Who says Singapore gets older every year!

Hi my name is fatima.

Of all the five points that DPM Teo has touched on, i would like to share opinion on the fourth point, whereby Singapore is a magnet for talent.

Since SIngapore has little raw talent, the government is offering scholarships and bursary's for foreign students so that they can come to Singapore to study. This way, the foreigners would use their talent here in Singapore. For example, Li Jia Wei. She was from China. However, in the Youth Olypic Games 2009, she played badminton for Singapore. This are foreign talents that SIngapore needs and that we lack of.

However, if we have too much foreign talent, our local talent would have no place to nurture their talents as the government is too focused on nurturing the foreign talents. Also, other countries would try to get hold of our local talent and then Singapore would lose their own people. Too much foreigners in the country is also not good as Singaporeans would lose their sense of belonging.

Singapore can stay young as a city by keeping up with the latest technology and upcoming events. Voluntering for big events such as hosting the YOG and F1. This way, Singapore is not kept in the dark, instead it is actually the Sun, which knows everything. By building casino's and Integreted resorts, Singapore is attracting more tourists to increase their gross domestic product(GDP). It has nothing to do with Sigapore staying young unless you talk about Singapore active in having events. And by not taking o levels, it only makes things worst. Students would not have a good education and their qualifications would not be as high as other foreign citizens. So this doesn't make Singapore stay young, it is in fact pulling Singapore down. If the students take o levels and continue with a high qualification, they would work in Singapore and suistain a stable economic growth, keeping Singapore young and knowlegdeable.

And therefore, that is my opinion! Thank you :D