tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post8829783286964530337..comments2024-03-19T18:44:15.041+08:00Comments on Little Stories: Emigration Becomes A BusinessGilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-13710318733068781072008-05-15T17:58:00.000+08:002008-05-15T17:58:00.000+08:00recently went back to Singapore for a holiday afte...recently went back to Singapore for a holiday after living in Perth for almost 7 years. don;t think I will be able to live in Singapore anymore and realise Singapore might become very China. My children did not want to go back to Singapore. We were talking saying if we were to continue to be living in Singapore my children will become more branded cautious, and spent more $. Instead coming over to Australia, we can save and better quality lifestyle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-83721940517214682862008-05-01T20:25:00.000+08:002008-05-01T20:25:00.000+08:00Hi does anyone know whether a study says a postgra...Hi does anyone know whether a study says a postgraduate course of 1.5yr or 2yr may enable a foreign student to be granted PR in Oz after graduation in Oz?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-72233667568409974302008-04-27T14:22:00.000+08:002008-04-27T14:22:00.000+08:00Anon 11.01For Immigation Canada check this site ou...Anon 11.01<BR/><BR/>For Immigation Canada check this site out.<BR/><BR/>http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.aspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-77235223285800009452008-04-27T11:01:00.000+08:002008-04-27T11:01:00.000+08:00To anon 1.43I am grateful and thank you so much fo...To anon 1.43<BR/><BR/>I am grateful and thank you so much for the information. With knowledge of law, one can live more confidently , may I know the relevant URL in order that I may find out more?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-88082103556808870602008-04-27T01:43:00.000+08:002008-04-27T01:43:00.000+08:00To anon 10.25 above.You can come to Canada. The Fe...To anon 10.25 above.<BR/><BR/>You can come to Canada. The Fed Govt here just past immigration law that allow international students graduated from Canada Universities to stay here to work for 3 years and while working, apply for PR. As in Australia, Canada is also short of trade workers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-28704543482980615572008-04-26T22:25:00.000+08:002008-04-26T22:25:00.000+08:00notwithstanding the prominent trade skills demand,...notwithstanding the prominent trade skills demand, may i know is it highly possible to do a postgraduate course in australia in area of finance and hope to be able to seek to work for a living in australia in that discipline and thereafter lead a better life there if is okie?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-38383026985093550272008-04-25T04:10:00.000+08:002008-04-25T04:10:00.000+08:00Mr Wang,Thanks for the info. I think I qualify as ...Mr Wang,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the info. I think I qualify as a tradesman. Will go to Australian High Comm next week and check it out and get the necessary application forms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-67018166526497804672008-04-24T22:59:00.000+08:002008-04-24T22:59:00.000+08:00today's news put ten of thousands of chinese in Oz...today's news put ten of thousands of chinese in Oz rally around the olypmic torch..hmm..seems like there is a good active chinese community there...<BR/><BR/>anyone do you have comments about demand for finance industry in Oz?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-45903009948916663322008-04-24T22:42:00.000+08:002008-04-24T22:42:00.000+08:00Very interesting. Watch -http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/h...Very interesting. Watch -<BR/><BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/7358394.stm<BR/><BR/>and up and coming, our very own Kishore interviewed today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-88546341999610045772008-04-24T21:55:00.000+08:002008-04-24T21:55:00.000+08:00While there's much that people find wanting in SG,...While there's much that people find wanting in SG, I urge those that seek other options to exercise caution and leave bridges intact. Go see the world, try it out and find out if one is able to fit into the scheme of things over there.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Sometimes, the thing that bugs you most may be the thing that you miss most when it's gone.<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>Australia is the land of milk and honey for some but a huge disappointment for other migrants<BR/>http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/family-life/education/2008/04/15/australia-is-the-land-of-milk-and-honey-for-some-but-a-huge-disappointment-for-other-migrants-97319-20765520/<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>JCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-31607526792167296482008-04-24T16:22:00.000+08:002008-04-24T16:22:00.000+08:00Thanks for sharing. I'm sure I'll need to solicit ...Thanks for sharing. I'm sure I'll need to solicit the help of this particular agency in future.Miao 妙https://www.blogger.com/profile/02530675682644268678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-1740935481428328252008-04-24T12:09:00.000+08:002008-04-24T12:09:00.000+08:00The downside to migrating to Australia now are :1....The downside to migrating to Australia now are :<BR/>1. high income tax. Of course this is offset by the free medical and welfare for the poor and unemployed.