Business, Government and Society | Singapore, A Nation of Immigrants | |

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CONTENTS

Introduction 3 - 5
1.1 Background 3 - 4
1.2 Identification of Issues 4 - 5
1.3 Current Situation 5
Stakeholder Analysis 6 - 7
Why are Foreigners Needed in Singapore? 8 - 10
3.1 Government Perspective 8 - 9
3.1.1An Ethical Perspective 9 - 10
3.2 Businesses’ Perspective 10
The Need to Address the Issue 10
Existing Government Actions 11 - 13 * 5.1 Implementations 11
5.2 Approach in Issue Management Through Implementations 12 - 13
5.3 Analysis of Government Policies 13
Recommendations 14 - 17 * 6.1 Government’s Perspective 14 - 15
6.2 Businesses’ Perspective15 - 16
6.3 Society’s Perspective 17
Conclusion 18
References 19 - 20
Appendices
Appendix A: Compiled comments from citizens regarding their concerns on foreigners

1. INTRODUCTION

2.1 Background
Singapore’s long history of immigration started from the 2nd century AD when the first settlers arrived on the island. Since then, the country has grown and is now a melting pot of approximately 5 million people made up of Chinese, Malays, Indians, Asians of various descents, and Caucasians. As shown in Figure 1, the number of foreigners working and studying in Singapore makes up roughly 37% of the entire population in 2010. (Singapore Department of Statistics, 2010)

In August 2001, then PM Goh Chock Tong urged Singaporeans to accept the increasing number of foreigners in the city state as they were “a matter of life and death for us in the long term” (Fernandez, 2001). As such, the Government has opened the doors to foreigners leading to a substantial growth from 2005 to 2010 as seen in Figure 2.

This substantial increase of foreigners has hardly gone unnoticed as it has altered Singapore’s population demographic. In light of this, PM Lee Hsien Loong dedicated a