities-there will always be a reliance on the global market, making the country more vulnerable to price fluctuations. At best, the government can subsidize certain essential costs, which they are already doing. However, CSJ seems to suggest that reducing domestic demands will lower prices, blaming foreigners for driving prices up
I am more interested in the solution. What and how will you do it differently? The birth rate is an issue that is not just restricted to SG alone but many other developed countries are struggling to tackle with. Japan, Korea and even China is worried about aging population. While high cost of living maybe one of the contributing factor but is it really just the only factors. From what I experienced with some people I interact with. It is more of how they view about marriage and children mean to them. To some it is a loss of freedom. To some they prefer to keep dogs and cats as pets, which in their view is less burdensome. Some is with unrealistic life partner expectation. Some prefer white guys over Asia.
My suggestion is for good clever Singaporeans to all start being innovative, be entrepreneurs. Change their mindset to always think that "not everything foreign is better. But if they are, how can I learn from them, and also innovate to improve on it and make it my own to compete with them". Form associations, interest groups, mentorship of Singaporeans overseas and here to share any knowledge and experience. Build a tighter social cohesion amongst own citizens. Gather and setup VC funds from the region to fund high tech Singaporean businesses to compete in the region. Nurture own people beyond the school curriculum, outdoor learning skills, exchange trips around the region, create opportunities and internships abroad. Encourage team building and collaboration skills at school. Building larger homes with more personal space for development and well-being of its citizens.
@@s._3560thank you for your feedback. I failed to understand how does your suggestion help to solve the brith rate issue in SG. Let say money is not an issue. Please explain how it will help to encourage people to settle down early and change their attitudes of having kids.
New bto flat is defenately for new citizens.. How can so few baby born. Pri n sec n jc being either close or merge and our pioneer n seniors pass on to haven to better place.. Just ask yourself who's the one buying all these flats n they are building it like there is no tomorrow..
I understand your concern about discussing problems and give unrealistic solutions. It's worth noting that the cost of living is rising worldwide not just Singapore. Foreigners would only do dirty jobs with cheap and low pay with foreigners. We have to pay a lot more for Singaporeans if we hire them. This would come back to us and further rising the cost of living. Are you aware that many of the newborn parents are foreign spouse?
I not a supporter of any parties. But hes right. I work in ofcCBD Its quite easy to get pr for office job and eventually citizenship. Most ard me r not local . Quite masive influx this past decade
Agreed the cost of living is high...even the prices in the NTUC is so high. Singaporeans migrating because they cant achieve their aspirations of owning a vehicle, a decent flat etc. Ever increasing ERP with no questions asked, high utilities and GST. Worse still they are already implementing carless zones😢😢😢😢. The rich is getting richer and the middle and lower income getting worse. The vouchers given out only solve the problem a month or so...than what? We got 365 days lor! Eat maggie mee throughout lor!
Singaporeans go through the rigorous training process of our education Singaporeans go through army and all the inconveniences Yet jobs given to foreigners This govt betray singaporean and embrace foreigners for their own political and financial interests
All those who said they will not gained financially freedom first have to learn how to spend less than what they earned ! Why need to buy a car , when you parked it from 9:00 am to 6pm while in the office when the MRT can send them there ? And for the weekends, use the MRT to bring your children out . Or more comfortably , take grap or comfort. I am 100% optimistically sure that it will not burn your pocket compared to owning a car. Why buy a Million $ condo when you can live comfortably in HDB. By all means, if you can afford , do it.
The idea I suppose is to integrate the new immigrants and convert them and their children into citizens in the years ahead. Already we are seeing many young SGean children born to Mainland Chinese and Indian parents living in the heartlands
Government have to do these to make our currency worth something. So even toilet cleaner can retire in some part of the world. There are billions of people that work and never able to retire, die penniless, maybe without home , or their home is dog shelter equivalent. I think it's Singaporean part to be competent
Reading the comments section and people here don’t seem to comprehend that some of us “Singaporeans” might not even be here had our great grand father not immigrate from India/China/Malaysia to Singapore. 😂 I agree that we do have to strike a balance between foreign and local to provide opportunities for our selves but the constrain is obvious. (1) Birth rates are low (2) Foreigners are willing to do more for less (3) Foreigners do jobs that Singaporeans do not do but still needed (Cleaners/ Garbage collectors) (4) Capping the “competitiveness” of foreigners in Singapore will discourage investors/businesses from growing here So if someone has a magical solution that can fix all of this inter-twinning issues, please voice out your suggestion and don’t just give me 1 liners.I am a PAP supporter but I feel pragmatic solutions should be party blind.
I feel we need new ppl to come in to maintain the population… it’s fine. The issue is how to improve the birth rate If foreigners come in to make a good difference, why not? So how is the opposition plan to raise the TFR ? If Dr Chee to be PM, what would he do?
What do we do, what can we do........too late. Already here........strangers in our own country is not a recent occurrence........ There is a winning formula which very few people know or understand........."fresh voters" will support who.......?
Thank you Dr Chee, for speaking out for Singaporeans. Indeed, the no 1 priority is to bring down the cost of living in Singapore. Wishing you success in the coming elections. We need you in parliament.
