I neber knew...

Had a conversation with a PRC the other day and was shocked to find out that he was fully sponsored by our government to come here to studee in our university..

He told me 4-5yrs bak, our government had a campaign in which they go ard the various uni in China to look for students who would wan come and studee at our uni and offered them scholarships, along with a 500buck allowance monthly..And they will be bonded to Singapore for 6 yrs after graduation

I was beri shocked that this, for I didnt know our gov had resort to giving out monies to asked plp to come studee at our uni while all this time, the local studee had to take loans to studee in our uni..Some like me, dun even had a chance to go..Damn...

I guess some others do noe about this but plp like us who are in the work force may not know.When I relate to hubs later, he was super piss offf..

1stly, our gov deprives us the chance to go for an college education as they had filled up the places with foreign students..On top off it, they come here for free educaion, complete with lodging..To make matters worse,they are given 500bucks per mth as allowance..All these, using the taxpayers monies..Who are the taxpayers? Us..And they use our monies to breed their foreign talents who might not even stay on after 6 yrs in Singapore...

Should the gov had given this chance to local students, I am sure they are able to breed out more local talents..Why is that they choose the foreigners over our local students? And they can complain that our local talents are all going overseas to settle down..The fact is, our own country dun even appreciate us!!!

I applied for full time course bak when I was in my last yr of poly where the entry rules are stricter for poly students and didnt manage to get a place..A yr later, when I was working, I applied again but this time for a part time place as my family couldnt afford to let me go on for full time position..Got in but had to give up half way as it was simply too heavy to continue with my work, plus they had an policy of hafing an average of C while my results are always juz scraping thru during uni..I couldnt meet their expectations..

This would been different if my gov had given me tat option of applying for the scheme they had given to the foreigners..I would be happily bond myself to Singapore for the next 60years, not 6 years..500 bucks per mth is enuff for me to survive as a student..I dun even need u to provide me lodging as I have a home here..The free education is wat I am after..My dad's CPF is barely enuff for my hse loan and younger bro's poly education, let alone to pay for my uni fees...

Yet, this scheme was neber meant to be for Singaporeans..How sad...I am not sure whether how long they had this scheme or whether it had been discontiuned but I am sure this is not widely known for I had not seen reports on this..Now, I know why the younger generations this yr voted against the gov during GE 2011, not onli the working young adults, those studying are also doing so...

You deserved it PAP, for favouring foreigners over your own plp and u expect them to vote for you. We paid your salaries, we paid taxes, we worked towards nation building and yet you gave the chance to excel to an outsider who I repeat, might not stay in Singapore after serving their bond, I haven take into account of those who broke the bond and neber came bak...

And to tink I had always tot onli in work we are facing competition..Now I noe back when I was trying to get a higher education, I had oredi been abandon by my own gov..Thank you PAP for making it happen.. I hope GE 2016, you will be voted out, onli then you noe how not to bite the hand tat feed u...I had lost hope and the believe I always had till this yr that you are the best gov..Never again I am believin in you, I am dishearten...And I shudder to tink of my kids' future in your hands..