REACH (Telegram) 99 - What are your views on the updates in the latest population figures?
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01 Oct 2025 (10am - 7pm)
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REACH Singapore, [1/10/2025 10:00 am]
📢 Topic 📢
Singapore's population rose 1.2% to 6.11 million according to the Population in Brief 2025 report on 29 Sept. The increase was mainly due to growth in the non-resident population such as more work permit holders in the construction sector and domestic helpers. Meanwhile, the nation's population continued to age rapidly, and a higher proportion of Singaporeans remained single.
💬 What are your views on the updates in the latest population figures?
As at June 2025, Singapore had 3.66 million citizens, a slight increase from 3.64 million citizens a year ago. The number of permanent residents (PRs) remained unchanged at 0.54 million.
The remaining 1.91 million people were non-residents, with the foreign workforce making up about two-thirds of this group. The remaining one-third comprised mainly domestic helpers, dependants and students.
📌 Population Growth
Singapore’s annualised population growth rate over the past five years was 1.5%, compared with 0.5% in the preceding five years from 2015 to 2020. This was mainly due to an increase in the number of work permit holders in the construction sector to support key infrastructure projects, such as Changi Airport Terminal 5 and the ramping up of housing supply.
The city state’s non-resident population grew by 2.7% year on year to 1.91 million in June. It added 34,000 foreign workers between June 2024 and June 2025, compared with 39,000 in the preceding year. The 34,000 figure refers to the foreign workforce across all pass types, from work permit holders to employment pass holders, but it excludes domestic helpers.
📌 Citizens Birth and Marriages
The report said that the resident total fertility rate was 0.97 in 2024, unchanged from 2023. Singaporean families are getting smaller, with fewer children per family. The report noted that the proportion of singles has been rising in recent years. Between 2019 and 2024, the proportion of singles rose across almost all male and female age groups.
"Decisions to get married and have children are deeply personal," said the report. "As seen in many other advanced societies and observed in our surveys and engagements with Singaporeans, the trend of low fertility reflects a generational shift where younger Singaporeans value and prioritise other life goals ahead of marriage and parenthood."
Despite the trends around marriage and birth, aspirations to marry and have children remain strong in Singapore, said the report. "The government is committed to supporting Singaporeans’ parenthood aspirations, with a comprehensive suite of measures across areas such as housing, healthcare, preschool and education, financial and work-life support," it added.
📌 Ageing Population
The citizen population has continued to age, with 20.7% aged 65 and above in June 2025, compared with 13.1% a decade ago. The proportion of the citizen population aged 65 years and above is rising at a faster pace compared to the last decade.
"Immigration helps to moderate the impact of ageing and low birth rates on our citizen population, and keeps the citizen population from shrinking over the long term," said the report. "We are careful to grant citizenships and PRs to individuals who can contribute to Singapore, integrate well, and are committed to making Singapore their home," it said.
The report said the government will "continue to maintain a measured pace of immigration". The exact number of PRs and citizenships granted each year depends on several factors, including the number and quality of applications received and Singapore's changing needs.
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Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 10:07 am]
The population problem is a knot.
To increase population you need to have increase birth rate.
To increase birth rate you need a easy life style.
To have a easy lifestyle you need a lot people outside to boost economy.
You have too many people it's too crowded and competition then lifestyle becomes uneasy
Lifestyle becomes uneasy no one wants to give birth
Infact some decide to retire overseas
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 10:08 am]
I think this is the Singapore approach
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 10:11 am]
https://findingspress.org/article/27391-determining-optimum-design-density-for-20-minute-neighbourhoods
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 10:14 am]
We should just maintain or reduce our population. As I think we are at the optimum population density. Any further increase is no good.
365, [1/10/2025 10:28 am]
I've always held the belief that we don't have a population quantity issue, but a population structural issue (i.e ratio of elderly to young is too high).
There's 2 ways to go about this, increase the number of young people, or decrease the number of older people.
We are already trying to increase the number of young people through immigration, now is left with the other side. The thing is, the young people that we import, will eventually grow old, thus if they are not giving birth, then it'll help with the issue currently but worsen the structure in future.
My solution is to tighten the requirements for citizenship. Since PR eventually will stop working and will have to move back to their home country, them not converting to citizens will help with the current young population, whilst not adding on to the future old population.
The additional requirement for citizenship is to have children converting to citizens as well. So for every PR wanting to convert to citizen, they have to apply together with their children, or at least already have a Singaporean child. This is so at least there is a 1:1 replenishment when they grow old.
The child will not be the only condition, it is an add-on to current existing requirements for citizenship conversion. More children converting together will be judged more favorably, but will not be the only factor to look at. So assuming 2 people are of the exact same quality and character, then one with more children converting will be given more priority.
