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06 May '12, 2pm

Singaporeans – do you feel like you are being replaced by foreigners in your own country? via @sharethis

Singaporeans – do you feel like you are being replaced by foreigners in your own country? via @sharethis

I have met more & more foreigners who are having babies in S’pore. But the interesting thing is that they now prefer to have daughters instead of sons. This is quite a big cultural shock as many of these foreigners are from India and China where sons are considered like gold, and daughters are to be aborted. These foreigners have become so acclimatised to S’pore that they realise that females have a better deal here. They enjoy equal access to education, jobs and salaries, without the danger, the hassle and the discrimination of having NS liability. There is no dowry system here — in fact the guy has to cough up the money to be considered for marriage. Plus S’pore is one of the rare countries where they don’t really have to worry for the safety of daughters, unlike in their home countries or even in many other developed countries. By having daughters, the foreigners will i...

Full article: http://www.transitioning.org/2012/05/04/singaporeans-do-y...

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