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Singaporean core
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Etymology
Coined in the Singapore-government White Paper population policy in January 2013.
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Singaporeans having birthright citizenship because they are descended from settlers in Singapore prior to independence in 1965.
en December 1 2013 Faizal Bin Yahya National University of Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies Developing a Singaporean Core in our Workforce In his New Year’s Day Message 2013, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong highlighted the need to maintain a strong Singaporean core in the country’s population policy.
en July 8, 2015 Adrian Tan The Middle Ground: Keeping the Singapore core of PMEs employed EP applications for selected firms with a “weaker Singaporean core of PMEs relative to others in their industry” will be scrutinised more closely.
en July 23, 2015 Channel News Asia In an interview published by Time magazine on Thursday, Mr Lee said the country must have a solid Singaporean core.
en September 18, 2015 Calvin Yang The Straits Times (Singapore) Indranee: Building economy while keeping Singaporean core a “tricky balancing act” "And that is a very tricky balancing act to do, because you must not have so many people coming in from the outside that your own local, Singaporean core is eroded."
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