That is easier said than done. We do not have any resources. All things need to be imported. If LKY, GCT , LHL cannot do , and I am sure that LW will have to work hard to do something about it . But one thing I am damned sure Dr Chee can do nothing about it . He is just going back in history which is useless . We need to move forward and personally , I will rather do it with LW together than with Dr Chee. It is my personal direction and I am not influencing any one on this platform, unlike Dr Chee
@@SK-2175 Chee is not in charge. Of course, he can't do anything about it. LW is in charge. So far, it's still more FTs, more GST, and more reskilling. We don't have any resources, so we import more people to make resources even more scarce. Brilliant. At this rate, fertility will hit 0.6 by 2031. which means the number of native sinkies (born and bred) will half every 35 years. by 2070, SAF couldn't even fill the ranks each year.
Chee is not in charge. Of course, he can't do anything about it. LW is in charge. So far, it's still more FTs, more GST, and more reskilling. We don't have any resources, so we import more people to make resources even more scarce. Brilliant. At this rate, fertility will hit 0.6 by 2031. which means the number of native sinkies (born and bred) will half every 35 years. by 2070, SAF couldn't even fill the ranks each year.
@@SK-2175 are you a foreigner or married to a foreigner 😂
I am a true Blue Singaporean senior citizen aged 72 , served my nation for 8 years Part time NS in the police force . Married to also a true blue Singaporean . However had worked and lived in US, Germany , Thailand and 13 years in China !
I will never fight for a country which functions as a hotel and office for the india nationals.
I will never consider racist like you and him as "Singaporeans" in the first place
@@lamsunyong343both of them as racist as Gandhi?
@@MsSkybear that is why we don't need people like you
Not just Indians.. Chinese, Bangladeshis, Filipinos, and a lot of others- the screenings should be for all FTs - zeroing on Indians- u are a racist
Many people convert from Malaysia citizen to Singapore citizen, even LW is son of Malaysia citizen to Singapore citizen. Our nation has been taken over by foreigners.
Yes, we are the descendants from China and India. So we should deport ourselves too. Sounds like a great plan!
@GongGong-zk8qs yes. And that Malaysian are all malaysian chinese.
@GongGong-zk8qs You can't vote in Singapore if you are not a Singapore citizen. Don't you realize that? Our older generations are mainly foreigners, too.
@@petrusromanus3790 before 1965 Singapore was once under Malaysia rule.
@GongGong-zk8qs why should we blame CECA, indeed, most of us welcome them, we think we are as racist as you and Mr. Chee?
We are the foreigners in our home land.
All the high paying jobs... condos... GCB...majoriti are foreigners
More like 3rd class citizens. 1st being the PAP elites and their cronies and 2nd their beloved naturalised foreigners.
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i can see Indians are buying condos and nice cars showing they have better pay than us
@@quad6752 Singapore has become a foreigners dream!! while Singaporeans are getting vouchers to survive and tackle high costs of almost everything!!
All the baby bonus will not solve the lack of job security that is needed for at least 2 decades or more. And yet PAP continue to open door big big for new citizens.
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Exactly. If you lose your job, your baby will suffer
With all the benefits and advantages that a citizen has over foreigners looking for jobs in Singapore, if we still cannot compete against them, how do you expect Singapore to compete globally? And if we can't compete globally, what do you think will happen to Singapore's economy?
@@bobguard What benefits and advantages? One issue is age. Employers may prefer to hire younger foreign staff compared to Singaporeans say age 45 and above.
“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.”
“Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today’s problems are a result of yesterday’s solutions.”
Thomas Sowell
@@singaporeghostclub YES INDEED THOSE THAT IMPLEMENTED PAST SOLUTION MOST HAD GONE TO DUST BUT TODAY GENERATION HAD TO FACE THE PROBLEM.😩😩
Great quote. Apt
Agree.....but we have leaders who only look at grow grow grow and money money money.
Inflation won't affect them as their pay is in millions. So that's the consequences.
ya, there are not affected cos they are paid in millions...we the struggling singaporeans are feeling the soaring prices in our daily lifes!!
@@antonette2113 S$192k for a part time job...they just dc
I am also a millionaire. To me, COE is good. Its a status symbol I enjoy. The poor has no such ability to own a car as easily as I do. GST? ERP? Cpf? I am not sure why the hooha. SG is great for me
@@LonganLee the government is a public servant where Singaporeans voted them to the office . if their policies only benefits the millionaires...then they should out in the next GE!!!
@@antonette2113 Do you have facts to prove that the government policies ONLY benefit the millionaires? By the way, do you even realised that Singapore has more than 333,000 millionaires and this number is increasing? Would you rather that we have policies that grow more millionaires or make more people poorer and reduce the number of millionaires? Think about it. I rather we have policies that grow more millionaires while at the same time have more welfare schemes that also look after the needy who are left behind.
After the Pandemic, all MPs in the Parliament concurred that there is a need to now rebuild our reserves that were drawndown during the pandemic. Reserves will help to safeguard future generations. Now with the birthrate declining and foreign Singaporean & PR increasing, who are the future generations that will be benefiting from our reserves ??
@@douglasstanley5209 the foreigners la. The pr converts set to replace us who can't reproduce
Which ethnicity are you from? What is the 4 major ethnicity that make up Sg? Where does these ethnicity originated from? My great grandfather is from China just like many other Chinese and India Singaporean. Our forefather was once a foreigner to this land too and decide to stay and make it call home. Singapore has a history of influx foreigners and immigrants, as early as the between 14th and 17th centuries where early Chinese settlers can be trace back to. So on what basis we should say no to immigration to SG while we benefited from our forefathers decision to stay and call Singapore home?