<BR/>2. High property prices. Property prices are about at the highest ever after over 10 years of prosperty. Those who went earlier are sitting on huge capital gains. Housing is becoming less affordable. However the Rudd government is taking some serious actions to address this acute situation.<BR/>3. High cost of living. There is a shortage of housing and rentals are high and going higher. Food cost more than Singapore. Cars are much cheaper. Petrol cheaper. Hired labour is very expensive. Certainly no cheap maid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-45172219064381871312008-04-24T02:36:00.000+08:002008-04-24T02:36:00.000+08:00Dear Mr. Wang, Thanks for this post. It's a utmost...Dear Mr. Wang, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for this post. It's a utmost relevant post for someone such as myself - no longer studying or working in Singapore and with no intention to return, but harbouring just *that* little nugget of interest for the little humid island. <BR/><BR/>-MerciaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-28076863091512477982008-04-23T23:47:00.000+08:002008-04-23T23:47:00.000+08:00Designer in Japan.I certainly don't fall in that 2...Designer in Japan.<BR/>I certainly don't fall in that 20-30 percentile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-3630412586843568482008-04-23T23:18:00.000+08:002008-04-23T23:18:00.000+08:00Mr Wang, if graduates are not talents and over-pro...Mr Wang, if graduates are not talents and over-produced in overseas countries, are we not then helping other countries to solve their structural unemployment by instituting their non-talents or trash into our jobs to create structural unemployment for Singaporeans?<BR/><BR/>Mind-boggling!<BR/><BR/>Now I finally understand why the Ministers always say, "even if they do not become our citizens, they will have good impressions of the country and bring along goodwill to pay back". I see how sending our scholars overseas and putting them into high level civil service positions surely verifies the Ministers' words!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-34048817110200889552008-04-23T22:52:00.000+08:002008-04-23T22:52:00.000+08:00Mr Wang;me thinks that MM Lee KY was right to say ...Mr Wang;<BR/>me thinks that MM Lee KY was right to say that those who successfully left Sg for good were from the top 20-30%. These are the people who migrate to live a life of luxuries after making their tons of money here. Maybe some of their fortunes are left here for safekeepings.<BR/><BR/>You are also right in the sense that a very high proportion of the population want to migrate. But few would make the grade and hence their wishes cannot be fulfilled. However, they do long to go.<BR/><BR/>Others have also rightly said that filial piety, kins, relatives and even friends have prevent migration of the locals, not that they do not long to go.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I feel that Singaporeans are not adventurous in the Asian and South East Asian Regions. This sadly is due to the fact that Singaporeans are proficient in the English Language and not the various Asian(Chinese/Malay/Indian/Korean/Japanese/Thai/Burmese/Cambodian/Vietnamese etc).<BR/><BR/>Malaysia and Borneo and other South E. Asian countries are also look-down by many Singaporeans, who tend to consider them 'backward' and corrupt. There are no basis for such views as far as I can see. Singaporeans' weakness lies in their superiority complex which is a self believed false pride. Cannot blame them for they are by and large brought up in the manner.<BR/><BR/>Many indeed want to go, unfortunately not all or rather only some successfully did.<BR/><BR/>patriot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-42355627618125741142008-04-23T22:49:00.000+08:002008-04-23T22:49:00.000+08:00"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing b...<I>"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."</I><BR/><BR/> -- John William GardnerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-25822578155644358382008-04-23T22:10:00.000+08:002008-04-23T22:10:00.000+08:00the hot weather here probably is a big push...& yo...the hot weather here probably is a big push...& you cant even sleep probably at night if you were those thousands of poor without air-conditioning.. plus high population density & moist humid hot weather may promote faster spread of diseases like dengue fever via their irritating mosquitoes. rising sea-level due to global warming may flood the land. plus it will be difficult for those people who cant accept the industrial recycled NEWEST water for drinking in future to come.