their ancestor curse their lousy grandsons

for killing Sg with NS.

they must be thinking from their graves , WTF ! come all the way from china to escape opression and now kenna NS for all our sons forever !!! CCB !!





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Mar 20, 2010
If our parents had not made Singapore home
You recognise them as the faces of Singaporeans who contribute immensely to society, public service, the law, the economy and the arts. But do you know their origins? Insight speaks to five first-generation Singaporeans whose parents arrived here from the region and beyond in search of a better life.
By Zakir Hussain, Political Correspondent & Cassandra Chew

SENIOR Counsel Harry Elias' parents hailed from Baghdad, while retired public servant Ridzwan Dzafir's father sailed from Bawean Island.

Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng's parents arrived from Guangzhou in the 1930s but returned home once before deciding to sink their roots here.

Mr Shaik Mohamad Abdul Jaleel's parents came from Madras - today's Chennai - and Taiping, while Ms Kuo Jian Hong's parents left Hebei and Sumatra.

They came, they saw, they conquered their fears and made Singapore home.

Their children were born and bred here, attended local schools and established careers or businesses which made them part of the local community and an asset to society and the economy.

These are the stories that reflect Singapore as an island of immigrants since its founding by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819.

As a trading post and gateway to the region, it attracted workmen from China, India and elsewhere. Successive waves of immigrants followed as Singapore and Malaya developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

In 1957, as Singapore progressed towards self-government and later independence, people who were British subjects or born here automatically gained citizenship.

Like today's newcomers, migrants who lived here long enough and swore loyalty to Singapore became citizens.

For first-generation Singaporeans, their ancestral links had become a distant memory and Singapore is their only home.

As DPM Wong told Parliament earlier this month: 'We are all descendants of immigrants.'

Had the forefathers of today's citizens been denied the chance to come and settle here, today's Singaporeans would not have been born here and Singapore would not be what it is today, he said.

Similarly, he tells Insight, the first-generation children of today's migrants will likewise contribute to Singapore and be as Singaporean as 'old' citizens.

'The children and grandchildren of today's immigrants who sink roots here will grow up with our children and grandchildren.

'Together they will be the next generation of Singaporeans and Singapore will be their home, just as much as it is our home today.