@@jameschan1585 wrong this foreiengers became local by going throught the war and staying to defend. also last time travelling is not as easy or fast. its totally different story. the key is Singapore is now a country with native citizens. Even LHL says that we are Singapore Chinese and not Chinese Chinese
@@siaboonleong I do not agree with your reasoning. Many of our forefathers do not migrate to Singapore because they were patriotic to the British colony or Singapore back then. They migrate for the most simplest reason is to search for a better life, escape poverty and to some as a means to support their family back in their homeland. In your own words they were also taking advantage of what opportunities that were available to them. They did not come and expect to stay to fight a war too. Even they were force to fight in World War 2 they were not fighting exactly for British. As many of them have strong affiliation back to their homeland in those day. Which is why Chinese were the most targeted group during the Japanese Occupation, as many are providing financial assistance to support the war effort back in China. So to say a foreigner to prove his or her loyalty by fighting a war is irrational, senseless and not implementable. I can’t imagine what will Singapore be if we declare war every now and then with our neighbors or any countries as part of immigration requirement. What I am pointing out is that we should not view immigration policy and expect result in the short term. Many of us true blue Singaporean are the 2nd, 3rd, 4th generation of our forefathers. Our identity rooted because we are born and grow up here, which is very different from our forefathers experience. Yes it is understandable that you have doubts for those 1st generation immigrants. Me too. But looking at our family history and roots we are not so different from them too.
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I'm catholic singaporean chinese.i hope the country can fix the birthrate problem within our own population.We are looking at a decrease in the population over the next few decades I think if not fixed.im not very patriotic but I'll be frank we know all countries have this notion,the divide between citizens and what is considered foreign.Personally I take opposition stand,not really happy about the issue.i support local too.
I'm scared about being blacklisted for this but I say my 2 cents worth.
The pap will probably make thier stand that we will import more foreigners to really try to solve the population,I mean it's not hard to tell that is the generalised way to solve the problem.The pap is not worried they are part of the top elites of the country,they won't make it obvious but behind the scenes they will ramp up thier efforts to try get more foreigners to come.Anyways just saying the demographics will be changing in yrs to come.Wondering where the influx will come too.Probably say I'm stupid too.Do monitor and watch the situation closely.Could be Malaysian chinese or mainland Chinese or south east asian or even westerners.Dont know.Just hope I don't become like a slave in my own land.
@@carlanthony1724 the low TFR cannot be resolved by the citizens. Singapore since her founding years had been reshaped and progressed because of immigrants and will continue to do so with more immigrants. This is an undeniable trend. Singaporeans must evolve and accept that we are also citizens of the world. Once we have achieved the right knowledge, skills and talent we too can do likewise and work overseas to broaden our scope and experience. That's what many western digital nomads are doing today. There is nothing to fear and nothing wrong with welcoming talented foreigners to our shores to live and work. When you talk about originality and creativity 2 countries stand out in the world. Israel and USA What do these 2 countries have in common? The American dream is the rags to riches story of an immigrant making a good life in the USA so they welcome and attract immigrants. Israel " Law of Return" welcomes all Jews to this promise land to make it their home. Singapore has reached the status of a world class destination achieving top standing as a place to live. , work and bring up children . This is our greatest achievement and branding. Top in the world for forward looking government, high per capita GDP, excellent infrastructure, transport system, healthcare , education and urban living environment. Maybe that's why it is also the most expensive and also stressful city in the world. Singaporeans must learn to appreciate this. Our existential threat is when citizens give up the life challenges and demand more welfarism and at the same time restricts talented foreigners to prevent them from taking roots in this small island. This is the time that Singapore will become an average city declining to a insignificant red dot nobody wants to associate with and then subsequently perish and join the ranks of Philippines, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.
Somehow Dr Chee have always touched on things that have been lingering in my head for a long time as a Singaporean.
Abolish CECA
@@IceBloodKing Exactly
@@IceBloodKing Vto p.a.p if they dun abolish ceca.
@@IceBloodKing only those who can earn enough can afford the rent and expensive lifestyle in Singapore. Doubt many can still come
Prime Minister Modi is coming for a visit 😂
@@jagohkampong Modi visit to give an advice how to deal with Singaporeans.🤣🤣
Sadly, they don't care
Rich become richer.
Singapore does not belong to singaporeans anymore. The China has taken over. Just open your eyes and look around - malls, hawker centres, public transport, parks, everywhere. See the high number of restaurant owners who are Chinese mainlanders. So vote wisely if you want your country back.
Not only China national
Now more Indians too
Now Indians too
Chinese don't come here anymore they are better off in China. I have Chinese friends who regretted changing their passport to Singaporean. Now the foreign influx belongs to Indians/Blangah
Singapore belong to China, Indians and Rich Singapore ppls.
These stats are disgusting. We don't have a country anymore.
Super disgusting. Observable just by taking trains and public transport. Getting worse but the day
Agreed with the point of view that cost of living is an issue to be tackled fundamentally (not in cosmetic approach) with utmost urgency
listen! the high cost of living is affecting Singaporeans.. our savings are depleting as the prices of almost everything including basic necessities are increasing to almost 60-80%.....with influx of foreigners taking over our jobs, Singapore is a foreigners dream while Singaporean keep struggling. FIX these!