Daniel, [1/10/2025 10:32 am]
I think one flaw in this logic is that a lot of PRs are actually spouses of citizens. (37% of citizen marriages are transnational) So by making it harder for those people to remain in Singapore, you might also encourage their citizen spouse and children to move away with them, thus not really helping at all with the concerns.
Daniel, [1/10/2025 10:34 am]
Although I guess your second point kind of addresses this.
365, [1/10/2025 10:37 am]
PR in Singapore is more for economic development, both for the country and the person. So unless they can already find better economic solutions elsewhere, which this policy would have little effect on, chances are they'll continue staying in Singapore and then find another place to retire in.
If this is the case, then it still helps Singapore in replenishing the working population, while not adding on to the elder retired population.
365, [1/10/2025 10:39 am]
Annectodally, a lot of Malaysian PRs hold on to the status and only decide to convert when there's something else they want that only citizenship can grant, such as better Healthcare subsidies. Else, they hold onto the PR in hopes of retiring back in Malaysia anyway.
365, [1/10/2025 10:42 am]
We keep saying we have an aged population, and have a population numbers issue, but why in the past with less population, this is never an issue? Thus I believe the issue is the structure, not the overall numbers.
365, [1/10/2025 10:43 am]
Aged population in itself does not indicate an overall numbers issue, but a structural one where the aged to young ratio is too high. That's why in statistics, they use numbers like 20% of population in Singapore is 60 and above to paint an issue.
365, [1/10/2025 10:46 am]
Someone can correct me here if I'm wrong, but the conditions for citizenship is more or less a blackbox at the moment. If they were to adopt this, it can be part of the blackbox.
REACH Singapore, [1/10/2025 11:00 am]
[ Poll : 1. I understand the need for population growth. ]
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REACH Singapore, [1/10/2025 11:00 am]
[ Poll : 2. I am comfortable with the pace of population growth in Singapore. ]
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- Strongly Disagree
REACH Singapore, [1/10/2025 11:01 am]
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💬 What are your views on the updates in the latest population figures?
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Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 11:21 am]
We have compromise our army camps for HDB how does that justify population growth
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 11:23 am]
The common excuse or reason is economic reasons for population growth, but we shouldn't compromise so many other things while growing
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 11:26 am]
Super high rent and housing, facilities closed down for housing. I think we have enough manual labour.
Temporary labour is ok. The problem those that stayed long term
365, [1/10/2025 11:26 am]
Infinite growth isn't possible, our economy has exploded in the past 60 years, doesn't mean it's feasible or realistic to expect the same growth. Economies of scale can also tip the other way for population to economic output as well.
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 11:29 am]
At this rate of growth we might need to conquer JB as our territory to accommodate so many things
365, [1/10/2025 11:36 am]
I'd like to push for a controversial topic as well in regards to this. I think we should start looking into legalizing euthanasia.
It may sound cruel and gnarly on paper because it revolves around the topic of death, but I believe it has its merits.
First off is the option for people to choose if they'd want to continue living. For some, it's not a mental condition, but they truly believe that their life is no longer worth continuing and is nothing but pain and suffering. Expecting them to live through the pain on the very unlikely hopes of a miracle is more cruel. Even if there was a miracle to cure them, what would be their quality of life afterwards.
Secondly, which is how it relates to this topic, is that it frees up resources. One issue we have is aged population is worrying about the resources, including human resource, to support them. Instead of spending resources on 1 person who already no longer has the will to live, isn't it wiser to spend it on another one who still wants to live on and need that resource?
This is not something I've though on the fly, but has been on my mind for many years already. I do not want to continue life if I can't even settle my daily necessities by myself. I'm not pushing to recommend this for everyone, but at least have the option.
The specifics, such as how to implement and how to prevent people from pushing their parents to take this option can be further discussed, with one option being to require witnesses, and none of whom can be a direct or indirect beneficiary of the euthanized.
When I grow old, and am hooked onto a machine, it would be a waste of bed space, living space, medical resources, and medical workforce to spend on me, when I can free them up for others who still want to carry on living. My assets can also be used for society afterwards.
So overall, not only is there less resource consumption, more resource becomes available as well.
Ginie/Komal ZENDORA J, [1/10/2025 11:38 am]
The main concern with now generation is housing & job stability.
