这个问题在本地是个爆炸性的话题,就象宗教种族问题一样,发言前要三思再三思。不过多了解一些资讯还是有好处的。
很多人认为这个集会是反移民的,但其实组织者吴家和前几年也发了很多支持移民的文章。他本人还曾移民到澳大利亚,据说找不到工作,又回来了。所以他发表过很多支持移民政策的文章。
在集会之前,就有新加坡人将他过去的文章翻出来,对他的背景与动机表示怀疑,这里有一贴蛮全的。
http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?145026-This-Gilbert-Goh-is-a-confusing-prick
吴家和曾发表了下面这篇关于各国新移民的评价,引来很多批评。他后来作了道歉。
http://forum.channelnewsasia.com/showthread.php?427427-Xenophobic-article-written-by-Gilbert-Goh-of-NSP-draws-outcry
他的贴子关于中国移民的部分,可能代表了一批新加坡本地人的视角看法。
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.