Thanks Dr. Chee for your concern for our nation.
Whats for telling us something that we already know? What is his solution? From what i hear is all doom and gloom
@@youtubet3e416it’s 100% doom and gloom under the current dictator ruling party!
@youtubet3e416 how much is the nation paying him?
@@youtubet3e416 cut foreigners influx?
PAP do soul searching? They have no soul.
Exactly, the cost of living is ROOT of it. Singaporeans need to work very hard in Corp and paycheck is used without much savings. And there are many foreigners in our local firms holding high posts and putting pressure on locals until they threw in the towel or stress up affecting family lives. Then the Foreign heads will bring their peers into the Corporates.
The root is actually Singaporeans not wanting to let go of a monster they grew.
@@tangt4860 If the place where you live and work is a monster, why are you still here. Go where the rainbow is but do not turn back as it is not as rosy as you think. I travelled to many many many countries in Americal , Europe and Asia , Australia during my corporate 45 years work and I know what I am talking about. By the way , I had lived 1 year in America, 1 and Half year in Germany, 6 months in Thailand and 13 years in China. I would not want to live in any of these countries , except maybe only China. If things and the environment do not change , you make the change yourself. No need to wait for Dr Chee , who will be not able to help you at all.
Need to show us how many foreigners get singapore citizenship.
It's about 20k a year, public.flourish.studio/visualisation/13142573/
yes it is Indiots
Dr.Chee deserved 2be in Parliament.
He is too great a threat to PAP. That is why they go all out to try to destroy him.
Too shallow in his thinking, I dont think he fully understand the concept of inflation.
If he enters the parliament, he wants deflation?
@orlhachrono2682 how many of the MPs have doctorate like Dr Chee? Do you have a doctorate?
@@ShanshankedRe Looks like you don’t need a PhD to do that. Take Opp MP Pritam Singh, for example-he only has a bar qualification, but he handled things better and got more attention.
How many times has CSJ been successful in politics despite having a PhD? If politically he hasn’t managed to win the people's support yet, do you think he could handle the intense political environment of Parliament?
@orlhachrono2682 look at TCB. He has qualities to be President. And he would have the support of the people too. Yet somehow, the timing of certain PE rule changes makes people question if he was intentionally being c0@kblocked by the powers that be.
Oh dear, what a situation! All is not well under the Singapore sun.
Dr Chee see you next yr election
Dr Chee need to be in the parliament. So we can see and hear the underlying. The payout from PAP is that it won't solve the issue parmeantly. Just like when a person use the credit card, and end of the day, the bill is foot by the minimum sum and the interest keep topping up, and if it continue to foot the minimum sum, in the end the bill will be huge. Likewise, Dr Chee has said what make we or LW himself think that he can solve the problem that both the ex PM cannot solve. Exactly bingo. I believe they can improve if more opposition Party are elect to enter the parliament for PM check. "Preventive Maintenance check".
Sometimes I feel like I'm in a foreign country, despite being born and bred, and lived here for half a century.
I agree. Matter of crucial importance are livelihood, housing costs hdbs are too high price, high costs of basic necessities food, public transportation should be free for 65 and above, there should be food in hawker centre and coffeeshops price for seniors at half port and half price, need I say more...
We have no oil, rare earth or any other resources. We cannot practice welfarism . Each must earn his keep
If you think HDB housing is expensive, pls look at China's housing. A House in China costs an average person's 30 years salary
Yes I will vote for SDP. PAP makes education so stressful and competitive not knowing that the number of young people's mental health problems are increasing.😕
Yes i agree..
I hear a lot of complain and fear mongering but no clear plans or ideas to solve the issue. Birth rate issue is affecting all developed countries in the world and not unique to Singapore, and cost of living will not necessarily solve the birth rate challenges.
Reduce cost of living, less stressful. Agree…
LW is cut from the same pap cloth like GCT n LHL..so dun expect any positive changes to our lives..however the only solution we really have is to make this party sit in as the opposition in the coming GE...Majullah Sp citizens..VTO
The following four issues (existential threats) raised by Dr Chee ,which he has pointed out is the fault of government, are not new. These are old battle cries which are certainly dated and has lost its relevance given how far Singapore has progressed
1. The TFR is declining ( presumably because of the high cost of living )and aged population is increasing
2. The cost of living has gone up for the past 3 decades
3. The influx of foreigners is a threat to every Singaporeans
4. The high stress faced by Singaporeans
The decline in TFR and the rise in the aged population are experienced in every mature economy and developed country with an educated population. Countries in Europe and US are in the same situation . In some way we can blame government for the increase in aged population because our excellent health care system has extended their life span. The "stop at two children" family policy has to some extend also contributed to the TFR the same way as the one child policy has contributed to the overall population decline in China. But the US and Europe do not have such policies to limit the size of their population but they too faced these unintended consequences although not so obvious because they mitigate the effects by allowing immigrants into their country. So how do you explain this same phenomenon across developed and mature economies? Is it a trend amongst the better educated young people in developed countries to marry later and produce less children ? You will notice that most third world countries' TFR are not so seriously affected although they may have low survival rate of their children and elderly population due to their poor healthcare system
Inflation takes 2 forms . Imported inflation because prices of imported goods are on the rise globally and local inflation caused by higher prices in housing, cars , education , healthcare, transport ...etc. Government tackles imported inflation by controlling the strength of the Singapore currency. Government cannot be blamed for these price increases of imported items and NTUC had been tasked to help mitigate these increases through bulk purchase and an efficient distribution and sales network . As for cars Singaporeans know why these are the most expensive in the world . At the same time Singaporeans also acknowledged the efficient and affordable public transport system which has been rated as one of the best in the world. Similarly our education system has been rated one of the best in the world with top global ranking for NUS. The fees charged by our education institutions compared to those ivy league universities charged by UK or US are very competitive. Our healthcare are also well regulated and subsidised for Singaporeans . Again we have to compare them against similar facilities in developed countries. As for housing the citizens are insulated because of our pubilc HDB housing policies . You do not see slumps in Singapore . While we complain about high HDB prices sold at over S$1 million you have to see who benefitted from these high prices. All prices in any commodity or assets are well regulated by the forces of demand and supply . The market mechanism will adjust prices to meet both the demand and supply and government keeps a close watch on the housing bubble and introduced cooling measures when necessary to ensure it does not burst because any downward adjustment of property prices will wipe out the wealth of property owners ( over 90 % of the citizen population) . Extensive infrastructure development funded by government is also responsible for the appreciation of property prices in Singapore. But do you rather we remain a back water mosquito infested swamp and live in those conditions? Our taxes create reserves to fund these infrastructure improvements and more.
