Shipping out


  • Opinion
  • Saturday, 10 Feb 2007

A PUZZLING question for affluent Singapore today is: Why – when with so many foreigners wanting to settle here – more than half of the young population wants to migrate elsewhere?

Recent surveys paint, more or less, the same picture. An economic and employment boom notwithstanding, between 53% and 60% of youths say they will leave given the chance.

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