Ginie/Komal ZENDORA J, [1/10/2025 11:41 am]
I ask my kids n his friends, they want to buy house too expensive, that too does not belong to them. With job market so bad, afraid will have job to pay for house & family
G, [1/10/2025 12:50 pm]
It feels like an elaborate ponzi scheme where there's a need to keep adding new members to keep the gig going
One day the bubble will burst, and countless hurt in the process
Daniel, [1/10/2025 1:23 pm]
What I find interesting about this data is that with all the talk about too many PRs and new citizens, there's actually not so many more of those. There's 22000 new citizenships, that's barely 0.6% of citizens. And the number of PRs seems constant. I wonder why there is such a disconnect between the actual number and what people perceive.
REACH Singapore, [1/10/2025 2:11 pm]
📢 Topic 📢
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 2:33 pm]
Then why the demand of HDB is going so high despite dropping in core population
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 2:35 pm]
Why my TCM class full of new china citizens and prs. There's very less student pass
Daniel, [1/10/2025 3:42 pm]
Might be smaller household size, so same amount of people require more flats?
Daniel, [1/10/2025 3:42 pm]
Yeah, interesting indeed. The data seems to say something else. Is it because TCM requires knowledge of Mandarin?
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 3:43 pm]
Maybe.
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 3:44 pm]
Where some of them not even proficient in English
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 3:46 pm]
I think mainly the Crowdedness and foreign people trying to funny act such as recording the election fustrates people
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 3:47 pm]
The new citizens are not grounded enough to be a citizen
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 3:47 pm]
There must be a law requiring people to be pr for at least 10-15 yrs to be citizens
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 3:49 pm]
If not how are they sincere to be in Singapore and serve us?
REACH Singapore, [1/10/2025 4:16 pm]
📢 Topic 📢
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 4:59 pm]
1. Looking at the trend of our population growth for the past decades, the TFR achieve through our local marriages and birth is not encouraging - which in fact the TFR reveals go below 1 - to replace the parents of 2.
2. We can hope and insist that our Singapore core should be solely locally bred and born and not rely on immigrants to be the new citizens or PRs that can contribute to our economy and can integrate with our community.
3. But after observing the trends for so many years, and looking at our young close circles - the trends towards marriage, and marriage with more local birth is not encouraging.
4. Youth either prefer to stay singles, or marry late (due to whatever reasons) or if marriage prefer to go without children due to many possible reasons :-
a. Fearful of more uncertain future - due to tech disruption such as AI and others, geopolitical uncertainty and more career disruption.
b. Aspire to have more time for themselves or spouse and not to have children or more children.
c. Afraid their offsprings will subject to future hardships or uncertain future.
5. Hence with locals not producing offsprings to carry our Economy, Governance Security, Manpower etc ---- we cannot be hard-headed to insist no immigrations and die-die no immigrants.
6. Because by doing so - it could be an existential threat to our existence - that is our children generations can fail to exist, taken over by big powers - when our old generations passed on, not enough young population to take over the important functions of the Economy, Security, Governance, Manpower etc.
7. Devoid of Emotions, and solely based on pure figures, rational and logical thinking.
8. Hence I support local birth as the Singaporean cores, but if the birth rate unable to do full replacement - we need to convert immigrants to become new immigrants and PRs - that will integrate seamlessly with our communities as one of us.
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 5:26 pm]
Most important is to maintain the same community mix ratio among the population.
That's Chinese, Malay, Indian and Other races mix must be maintained as per current to ensure equilibrium and preserve the peace and harmony.
Adam, [1/10/2025 5:45 pm]
Imo i dont think its about the numbers. Singapore can go to 10mil for all i care.
However, foreigners that choose to work in singapore need to contribute. Primarily through taxes. If public services like mrt is better funded, wouldnt there wouldnt be such a strain on our system.
People stay in singapore for its safety, but the price is hidden. 20% of our tax is spent on defence. Ambulance which has nsf is free. Nsf police makes our streets safe.
I would say that we need to hike taxes for everyone but give strong subsidies to those that served ns. But its hard to gauge how much women 'served' the country if many choose to remain childless
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 5:48 pm]
Mainly gov not doing match making
And lack of credible match making service
Adam, [1/10/2025 5:48 pm]
This logic is flawed. Singapore is an immigrant nation. We didnt get from fishing village to metropolis by having race controls. Did the early settlers from china and india have to return back to maintain race ratio?
Currently we are importing a lot of people on something thats skin deep, but culturally its difficult to communicate with them. Especially if they cant speak much english
Adam, [1/10/2025 5:49 pm]
The 'peace and harmony' is xenophobia. Scared to see if minority becomes bigger
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 5:50 pm]
Not that I want to stay single. It's hard to get a partner at the first place
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 5:50 pm]
When people are introvert
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 5:51 pm]
The criteria is that for immigrants to be granted new citizens and PRs - they must be able to speak and write English.
