Indranee Rajah presented the latest Singapore population statistics
in a media briefing yesterday. The ethnic population distribution of residents,
not Singaporeans, 74.3 per cent Chinese, 13.5 per cent Malays, 9 per
cent Indians. What is the distribution of Singaporeans? Why this is not
provided or not reported? What is the distribution of Singaporeans?
What
I see as alarming is the data on university graduates last year. 34.7
per cent Chinese, 10.8 per cent Malays and 41.3 per cent Indians. Where
have all the Chinese students gone? With a 74.3 per cent population,
only 34.7 per cent of the graduates. Indians make up 9 per cent of the
population and with 41.3 per cent of the graduates. Is this something to
be concerned about? The Malays are just about right, could have more
graduates.
Is the data saying that the Chinese have given up on tertiary education, taking the advice from some politicians that it is a piece of paper that cannot be eaten, so don't waste time and money? To make a career in hawking or taxi drivers no need to be graduates? Or is it that the Chinese are getting duller, not interested in education any more, while the Indians getting smarter and deserved all the increase in university places?
What is going on?