Given the high cost of living Singaporeans need not worry about foreigners coming to our shores to take over their jobs. Expats have to pay high rentals for their accommodation and quality lifestyle that they have been used to in their current countries . So they need a certain level of income and employers will only pay high income if they have the talent, qualifications , experience and skills. So the high cost of living in Singapore operates as an additional screening filter to only let in talented professionals. Why would companies want to pay high salaries to foreigners if the locals can do the job ? Are these companies not profit motivated which needs to provide adequate returns to their shareholders?
So on balance we have to compare the cost of living with our GDP per capita . Singapore's GDP has been consistently ranked top 5 over the last few years . But Dr. Chee never provided these statistics . Our debt to GDP though high at about 167% of GDP but we borrow because we want to develop our bond market and also to fund infrastructure that are profit generating . Unlike many countries , developed or otherwise, they borrow to cover their budget deficits. Over the years the PAP government has a good track record on generating budget surplus to keep the country going in good times and in bad times.
Our "existential threat" lies not in these 4 outdated issues but lies in a decline in the quality of our citizens in the workforce and in our schools who keep complaining about "high stress" in the country. Singapore has been ranked in the top 5 financial centres in the world . When you look at the workforce in these centres like New York , London, ..etc the average Singaporean is no more stressful than the executives in these cities. Parents complain about the stress in our schools . Our only resource is the people and we need to make sure that every child continues to do better than their parents and grandparents in order for Singapore to survive and stay relevant to the world.
So Dr Chee please stop all these dated arguments stating that they are our existential threat . They are the reasons why Singapore has been successful and ranked so highly in many aspects globally and the envy of many countries. If you want to really help Singapore ,shift your focus from the next election because | think Singaporeans are tired of hearing about your grouses with government . Instead focus on Singapore's achievements and rally the citizens to be better prepared by equipping themselves and more importantly their children for a tough future that lies ahead because our economic growth is likely to remain single digit and the global needs will cause more structural unemployment more frequently because jobs will become obsolete very quickly. So within our working life we need to continue to gain new knowledge , new skills to fit into new jobs changing at least 3 different careers in order to be able to last the 30 to 35 years of our working life. This is a new trend that those who are now above 60 years old have never experienced in their life time and cannot relate to them and therefore unable to come up with the right strategies to ensure our survival. Singapore's existential threat is to degenerate to become a welfare state with the population taking their own sweet time to find their role in life to become a productive resource in the society. We have to move ahead of the fast changing pace of a globalised world!
As for the issue of foreigners coming to our shores to work and live in Singapore we must not stop them. We need to ensure that they are the talent needed in the global environment and hopefully when they come and experience the lifestyle and the safe and secure environment to bring up their children they will stay with us and take up citizenship. Our society has to continue to stay alert and evolve to accept these talent and their contributions to continue to make Singapore successful. Without these talented professionals we have no "insurance policy" to insulate ourselves against our declining TFR and to keep the high standards required in a productive workforce so that we can continue to rank amongst the top countries in a challenging world.
Well-articulated and totally agree with you. Singaporeans need to wake up and realized that if we don't be on our toes all the time, others will catch up and overtake us. Look at how fast China can develop when they are focus on improving themselves. Same with our neighbouring economies when they get their acts together. If we just rest on our laurels, be prepared to fall behind in future decades.
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For every 1 million visitors, only 3000 are Singaporeans. We went from schools to Guerilla 24/7. It is tiring not being able to let our guards down. Especially in a bar setting and you are not sure who you are dealing with.
Most of They're vote come from new citizens. Coming GE Must VTO or vote more opposition .
Dr. Chee would make a fine Prime Minister....
Would the foreigners invited here be ever truly patriotic and loyal to Singapore? Or just here to take advantages only? Isn’t there something wong?
Good question. I wonder how will our forefathers reply to that question too. After all they were immigrants as well.