<BR/><BR/>god blessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-22168509043852303802008-04-23T21:32:00.000+08:002008-04-23T21:32:00.000+08:00The acceptance of the fact that the majority of th...The acceptance of the fact that the majority of those who come here will take this place as a stepping stone speaks volumes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-88763622081631887282008-04-23T20:42:00.000+08:002008-04-23T20:42:00.000+08:00"Therefore, come 2011 will any sane person want to..."Therefore, come 2011 will any sane person want to vote in a chaotic banana republic and enable say, our neighbour by excuse to take us over by force (by Separation treaty, if you are unaware)?"<BR/><BR/>Mr Wang, the irrelevant guy is back again. Why don't you just delete his comment.<BR/><BR/>People are discussing emigration and suddenly he goes off-tangent and starts blabbering about voting banana republics and war.<BR/><BR/>He's a bit crazy, I suspect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-948201131343638072008-04-23T17:46:00.000+08:002008-04-23T17:46:00.000+08:00IMO, the reason why it is seen that only elite sin...IMO, the reason why it is seen that only elite singaporeans are able to leave singapore is due to their "elite" status which allows them to do internships and gain work experience etc. i remember when the o'lvl/a'lvl results came out this year, pages and pages were splashed over how the elites were going to be able to go to Ivy Colleges or wail and whine over not being able to, despite their "dedication" to contributing to their society.<BR/>(note: ST also had an article over how students would do volenteer work to add something to their resume but not come back to volenteer after being admitted to the college of their choice.)<BR/><BR/>with such emigration trends, where elites go overseas and dont come back, and with the skilled workers being in demand overseas... i say, it is the middle-line workers who are suffering the most. those that are not a high level executive but does office jobs etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-25098212356563947752008-04-23T15:27:00.000+08:002008-04-23T15:27:00.000+08:00Do read my post again. And click on the link I pro...Do read my post again. And click on the link I provided as well.<BR/><BR/><BR/>LKY said that the Singaporeans who can emigrate (ie those who will be able to qualify for PR or citizenship elsewhere) are those who are highly educated.<BR/><BR/>I am saying that this is not quite correct. Australia, for example, prefers to plumbers over life scientists, and motor mechanics over economists.Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-5072405231199617362008-04-23T13:45:00.000+08:002008-04-23T13:45:00.000+08:00> in sharp contrast to the typical profile that th...> in sharp contrast to the typical profile that the Singapore government likes to paint of emigrating Singaporeans.<BR/><BR/>And the government has not lied. The typical profile targeted in those flyers are the typical trader from India and China that we import by the thousands but whom the govt chose not to report in the newspapers because they are not "foreign talent" academic wise. As far as emigrating *Singaporeans* are concerned, lky was spot-on and candid when stating their profile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-26504897950397505322008-04-23T13:32:00.000+08:002008-04-23T13:32:00.000+08:00> It means that so many Singaporeans want to leave...> It means that so many Singaporeans want to leave their country that a viable mini-industry has sprung up to help them do so.<BR/><BR/>I disagree. I think Mr. Wang has drawn the wrong conclusion. In my opinion, it simply means that there are many *foreigners* in sg treating sg as a stepping stone in their quest to emigrate to the west - so many of them, that a viable mini-industry has sprung to help them get to where they have always wanted to.<BR/><BR/>The flyer distributer probably mistook Mr. Wang as someone from China?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-85412478798837720712008-04-23T12:04:00.000+08:002008-04-23T12:04:00.000+08:00There are indeed pros and cons living elsewhere. ...There are indeed pros and cons living elsewhere. I fitted well in Thailand. The Thais are real friendly people who see Chinese as themselves I must say. In the West? Like Australia, we have to at times bite our teeth and shut up when some white bum for no rhyme or reason barked "Chink", "Chinaman" or "Cink-Conk Man" loudly into our faces. Well, that's Australian life some yellow people can sheepishly accept coming from ang mohs.<BR/><BR/>April 22, Anon 9:22 am - "you are not very clever. Who ask you to go to haiti, bangladesh, africa?"<BR/><BR/>One doesn't need to go there. S'pore, if not careful, can plunge without return into another Haiti, Bangladesh . . . "<BR/><BR/>Oil today has crossed the US$122 mark and many, many larger and resource rich countries are in deep shit - food riots, transport standstill, etc., cos everything revolves around OIL. Even the US is not spared! Check out http://nysun. com/news/food-rationing- confronts-breadbasket-world<BR/><BR/>Mind you Singapore has to pay for every drop of imported oil! This is no mean feat and no ordinary government. The facts speak for themselves. The world sees and judges. Therefore, come 2011 will any sane person want to vote in a chaotic banana republic and enable say, our neighbour by excuse to take us over by force (by Separation treaty, if you are unaware)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com