With a diploma from China, Zhang Yuanyuan got her Singapore PR in only TWO months
From our Correspondent
Singapore PR Zhang Yuanyuan, who was lambasted by Singapore netizens for “renouncing” her PR on China’s National TV, remained unfazed by the buzz about her.
Ms Zhang had earlier returned to China to participate in its 60th National Day Parade in Beijing.
In the CCTV Channel 7 news clip which was circulated widely on the internet, a beaming Ms Zhang showed her blue Singapore NRIC on the screen and proclaimed her desire to serve China, her motherland.
When interviewed by the Singapore media, Ms Zhang was nonchalant about the storm she stirred:
“It’s nothing much. Everybody is entitled to their opinion. They can say anything they like on the Internet,” she said in Mandarin.
Ms Zhang graduated from an unknown institution in China with a diploma and came to Singapore on a student pass. For two years, she studied English at the Cambridge Institute here.
Later, she became a Chinese language teacher at Julia Gabriel Centre for Learning for three years. At that time, she was also taking a degree course in business management at the Asia Pacific Management Institute.
Ms Zhang said she applied for permanent residency in 2006. It took only two to three months to get approval.
“At that time, I thought it might be easier if I wanted to travel between the two countries,” she added.
Unlike in the past when only skilled workers are offered PRs, semi-skilled workers like Ms Zhang can now obtain PRs in a short span of time. In fact, some of them are even “actively” courted by the government to take up Singapore citizenship.
The Singapore government has eased restrictions for China nationals to study and work in Singapore in recent years.
It has become very easy for students in China to obtain a study pass to study in private English schools in Singapore. However, not all of them are here purely for academic purposes.
Some Chinese girls end up working part-time in karaoke lounges or as mistresses of rich Singapore businessmen. A few even ply their trade along the alleys of Geylang over the weekend.
The relentless influx of foreigners to Singapore had sparked massive unhappiness and disgruntlement on the ground.
Despite concerns from citizens that they are facing stiff competition from the newcomers, the government is adamant that its immigration policy will continue though it will “slow” the inflow of foreigners.
To make foreigners feel more welcomed in Singapore, the government has unveiled a series of measures to help them “integrate” into Singapore society including a $10 million Community Integration Fund to organize activities and events for them.
While some Singaporeans scoffed at the government’s attempts to “import” more foreigners as “cheapening” our citizenship, there is nothing they can do about it as long the incumbent remains in power.
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anon on Sun, 11th Oct 2009 2:35 pm
OMG!!!Singapore PR is EXCLUSIVELY CHEAP!!!
I’m totally speechless…
cf on Sun, 11th Oct 2009 2:44 pm
The govt dun really care wat sort of ppl coming into SG as long as they pay tax and inflate the GDP (to justify for their million dollar paycheck).
If these ppl convert to citizen, its a bonus. They can dilute the unhappy votes from local born Singaporean.
And is the so-call SPR decided to leave, no harm done to them. They can just import more, PLENTY available from where they come from.
cy on Sun, 11th Oct 2009 5:03 pm
remember the sorry story of s-chips. well, when you have no QC, that’s what you get.
Balek Kampung on Sun, 11th Oct 2009 6:14 pm
Foreign Talents in Singapore :
Karangoonie Men
Clinic Assistants
Coffee shop assistants
Sales Promoters
Shoe shine boy
Ladies of the Night
Do you still wonder why PAP’s standard of qualiy, like their MPs, have gone downhill since our Dear Leader took over the running of the country from his father.
luke on Sun, 11th Oct 2009 6:24 pm
haha. i know of a PRC student, who interned at my work place. She was not great. Eventually i found out she is now working with one of SG’s sovereign wealth fund. Hmm.. interesting. Coming from me who is not a local..
XiSd Tay on Sun, 11th Oct 2009 7:13 pm
The famiLEE is desperate and is giving away Sinkapore PR like flyers on the streets. They need fresh supporters to retain their 60% mandate regardless of the quality of the PRs.
Practically any Chinese in China who can afford to buy a plane ticket to Sinkapore and study or work there will get one if they wanted to.
TR should consider setting up a Chinese Site advising foreigners on how to get a PR in Sinkapore and charge a ‘consultation fee’ in the process.
Sure to make hell alot of money.
BilaLila on Sun, 11th Oct 2009 8:26 pm
At one stage of our history, PR was so hard to get and even marriage was no assurance. Then it was said that an investment of 500 000$ could get you PR. Then they tried to get Hongkies in. They came in droves, bought houses, sold them at a profit and then left. Now Singapore PR is so cheap. Astounding!
wat? on Sun, 11th Oct 2009 8:28 pm
There is a hidden agenda in letting so many PRCs coming here. I believe that is in the line of buying favors for the future.
kyc on Sun, 11th Oct 2009 9:04 pm
The ICA should openly laid out the criteria for PR…
What is the reason for change in criteria from skiled to semi-skiled?