A simple example would be the hundreds of thousands Malaysians who jam our causeway everyday to work in sg. Earn in sg, spend in msia. Absolutely useless for our economy. Bringing their sloppy shit-standards in and taking no pride in their work. They just want to earn their dough and bring it all back to their families. The service standards in f&b restaurants, food in coffeeshops, the amount of choppers/con-artistes in the car workshop industry, etc. The Malaysians dgaf the slightest bit about any sort of quality or providing value. Their mindsets are that all singaporeans are filthy rich and they want a piece of our pie.
@@jameschan1585 when our forefathers came here, it wasn’t a Singapore yet.
@@alanloo so how will that make any different? Immigration and influx of foreigners had been happening to Singapore as early as 14 centuries with early Chinese settlers way back before British colony and up to presence day Singapore. The best way to answer those question is to find out from your family history. When and why your forefather migrate to Singapore. I can assure you that many (1st generation) that came were because of opportunities that they can take advantage of. What matters is the 2nd generation onwards their affiliation to the (1st gen) homeland they came from will dilute over time. Isn’t this what happens to us? My great grandfather came from China, but I born in SG, grow up in SG, serve NS and have no affiliation to China. I assume you are the same too right?
@@jameschan1585 You are so right, from now on, I will welcome all foreigners to be Singaporeans and encourage them to take all possible opportunities and advantages from our country and embrace them to fight together with us and defend Singapore as their own country too! Together we will against drugs trafficking, money laundering etc. and build our nation hand in hand to achieve a higher level. Happy? I know you from PAP, can you stop your brainwashing tactics and stop trolling me now?
I feel patriotic on National Day but not on other days.
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Exactly...Govts Being Hypocrite until National Day.
National day is the best political rally...great job 😂
For those who don't know, you can support Dr Chee by going to his restaurant Orange and Teal. Dr Chee is an amazing man, I've met him before.
Singapore... a place to visit, not a place to live.
A place to work and earn but not a place to retire!
@@yantaoxiao Spot on...thats y many young couples are not having kids after marriage. The older Gs are living from hand to mouth...most are struggling.
@@metalstamping Too small too crowded everything so expensive need to leave after making enough $$$
Singapore can be a place to live in if you're rich if not, forget about living in Singapore. For example, one god damn small car cost almost 150 thousand Singapore dollars and that haven't include road tax, insurance. And also the high cost of gasoline, parking fees, ERP entries.
Yes is true sometimes I feel stranger in my own country..
The real problem is that young Singaporeans do not want to have more Children than they can have , not because of just cost but a personal choice . And ain't we are also new citizens many many years ago and slowly and painstaking became Singaporeans . Dr Chee is mixing the increase in Population to include those of Work Permit . If there are no work permit guya ro sweep the road, repairing the road, and and and , are the True Blue Singaporeans or Dr Chee childrensgoing to do all these work. Many of the costs which had risen are happening everywhere in the world and the government cannot prevent them. What LKY, GCT , LHL cannot solve, Dr Chee can. Ha Ha, he thinks he is super man !
Peace time foreigners comes here making big bucks go back their own country and build big houses.When peace time our local breed Singaporean whole-life hard-earned stressed n sweat c p f money are not return sooner but war time expect we go protect the country, war time leaders should go fight first and not sacrifice innocent soldiers life just because we are Singaporean,
I'm just gonna say it , I've never been a patriot at all to my country, too consumed by my own set of stresses which I only can assume to link to Dr Chee's set of concerns for the country. Dr Chee , in my opinion , is saying this part of me out loud. I am having trouble feeling a sense of belonging in my own homeland socially. Ok sure , I feel that I am partly at fault for being so numb to all this and clearly doing nothing about the problem, causing me to be even more closed off from others socially. But the opinions of Dr Chee worries me to the extent I may suddenly become part of the problem in regards to the birth rate situation in Singapore.
I know I am being pessimistic. But the only time I feel I can only say something for the nation is at the ballot box.
Reality check,
Grant ⬆️
LTV⬇️
Price ⬆️
Stamp duty⬆️
COV⬆️
GST⬆️
Reliability and Durability of materials⬇️
Size of house⬇️
Aircon ledge ⬆️
Kitchen⬇️
Government showing menace and zero sense at the same time.
S pass salary is 3000 with bad workmanship..ridiculous.
10M Coming
MORE OVERCROWDING n HIGHER PRICES
WAKE UP 61%
Everything's is cheap to " them" cos they r so,so well paid. :)
Why are they well paid and not you?? If you go to JB you will also say cheap. Is JB an option?
Another big problem, how well Wil the 4G Govt perform going forward?
Wil we continue to have qualitative talents into Govt, if our population gets overrun by foreigners, etc?
Hello , do not think so highly of yourself and those true blue Singaporeans who dare not move to another country to taste life there. Some new Singapore citizens are very qualified and the issue is whether they want to go into politics or not . Ain't your grand parents once also a foreigner in Singapore . Come on man, give them a chance to be a Good citizen like your grand parents.
@@SK-2175 no quarrels..what's your quarrel?
It is a platform for opinions which I am providing. What quarrels you are talking about ? Am I not allow to comment , and accept what you wrote!
@@SK-2175 who's questioning platforms reactions?
@@tonykiang9052😅😂😂
This is a very grave concern, in the back of many Singaporeans’ mind. Indiscriminate immigration appears to provide economic benefits but the role of a good government goes way beyond creating wealth, and if the balance is tipped, it’s not a rosy picture for everyone here.
