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Singapore has also somehow maintained a supermajority Chinese population consistently since the 1970s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Singapore h
by rayiner 9mo ago
Singapore has also somehow maintained a supermajority Chinese population consistently since the 1970s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Singapore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Singapore (77% in 1970, 74.3% in 2020). That is even though the predominantly Muslim Malay population has had much higher total fertility than the Chinese population since 1980: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Total-Fertility-Rate-Per-Female-by-Racial-Group-in-Singapore-1965-2015_fig4_317616450 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Total-Fertility-Rate-Per....
It seems like Singapore uses its immigration system in a deliberate way to maintain the political power of the dominant cultural group.
- unmole 9mo ago> Singapore has also somehow maintained a supermajority Chinese population It’s not really a secret that Singapore uses ethnicity based quotas when granting PR and citizenship to maintain their demographic composition.
- lazylizard 9mo agoand theres no shortage of well educated malaysian chinese running away from bumi policies...
- aurareturn 9mo agoIt’s not really a secret that Singapore uses ethnicity based quotas when granting PR and citizenship to maintain their demographic composition. Or be like Malaysia. They don't even bother to keep it a secret to maintain Malay governing power and unfair advantage. Cheaper gas only for Muslim citizens, not Chinese/Indian citizens. A company must hire Malay Muslim no matter what. Plenty of other rules that favor an ethnicity.
- ifwinterco 9mo agoI saw a post once from a white guy with a wife and two kids (I think also white) who was confused why he was having so much trouble getting Singaporean PR despite contributing so much to the economy. Like bro... you are the wrong race, it's that simple, shouldn't be too hard to understand. I'm not making a moral judgement on whether that's correct or not but it's just how it works
- shell0x 9mo agoA filipino friend of mine moved to Australia after being denied PR in SG, mainly due his race. As a white person, I’d probably never get PR too but I think it’s good that they maintain the current percentages, otherwise the country would turn unrecognizable like Germany or France.
- ifwinterco 9mo agoYeah as a white guy who quite likes SG it's a shame but I completely understand, "permanent" is a long time