Else they can't get a job or study in Singapore.
Adam, [1/10/2025 5:51 pm]
Same. Maybe my standard too high but idk if 99% are not my type or just dont put effort to look decent
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 5:52 pm]
Jobs not necessary need to be in English you know
Adam, [1/10/2025 5:52 pm]
I think foreigners hired for cust facing roles need to have basic english. Need some enforcement action or it will cause social strife
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 5:52 pm]
People who operate TCM Clinic can no need good English
Adam, [1/10/2025 5:52 pm]
Do malay an indian use tcm?
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 5:53 pm]
Some
Adam, [1/10/2025 5:53 pm]
I know some do acupuncture
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 5:53 pm]
But they can always hire Singaporean to do some translation
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 5:53 pm]
Or ask a Singaporean colleague to do so
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 5:54 pm]
Most of the China nationals that I meet at work speak and write English though with accents.
Indian also speak and write English.
Malays from Indonesia and Malaysia also speak and write English.
So are other races like mynamar, Thai etc.
Adam, [1/10/2025 5:54 pm]
I dun think singaporean wanna work in such a role
Adam, [1/10/2025 5:54 pm]
Unless you mean they hire 1 singaporean in office beside the foreigner to handle en customer
Adam, [1/10/2025 5:55 pm]
Actually why not do that? Some places 100% only chinese
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 5:55 pm]
I mean they may do other job role but can summon to help for simple translation
Jun Ming, [1/10/2025 5:55 pm]
Since their primary job scope is Chinese
Adam, [1/10/2025 5:57 pm]
Btw about pr, i think we need to tax cpf as income when they renounce.
Adam, [1/10/2025 5:57 pm]
I think cpf is used as tax loophole before going back to village
Adam, [1/10/2025 5:58 pm]
Pr can get hdb too. Get lots of singapore benefit
REACH Singapore, [1/10/2025 6:05 pm]
📢 Topic 📢
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:10 pm]
1. Many people think that curbing immigrants or deporting immigrants back will provide more job opportunities, housing opportunities for Singaporeans.
2. Sadly the reverse is true.
3. For example, if we keep 3.66 million Singaporeans only and deport the rest of PRs and foreigners back - what will be the consequences?
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:14 pm]
1. Our domestic Economy could collapse because :-
a. SME, F&Bs, stallholders will have only 3.66 million to buy their products and services - compared to 6.11 million potential customers.
Many small business will collapse - that is, many Singaporeans SMEs owners will close shops or bankrupt. Workers in SMEs will lose their jobs.
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:17 pm]
b. With smaller population, our talent pools, top talents - will greatly shrink - and potential leaders for Governance, Business Leaders, CEOs, Community Leaders, Top professionals like doctors, lawyers, IT professional, sustainability experts, AI professionals, Quantum Computing professionals, Nuclear experts, professors, lecturers etc --- will not be readily available.
MNCs, investors, family offices will leave Singapore - because of the lack of talents to carry their business.
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:21 pm]
2. Our Defense and Home security would be compromise :-
a. Eg. With smaller talent pools to helm as Defence Chief, Intelligence Chief, Home security etc.
- We may experience massive cybersecurity attacks that compromised our CII (Critical Information Infrastructure) like our energy, power, water, airports, sea ports, transport, nuclear plants, bank operations, government operations, our army and home team infrastructure, healthcare, education institutions etc.
- We could be invaded and overwhelm by big power with bigger army - because we don't have enough manpower for soldiers, police and home team security personnel.
b. Our Country sovereignty and even existence could be threatened.
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:24 pm]
3. Our foreign affairs relationship, business affairs through EDB, IE Enterprise and MFAs could be compromise :-
a. Imagine we lack sufficient manpower, how to deploy capable business relationship officers in EDB, IE Singapore and Foreign Affairs to so many Countries to handle our business relationship, look for opportunities and maintain our foreign affairs to secure our interest?
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:27 pm]
4. If we let the population aged to superaged - 60 years and above - whereby we have too little youth but overwhelmingly aged ---- how to ensure the aged are taken care off by doctors, nurses, physiotheraphy, nursing homes, hospitals, polyclinics etc?
An overwhelming humanitarian crisis could come - with many aged (including the young ones which could age one day) - left with no decent care giving will ensue.
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:31 pm]
Hence we may let emotions overrun us.
But let critical thinking, logic and rational minds rules —- and think of the consequences what will happen if we paralyse our population policies.
Just look at what happen to US now (a big Country with big local population) - but their xenophobic attitudes towards immigrants and foreigners backfire badly —- with talents leaving, workers in the farm and healthcare leaving, MNCs instead of onshoring are now doing offshoring as the political, tariff, hostility, economic moods have soured and introduce too much uncertainties that business prefer to stay out of US.