Will you be sharing how you can solve the problem?
Most ppl are already aware of this issue years ago. Unfortunately Singapore need these rich foreigners to stimulate our economy. That being said this will also cause our property cost to go up. Look at the price of those shop houses now. Personally I think we are already in the start of a recession now.
Hdb price.. size... worrying
After paying monthly installments for HDB, car etc, nothing is ours!!
WHAT ASSETS! Liabilities and debts!!
BTO in shorter time? It need more workers, work at extension time to have shorter time. That mean more money need to spend. In summary, bto in shorter time will be more expensive for us to buy. Vto p.a.p.
Did he back Najib pardon bid
This is not unique to Singapore. At least the government recognises it, which is the first step to solutions.
Most of the govt recognises these problems but somehow they could not make the price go down. Unless the govt nationalize all private entity and become the next Cuba
HELLO ANY ONE KNEW INDRA HAD HOW MANY CHILDREN😱😱😱
she is not married , doesn’t want children nor interested in Singaporeans having more children, not to her political interest nor her party’s
Housing is small
Yea I'll vote for you !
Not a PAP n know nth about politics but increase of foreigners in what industry? Do we have competent citizen to be top mgt? Could the increase of foreigner be due to labour worker? Ramping supply of BTOs to cool market kena whack for saying reduce greenery.
I support your idea on Foreign Influx (aliens)
How much money is needed to be a singaporean ?
How much money is needed for a malaysian not to come to singapore to work ?
How much money is needed for an indian national never to come to singapore to work ?
Singapore has become a country that many true born and bred Singaporeans (including myself born in the 1960s) can no longer associated with. They have altered the fabric of Singaporean society; complicated its societal value (in a negative way) and ruined the future of young Singaporeans. I told my children that in their next lives, they should seriously consider being born in another country and then migrate to Singapore so that they don’t have to serve the 2-year mandatory national service and pay the same tax rate as the locals.
Why not leave NOW. In life we all have choices
How to choose where to be born in their next live? Hahahaha
Many Singaporean were very disappointed over the years with the way Singapore is heading towards the future, i believe a massive of those less fortunate Singaporean will be left behind in the future and Singapore will be a great city and place to live in for those rich and powerful people including those super rich foreign migrants. It's so sad that many working class fellow Singaporean will be on their own to survive.
soon homelessness will prevail in Singapore just as US.
From GCT and LSL, now it is now Lawrence's problem. We all like the easy way out solution.
The only way out is to live somewhere else
Dr. Chee Thanks Alot For Keeping UP The Good Fight and Wishing You Every Success 🏆 For BEING THE MOST INVALUABLE VOICE
OF OPPOSITION 😡💦 IN SINGAPORE 😁 🤗
( Unlike The Workers ' Party 🗣️💦 🔥💦 🚒 )
We will become a state of india.
Still next GE the ruling party will win if opposition can mantain the 10 seats or surprised win another few seats on top of the current seats is a new history in Singapore. Majority of Singaporeans who is stuck here or live here r very selfish they only think about themselves n family if not why ruiling party will win eventually.. every through every time complaining the cost of living... This n that.. 🤔
Its really a concern and will be soon side lined.if not checked
Good speech❤
Even in ours government politicians have foreigners lol..Time to wake up SINGAPOREAN next vote see how SDP can handling it or not? 🤔
You deserve the policies you voted for.
Same to some middle east rich countries like UAE...if no foreign worker the economy will colappse
The problem with CSJ is that he only highlights problems - which we have been coping well with. He's vocal but there's no solutions besides rolling back on policies. There's no real SG that he wants to build besides rolling back to the 1970s. Nostalgia much that's all
Where is your basis that CSJ wants to roll Singapore back to the 1970s?
Dun anyhow hantam accusations out of no where !!
Highlighting problems is WAY better than CAUSING and worse still exacerbate the problems isn't it?
You want to point fingers, for goodness sake do it across the board.
Wrong the pap created this problem. Highlighting it is important. We need to get our value for money
Did you read his books?
Does he have access to the civil service to help him?
@popozk - Exactly! His perspective is too superficial. While it's true that the high cost of living and inflation are factors in why Singaporeans may be reluctant to have children, he clearly doesn't understand how inflation actually works.
We can all agree that inflation is driven by supply and demand-high demand with low supply causes inflation, while high supply with low demand leads to deflation.
The real question is: how are prices controlled? Unless Singapore can produce its own goods-meaning it has the necessary natural resources and manufacturing capabilities-there will always be a reliance on the global market, making the country more vulnerable to price fluctuations.
At best, the government can subsidize certain essential costs, which they are already doing. However, CSJ seems to suggest that reducing domestic demands will lower prices, blaming foreigners for driving prices up
@@orlhachrono2682 ah no that's not what he said.
Join other nation to form a new nation
The NTUC Insurance is going or bought by a foreigner.
If you don’t feel the pain, you will not be motivated to make changes. How to make them feel the pain or at least feel that the pain is coming.
I am more interested in the solution. What and how will you do it differently? The birth rate is an issue that is not just restricted to SG alone but many other developed countries are struggling to tackle with. Japan, Korea and even China is worried about aging population. While high cost of living maybe one of the contributing factor but is it really just the only factors. From what I experienced with some people I interact with. It is more of how they view about marriage and children mean to them. To some it is a loss of freedom. To some they prefer to keep dogs and cats as pets, which in their view is less burdensome. Some is with unrealistic life partner expectation. Some prefer white guys over Asia.
