NS Square and 'locals' - Uniquely Singapore when a circle is a square, when non citizens are considered as Singapore core, as good as being citizens

Below is a reprint of parts of an article by Tan Bah Bah in theindependent.sg on the plight of Singaporeans and how their importance and relevance to Singapore, as citizens of Singapore, are being diminished by the often used term, 'locals' as Singapore core.  True blue Singaporeans that have made immense sacrifices in NS and many things else need not have to be made to feel that the PRs are as important as them, as core of Singapore when they are at most fair weather residents here, economic migrants.

True blue Singaporeans must feel offended and stand up to object to the reference of PRs as locals and Singaporeans in the same breath. This is unacceptable and only pro foreigners and PRs would love to use this derogatory term to hide the numbers of Singaporeans being displaced by foreigners.  We are citizens, PRs are not.  We made great sacrifices in NS, PRs don't.

Singapore is the most silly little country with silly people that voted for the bringing in of foreigners to replace them in high paying jobs by the hundreds of thousands and they been sacked or ended in low paying jobs like Grab drivers, security guards and delivery boys.

And now these foreigners are now addressed as part of the Singapore core. And the elites are unhappy if Singaporeans are not happy with this silly situation when foreigners are more equal than citizens.

 

Here is Tan Bah Bah's piece.

....No need for Temasek to be so overly sensitive. The more inappropriately high-horse and holier-than-thou attitude it adopts, the greater the anger it will get from true-blues who are already irritated at being told that they have no right to find out what the exact amount of their combined reserves is. And they may also be unhappy that this company charged with handling part of their national reserves has the audacity to lecture them on intolerance and the inability to see the big picture.
 

The more important issues are: who should the government be protecting the most? What precisely is the Singapore core?
 

This should be blindingly clear. It is the job of the people put into power to protect the lives and livelihoods of people who have put them in power. Singapore belongs to Singaporeans – not to the temporary occupants of Istana or Parliament nor to anyone else who are here who are NOT citizens, whether permanent residents or foreigners.
 

The only true Singapore core is true-blue born and bred Singaporeans. No others. They have every right to have their interests placed at the top of every national policy, especially those affecting their jobs and their future.
 

It is a massive insult to lump Singaporeans together with PRs as “locals” and have that insensitively packaged as the Singapore core. The government may wish to sell that as “taking care of the Singapore core”. Singaporeans will not buy that absurd koyo.
 

PRs do not have to serve National Service. They also have countries to go back to. True-blues do not, their roots are here.
 

And please do not have Singaporeans cynically believe the “NS” in the just named NS Square in Marina Bay stands for “New Singaporeans” and not National Service.

Tan Bah Bah, consulting editor of TheIndependent.Sg, is a former senior leader writer with The Straits Times. He was also managing editor of a local magazine publishing company.

 

SINGAPORE: The NS Square, which will replace The Float @ Marina Bay, will become a “red dot” and the “central focus” of Singapore’s downtown, announced Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his National Day message on Sunday morning (Aug 9).  CNA

Let's see how square is this circle. Is there any straight lines that normally are found in a square, plus right angles? Oh ya, outside the circle there are some straight lines, but still no right angles.  

Children, raise your hands if you spot a square.