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Any bros here read this in Shinmin today? A quick summary: A survey by the Malaysian press revealed that 87% of the Malaysian respondents who have worked or currently working in Singapore do not have plans to get SGP citizenship. Their objective of working in Singapore is to earn Sing dollar. Some respondents cited their love for Malaysia, the cost of living in Singapore, and strict Housing policies as some of the reasons for not getting SGP citizenship. While some expressed interest to get SPR to remain in Singapore for further development. I'm unsure what are your thoughts on this. I am also sure some bros here are M'sians with SPR. But I am just sharing my personal observations. I know M'sian colleagues holding SPR for at least a decade but they are not converting, thanks to PAP gahment policies of not having clear distinctive benefits between SGP citizens and SPR holders. It was probably only after GE, and the 2 By-Elections, the gahment finally recognises this ground unhappiness and began drawing up the divide between SGP citizens and non-citizens. There's also a sore point of the first gen SPR who were not required to serve NS.. What puzzles me is that some of these Malaysian colleagues are actively volunteering in local grassroots (I'm avoiding the word politics as it is a strong word) and their town councils but I always wondered to myself why? (clue: not whites) They can't even vote. I'm not going to say more otherwise I'm sure RadX is going to hantam me. Are there time-limits for conversion of SPR holders - let's say - if you did not convert to SGP citizenship within X number of years, your SPR gets revoked? I wonder how will the survey results be, if it was conducted in Singapore by the Singapore press. (P.S, I heard that the morally-corrupted former district judge Tey Shun Hang & NUS law lecturer is a Malaysian, holding SPR. Do we need a Malaysian to be our judge? Singapore Legal Service better re-think. ) Source of image: Shinmin Daily News, print edition (5 January 2014):