SINGAPORE IS AN OPEN SOCIETY
Mr Wong said that due to the realities of Singapore’s fertility rates, the country has to remain open as a society to having more foreigners come here for work, albeit with some limitations in place.
“We should then have some of them who share our values and way of life to become Singaporeans, just as many of us, all of us in fact, trace our roots not just here, but trace our roots to countries further afield,” he said.
However, while Singapore maintains that posture as an open society and an immigrant nation, “certainly we will control the flows”, said Mr Wong.
The aim is not to raise the population to a “very high figure at all”, but is instead about “maintaining stability” for Singapore, he reiterated.
Mr Wong noted that this immigrant question links back to the issue of technology and artificial intelligence (AI).
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