Is there really a shortage of semi-skilled workers? Even so, why issue PR and not EP?
These are the questions we need our govn’t to answer first !!
Alan Wong on Sun, 11th Oct 2009 9:56 pm
Left with no other options, it has been recently reported that more and more unemployed female Singaporeans are taking up training to be confinement nannies (maids).
In other words, LKY’s vision has now become a reality except that more & more Singaporean women are now becoming maids in our own country, SINGAPORE.
Because we had a dose of incompetent PAP leaders ? What a joke, he should slap his own face for having said that !
Retired, Jobless and Poor on Mon, 12th Oct 2009 12:19 am
Looks like getting a PR or citizenship in our country is as cheap as buying a candy. With an open floodgate, no wonder it is so easy and so cheap to get them. Thanks to the open door policy where any Tom, Dick and Harry are welcome with open arms. I am quite sure there is no shortage of local born citizens who are well qualified to do the jobs now held by so called FT. And I don’t think the number of FTs holding junior/mid-management/executive positions is a small number.
Wake UP on Mon, 12th Oct 2009 4:24 am
Ask her to Try getting a PR into Australia. Real First world countries do not throw PRs at applicants like her within two months, if at all
Wake UP on Mon, 12th Oct 2009 4:26 am
Brudders,
Stop whining and make a difference when it matters. Otherwise, our women will end up as nannies and our men will end up as security guards looking after the properties of the Foreigners.
is there not enough examples of how our lives are getting worse. we are being taken for granted.
burntbread on Mon, 12th Oct 2009 9:00 am
wah, really fast now.
few years ago, my colleague have to graduate from local polytechnic or university first. then to find a job and apply for PR. the whole process take 4 to 5 months. she said it was not easy to apply PR for that time.
angry_one on Mon, 12th Oct 2009 11:00 am
Wait for the coming elections…. the govt will announce that PRs CAN VOTE!!
Time for Change on Mon, 12th Oct 2009 11:42 am
Lee Hsien Loong, slated to become the city-state’s prime minister next month, arrived in Taiwan on Saturday and met top government and opposition officials.
Singapore described his visit as “private and unofficial,” while Taiwanese official sources said the economy and trade were at the center of meetings with Lee, rather than the China issue.
Nevertheless, Beijing reacted angrily to Lee’s visit, with its foreign ministry saying the unannounced trip “harms China’s core interests.”
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To appease China, LHL probably agreed to employ 5 million Chinese citizens in Singapore.
Time for Change on Mon, 12th Oct 2009 11:44 am
The foreigners coming to Singapore are not talented but 3rd World Trash. The PAPies are really desperate to stay in power.
Danny CHOY on Mon, 12th Oct 2009 12:22 pm
Hey guys
She just studied English at a Private Institution and with a China diploma, how on earth she earned $4k per month here in Singapore?
JUST4FUN on Mon, 12th Oct 2009 1:15 pm
THE rotten policy that PAP have pass. With many foreigners getting in singapore, are singaporean still belong to their country. MANY foreigners with their two way ticket, they made
money and sent it to the homeland, so singapore dollars are getting cheaper and cheaper, so as singaporean having to pay their housing and living, as a singaporean, they are getting not enough money, let us ALL singaporean, it is time to change the system that PAP doing. SINGAPOREAN have to stop this kind of doing.
FOREIGNERs are becoming their first choice for the PAP party, do we singaporean need them to run the country, let singapore do something different, not to rule by the PAP.
VeryAngrySingaporean on Mon, 12th Oct 2009 3:24 pm
I call all those who have had enough of all the bullshits from the PAP that has sold Singapore to foreigners to make a decisive action by voting them out. We have nothing to lose really. As we can see for ourselves that as citizens our lives will only get worst under this group of self-serving fat cats.
The PAP party will go down in history as a great party that had gone on to become a greedy monster that betrayed the trust of its people.
Free yourself from the non-existence chain of fears that PAP try to imprison you all these years. Let PAP feel the full force of your anger and crush it with your determination to regain our beloved homeland that you once live.
The time has come. It is now or never.
Singapore! I love you!
Singapore on Mon, 12th Oct 2009 7:46 pm
Singapore Gorberment are TRAITORS!
Cpt on Mon, 12th Oct 2009 8:44 pm
in order to promote population. the application of pr or new citizen need to be fast. lky and his son already said we need them.
silenceisgolden on Mon, 12th Oct 2009 11:00 pm
If you were an employer, who do you want to employ? Foreigner, PR or Native Citizen.
I think if I can I would employ a foreigner if there is no hustle in getting employment permit or pass. Reason being they are hardworking and unlikely to leave my employment so easily as a local. It gives me time to train him to do a good job.
Next I will take a PR because this group of people is more tame and listen to instruction and carry out their work diligently.
Lastly, a local who will never stop telling me which organization pays them with terms that is always better me. They join me not just to do work for me plus they will tell me what I should do to make their work more enjoyable than what it is. The native is always right.