Eliza's Comment

Singaporeans who quit the country and migrate overseas are disloyal

I refer to the above mentioned topic, "Singaporeans who quit the country and migrate overseas are disloyal."

First and foremost, regarding my stand, I do not agree that Singaporeans are disloyal if they migrate overseas. With regards to this, there are various factors that led to this opinion.

Firstly, think about it. Why does those Singaporeans quit the country in the first place? To some extent, it is partly due to the high competition that is always hanging in the working environment in this Singapore society. Some cases might have been due to the fact that Singapore education system are extremely strict, that a big handful of students could not manage to breeze through, especially for the "O" levels. Anyway, the "O" levels makes no significant impact in the working life. It is like, studying "O" levels for nothing, to a certain extent. Alright, back to the point.

With all these handful of students that were left hanging in the air, not knowing where to go with an "O" level certificate that would bring them nowhere, most of them would start working. Or for some fortunate ones, they will have the opportunity to further their studies in private institutions, if they have the money.

For those whom went to work, it would be an extreme challenge to stay put in a position with a not-so-high-level of qualification. There is always a need to have a high level qualification in Singapore. Only if one have an EXTREMELY high level of talent, only then, one would be at least be considered of.

All these factors, it is no doubt that it is difficult to get a good job in Singapore. Whereas, for overseas such as the mentioned countries, Australia, New Zealand, England or the United States, the prospects over at those countries are much brighter and full of potential for some industry sectors. Such as for Digital Media, it is highly needed in the United States as the media production are very wide and still expanding. Of course, most Singaporeans would want to switch to work for other countries instead. The prospects there are much promising than Singapore's small little media industry.

Not forgetting, the foreign talents that the Singapore government are stressing about. Talk about how the government cares about their citizens? Bullshit. More and more foreigners are coming to Singapore to work. Most of our jobs are snatched away by them. Why? People would say, "Oh, you Singaporeans don't work hard enough for these positions." On the contradict, yes, I agree that most Singaporeans are lazy - by nature (from my perspective). However, with this fact that more foreigners are taking over our job, of course, most Singaporeans would look into finding / migrating to overseas.

All these competitions naturally would lead to stress and pressures that are instilled by the Singapore working environment or economy. That is why there are such thing as Office Psychiatrist / Counsellor! Most working adults in Singapore are under-going alot of stress from their workplace, which is why Singaporeans don't smile - ever! If you smiled, you would be deemed an idiot only for that moment, that's what most Singaporeans think. Think about it. How would these non-smiling-stressed-up-and-pressured Singaporeans ever, ever going to help build the nation?

If it were me, I would have gone overseas to work and would be grinnig from ear to ear by then. The bright prospects, the less stress working environment and of course, well-paid. Only provided that you proved your capabilities well enough.

Talk about disloyal to Singapore? Of course not. I do not think that migrating / working overseas would be disloyal to Singapore. It is just that Singapore does not have any room for potential future prospects for some people / industry, which is why most of them are either offered better jobs overseas, or found better jobs elsewhere around the world. Of course they are not disloyal.

Have you seen the news earlier this year? Regarding Singaporeans, celebrating Singapore's National Day, overseas. So, no worries, Singapore government. Even though Singapore might not have the prospects that some individual are looking for, I believe that they will still support Singapore from afar. Even to the extent of celebrating 9th August in a foreign land, where no one knows what those Singaporeans are celebrating for. Be honoured enough! =D

Which is why, to my conclusion, I disagree that Singaporeans who quit the country and migrate overseas are disloyal. Of course not!

The end.

Written by,
Eliza Koo
DDM/1A/23