I like to think we score better than most cities but there is always room to make the gaps narrower. Also digging deeper especially into religion the numbers might not look so good. In particular I wished the numbers from new citizens were much better. Many of them I suspect are here more for economic reasons than anything else. Especially in India, you can get back your citizenship very easily. Promiscuous citizenship!
A new citizen who is an employer is more likely to hire their own race - not good.
When does a new Singaporean begins to fall out of the new citizen category? Five years, ten years? The overall numbers would look worse over time making for a less resilient society. New citizens also have dismal TFR like us, i.e, not helping to reproducing the numbers of those born here. A born to the place citizen is always special. I have seen people born and grew up in Dubai but are citizens elsewhere. It's sad.
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