My suggestion is for good clever Singaporeans to all start being innovative, be entrepreneurs. Change their mindset to always think that "not everything foreign is better. But if they are, how can I learn from them, and also innovate to improve on it and make it my own to compete with them". Form associations, interest groups, mentorship of Singaporeans overseas and here to share any knowledge and experience. Build a tighter social cohesion amongst own citizens. Gather and setup VC funds from the region to fund high tech Singaporean businesses to compete in the region. Nurture own people beyond the school curriculum, outdoor learning skills, exchange trips around the region, create opportunities and internships abroad. Encourage team building and collaboration skills at school. Building larger homes with more personal space for development and well-being of its citizens.
As end consumers, support local brands, give them constructive criticism to help them improve.
@@s._3560thank you for your feedback. I failed to understand how does your suggestion help to solve the brith rate issue in SG. Let say money is not an issue. Please explain how it will help to encourage people to settle down early and change their attitudes of having kids.
He has no solutions. Believe me. U Singaporeans r victims of success.
My 2 cents, from a Malaysian
New bto flat is defenately for new citizens.. How can so few baby born. Pri n sec n jc being either close or merge and our pioneer n seniors pass on to haven to better place.. Just ask yourself who's the one buying all these flats n they are building it like there is no tomorrow..
Exactly...birth rate is record low but govts still keep building cheap houses.
Rising cost n culture lost n identity lost makes it a sad place to live. Everywhere you go is of local culture spirit.
Even the current prime minister didnt help with the TRF
I understand your concern about discussing problems and give unrealistic solutions. It's worth noting that the cost of living is rising worldwide not just Singapore. Foreigners would only do dirty jobs with cheap and low pay with foreigners. We have to pay a lot more for Singaporeans if we hire them. This would come back to us and further rising the cost of living. Are you aware that many of the newborn parents are foreign spouse?
I not a supporter of any parties. But hes right. I work in ofcCBD Its quite easy to get pr for office job and eventually citizenship. Most ard me r not local . Quite masive influx this past decade
Open leg policy
Agreed the cost of living is high...even the prices in the NTUC is so high. Singaporeans migrating because they cant achieve their aspirations of owning a vehicle, a decent flat etc. Ever increasing ERP with no questions asked, high utilities and GST. Worse still they are already implementing carless zones😢😢😢😢. The rich is getting richer and the middle and lower income getting worse. The vouchers given out only solve the problem a month or so...than what? We got 365 days lor! Eat maggie mee throughout lor!
NTUC prices rocketed. Boy boycott it.
Ban Ccp ban prc
ban yr parents
Ban yourself and your next generation.
So what's the solutions 🤔
Well said...
This country is free fir all. Its going to be anothet dubai
Singaporeans go through the rigorous training process of our education
Singaporeans go through army and all the inconveniences
Yet jobs given to foreigners
This govt betray singaporean and embrace foreigners for their own political and financial interests
All those who said they will not gained financially freedom first have to learn how to spend less than what they earned ! Why need to buy a car , when you parked it from 9:00 am to 6pm while in the office when the MRT can send them there ? And for the weekends, use the MRT to bring your children out . Or more comfortably , take grap or comfort. I am 100% optimistically sure that it will not burn your pocket compared to owning a car. Why buy a Million $ condo when you can live comfortably in HDB. By all means, if you can afford , do it.
The idea I suppose is to integrate the new immigrants and convert them and their children into citizens in the years ahead. Already we are seeing many young SGean children born to Mainland Chinese and Indian parents living in the heartlands
Aiya uncle, come to Malaysia la relax and enjoy life like most Malaysian.
The People or critical mass has Power. Real Power. But singaporeans are different. They just dont believe in themselves
Government have to do these to make our currency worth something. So even toilet cleaner can retire in some part of the world.
There are billions of people that work and never able to retire, die penniless, maybe without home , or their home is dog shelter equivalent.
I think it's Singaporean part to be competent
It's already happening long2 ago and now it's getting worst with the present permanent high cost of living😂😂😂
Reading the comments section and people here don’t seem to comprehend that some of us “Singaporeans” might not even be here had our great grand father not immigrate from India/China/Malaysia to Singapore. 😂 I agree that we do have to strike a balance between foreign and local to provide opportunities for our selves but the constrain is obvious. (1) Birth rates are low (2) Foreigners are willing to do more for less (3) Foreigners do jobs that Singaporeans do not do but still needed (Cleaners/ Garbage collectors) (4) Capping the “competitiveness” of foreigners in Singapore will discourage investors/businesses from growing here
So if someone has a magical solution that can fix all of this inter-twinning issues, please voice out your suggestion and don’t just give me 1 liners.I am a PAP supporter but I feel pragmatic solutions should be party blind.
I feel we need new ppl to come in to maintain the population… it’s fine. The issue is how to improve the birth rate
If foreigners come in to make a good difference, why not?
So how is the opposition plan to raise the TFR ?
If Dr Chee to be PM, what would he do?
polygamy...
What do we do, what can we do........too late. Already here........strangers in our own country is not a recent occurrence........
There is a winning formula which very few people know or understand........."fresh voters" will support who.......?