這個問題在本地是個爆炸性的話題,就象宗教種族問題一樣,發言前要三思再三思。不過多了解一些資訊還是有好處的。
很多人認為這個集會是反移民的,但其實組織者吳家和前幾年也發了很多支持移民的文章。他本人還曾移民到澳大利亞,據說找不到工作,又回來了。所以他發表過很多支持移民政策的文章。
在集會之前,就有新加坡人將他過去的文章翻出來,對他的背景與動機表示懷疑,這裏有一貼蠻全的。
http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?145026-This-Gilbert-Goh-is-a-confusing-prick
吳家和曾發表了下麵這篇關於各國新移民的評價,引來很多批評。他後來作了道歉。
http://forum.channelnewsasia.com/showthread.php?427427-Xenophobic-article-written-by-Gilbert-Goh-of-NSP-draws-outcry
他的貼子關於中國移民的部分,可能代表了一批新加坡本地人的視角看法。
1. PRC Chinese
Population: 800, 000
Personality: Business-minded, hard working but can be a show-off for those who are rich
Favourite hangout: Chinatown (they also took over a bulk of the businesses there)
Popular jobs: F & B, own businesses, entertainment, construction
Pay range: Depend on kind of jobs acquired but between $1500 to $2500 usually.
Niche skills: Business
Bad habit: Likes to talk aloud in public places oblivious to local environment. Seen as brash and rude. Women also portrayed as hu*****and snatchers as many divorces occurred because our local men got involved with Chinese women here. They remain the number one public enemy of our local population now due to a spate of badly-publicised stunts.
Favourite past time: Working, shopping and eating
Social integration: Average as tend to talk only in mainland Mandarin and can’t communicate well in English with locals. Needs to brush up English so that they can integrate well with locals. Many young Chinese are also scholars picked from poor villages in China to study here with allowances.
Citizenship: Some PRC Chinese won’t mind becoming citizens if they have good jobs here but the abundance of opportunities in China now may lure some to return home. Many PRC Chinese like our hassle-free travelling benefit associated with our passport and many have use us as a stepping stone to apply for PRs in Australia, New Zealand and United States. However, many of them don’t like our humid weather here and lamented at our limited space.
Latest bugbear: A rich Chinese PR crashed his Ferrrari into a taxi killing himself, the taxi driver and a passenger at Rochor Road. Numerous other recent clashes with locals suggested that PRC Chinese immigrants may have difficulty assimiliating with Singaporeans whom they secretly look down upon. The PRC Chinese are also the ones who demonstrated at MOM twice last year against local employers for errant salary payment and may be troublesome on law and order issues.