This figure is used
economically, as mentioned in the white paper for population [Here] and also not
mentioned, conveniently as a political tool.
Artificially
reduce proportion of citizens to 55% vs 45% foreigners (PRs and non-PRs). Within
this pool of “citizens”, there exists an unknown number of newly-minted citizens.
At the rate of 20 000 citizenships granted each year in the last decade, a
decade alone would bring about almost half a million brand new citizens and concurrently, locally-born Singaporeans are renouncing their
citizenships. Locally-born Singaporeans are proportionately shrinking fast and
furious in relative to new citizens, PRs and foreigners.
The difference
between a citizen and a non-citizen in this country lies in the rights to access new public flats and the rights to vote and both are
conspiringly utilized by the ruling party.
The former rights will
ensure a consistent demand of new public flats and act as a continual feed to high
property prices for resale market and private property market, beefing up
government coffers without exerting any effort in growing the economy in a
sustainable manner.
The voting rights will
enhance the longevity of the existing ruling party if all factors that affect
the voting direction of these new citizens are meticulously controlled to achieve
a political advantage, such as the type of new citizens they are admitting. Potential
citizenship candidates from developing or developed countries may have a
different perception of what defines a “good” governance and that may give an advantage
to the existing ruling party. For some, and understandably, having a MRT
system, decent public housings and having pre-election dividend bonus would
suffice while these might not suffice for a secured future and sustainable growth
for some.
As such, the
implication of the 7 million figure exceeds physical discomfort and reduced
quality life but more significantly, a disguised genocide of citizens (new
citizens admitted from the last decade excluded) who were born here through
deliberate worsening their quality life and diluting their political influence
that creates a vicious cycle of perpetuating the current political rule that will see
further erosion of economic and political rights of uncooperative citizens.
Remember those opposition
wards voters being deprived of their upgrading rights and access to amenities
for voting against the incumbent? They will certainly make you live to repent.
