(Last month, one of deaf Singaporean guy asked me I should be give up for USA citzenship. I looked at him "huh, what are you thinking?" I am not going to give up for my USA citzenship... you know that some of Singaporeans people discrimation at deaf people and there also are thinking of $$$ and stressful... lah! My deaf friend was alittle laugh at me. bcs he knew that I am right!)
SINGAPORE: In the last three years, an average of 1,000 Singaporeans gave up their citizenship each year.
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Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said their reasons for doing so vary, and these range from marriage to foreigners, to yearning for a different environment.
Most of them took up new citizenship in countries in Southeast Asia, the United States and Australia.
Mr Wong gave this update in reply to a written question from Non—Constituency MP Sylvia Lim.
She had asked how many Singapore citizens emigrated from Singapore in the last three years, the countries they emigrated to and their reasons for doing so.
Mr Wong said those who emigrate generally do not declare this to the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority when they leave.
So the only available data which gives an indication of the number of emigrants from Singapore is the number of Singaporeans who have given up their citizenship and left Singapore. — CNA/vm
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