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We did not have the luxury to open slowly slowly.

One whole generation of babies was not/never born.

I am getting sick and tired of typing the three letters TFR....two adults in their 1970s made only one baby.   The Merdekas and Gen X either remained single or they only have one or no child.

Economists like Jamus talk about 50 year cycles in their theory.  Textbook Keynesian theory!  The reality is that the whole world faced economic cycles every ten years.

When China opened up, the rules of the game changed.  We had to seize whatever was left while trying to stem the outflow of capital.   The Merdekas...mostly had only a secondary school education.  If they had HSC, now called GCE A level, it was====> big deal.  Clearly, they were not ready for the changed world, one that was knowledge-based, and that knowledge was about systems run by ever faster IT speed.

And it did not help that the population was shrinking!  The Merkeas and Gen X did not replace themselves enough. 

When you go out and see a lot of young people, you ASSUME that they are young Singaporeans?  That is not true!  They are Malaysians.

Without the Malaysians and Chinese (and I am referring to the citizens of China), our economy will tank....unless you bring in more pinoys, Indians, Viets...

But if we do that, our racial composition will not be 75% ethnic Chinese.  It will fall...so, to maintain that 75% ethnic Chinese, we had to bring in either jhks (ethnic Chinese from Malaysia, not the bumis hor) or those who can truly say they are Chinese because they are Chinese citizens.

And that is where cai png and mala xiangguo come from.  Without Chinese Malaysians and the Chinese, there would be no cai png and mala xiangguo.

Open too much not too fast. When u open, u have to set a target. If no limit is set, of course people will kpkb. If wait for people to kpkb means u failed in your job. Other countries don't anyhow let people in. There's quota to ensure that the local core is not diluted. Setting a quota doesn't mean xenophobic. Quota tells people that u know what u r doing.