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Just this weekend on 4 Sep 2021, a new petition was created on change.org asking that the Singapore government grants entry approval for Indians working in Singapore. In the petition, they complain that they are stuck in Singapore, cannot go back to India to visit their families because once they …

In last week’s National Day Rally, our PM Lee faulted the anti-CECA movement for having a “strong racial undertone”. This is another proof that our leaders are more than out of touch with what is going on in the ground. We were never angry at the race or the nation …

After the National Day Rally on Sunday, Tiktok user Navya Singh (@with_navya) uploaded a video expressing her dissatisfaction with PM Lee’s statement about how there is no Chinese privilege in Singapore. “You know, a lot of people have denied chinese privilege in Singapore, but for our own Prime Minister to …

Dear Editors, I have a case of an assault on me this morning by an Indian national who lives in my hdb estate. The story was he was found sitting on my lift landing smoking and also consuming some drinks. He was not masked up. I told him politely to …

In a video uploaded onto vimeo, a couple of South Asian origin can be seen standing sheepishly along the canal, with the man holding a filled garbage bag. With the woman on the lookout, the man tossed the garbage bag he was holding into the canal. There was already another …

South Asian woman claims that Singapore is discriminatory because we never prioritize expats for vaccination. She claims that expats contribute as much as, if not more to the economy than Singaporeans. She also say that the government open up vaccination slots for Singaporeans aged 12 to 39, but a 39-year-old …

According to a document by the Ministry of External Affairs in India, there are 650,000 Indians in Singapore as of December 2018, made up of 300,000 persons of Indian origin (i.e. first generation SC/PRs), and 350,000 non-resident Indians (i.e. EP/WP/etc. holders). In 2018, Singapore’s population was at 5.639 million. 650,000 …

Yesterday, PAP’s Tan See Leng shared in parliament that the proportion of Employment Pass (EP) holders from India doubled to 25 per cent last year, from 14 per cent in 2005. He says that this is driven by the growth of our digital economy and technological sector, rather than CECA, and emphasized that …

On 22 June 2021, Airpods seller @podpodsg shared that they received a racist enquiry who asked the sellers for their race. In the screenshots, the buyer questioned, “erm wat race r u guys?” before adding that they have had bad experiences dealing with Malays and Indians “so i rather just …

Another post from FB group “Indians in Singapore” circulates the internet. Earlier this year, Suresh shared that he got a job in Singapore which earns him S$7200, asking the group for their opinions and recommendations. In response, Singh commented that the $7200 may not be enough to live comfortably. S$7200 …