I hope Singapore don't have to go through an expensive lesson and discover the truth in a hard way.
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:36 pm]
With smaller population, our housing, properties prices will fall because there will be too many ghost houses with no one to live - just like Japan and China 2nd tier and 3rd tier city.
Our bto flats, condo, landed properties prices plummet - and our wealth will drop drastically.
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:37 pm]
Yeah, me who doesnt own a flat will have my net worth drop becaus housing price drop
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:37 pm]
Me who eat out will have col increase because rent drop
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:38 pm]
Have you considered that many singaporeans do not have skin in the property game?
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:39 pm]
If you give more singaporeans homes, they will care more for your condo resale value
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:39 pm]
And if we lose our jobs due to poor domestic consumption, investors not coming in as we lack talents pool, finance capital won't want to come in because our economy plummets, wealth plummets - and all our wealth and our assets worth will drop.
Suddenly, our currency values fall, our wealth plummet and the country suddenly become poorer.
This is the consequences of mismanaging our population growth.
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:41 pm]
Hence policies makers must have the inherent "We value" instead of our own selfish interest - but fail to see the bigger picture.
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:42 pm]
Ok you argue wealth. Jobs. Population.
Do you think the average uncle care. WOW. Economy grow 4.4 in 2024. Amazing right. Stronk economy means trickle down to us
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:42 pm]
Did our wage grow?
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:42 pm]
Is our young getting better jobs?
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:43 pm]
Really whats the point of strong economy if people in the streets are not benefitting?
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:43 pm]
Is the economy made for the billionaires who park their wealth here?
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:43 pm]
If the consequences of population growth is mismanaged:-
1. The whole country could cease to exist.
2. No jobs
3. Poor business.
4. We could be invaded by big power who will just overrun and swallow us.
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:43 pm]
Do we indiscriminately immigrate to make sure we have cheap labor for tycoons?
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:44 pm]
After all economy matters
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:44 pm]
Property price matters
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:44 pm]
Really?
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:44 pm]
The rest become not important.
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:44 pm]
How about you and me? Do people not matter? Maybe we can sell our kidneys to boost the economy
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:45 pm]
We already selling our souls for overtime anyway
REACH Singapore, [1/10/2025 6:47 pm]
Dear Contributors,
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LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:48 pm]
1. And a declassified historical document reveals that a big power is getting ready their army to invade us.
2. But when our national day reveal our tanks AMX 13 and M113 armour vehicles emerge from the parade, the plan was called off.
3. If not because of LKY and his cabinet - we could have been slaughtered - because we barely have 2 regiments to protect ourselves.
4. Now everyone see the danger of mismanaging our population?
死到临头还不知道。
Very close to demise - yet many don't know.
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:51 pm]
What do you mean by mismanaging?
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:51 pm]
Are you talking about eip?
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:51 pm]
Or not importing enough?
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:52 pm]
Idk why you brought up early days. Times are diff
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:52 pm]
How different?
Trump not current time?
Putin not current time?
Hamas not current time?
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:52 pm]
So should we import more malaysians so that they dun bomb their own citizens if invade?
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:53 pm]
ISIS Al-Qaeda not current time?
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:53 pm]
Far right not current time?
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:54 pm]
This. I dont see the danger. Explain what you are saying in black and white
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:55 pm]
Xenophobic towards new citizens and PRs is dangerous.
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:56 pm]
Of course. But singapore didnt cure xeniphobia back then in early days with whats its doing now
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:56 pm]
Military is a diff matter too
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:57 pm]
Back then the gov implemented english as common tongue. Make people share their neighbourhoods
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:57 pm]
Now we have foreigner enclaves
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:57 pm]
Don't understand.
My experience with current population very comfortable even though there are new citizens and PRs among us.
We benefitted tremendously.
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:57 pm]
Now some dont bother learning to speak with other races
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:58 pm]
You must be very fortunate to live such a happy life
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:58 pm]
My experience unlike what you say is very different
Whether a person is open mind or close mind.
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:58 pm]
Yes I am, so are my close circles.
Adam, [1/10/2025 6:59 pm]
Maybe prs and foreigners also happy on their respective circles too
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 6:59 pm]
Even my Neighbourhoods are harmonious with different races and immigrants.
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 7:00 pm]
Positive minds breeds positive outcomes.
LCL (Danny 心), [1/10/2025 7:00 pm]
Negative minds breeds negative outcomes.
REACH Singapore, [1/10/2025 7:00 pm]
Dear Contributors
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