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Text[0]=[" ","When MPs propose in Parliament that Singapore woo its emigrants home, few Singaporeans agree. Many, like education officer K.S. Yuen, say: 'These people have betrayed their country and are ungrateful. If they want to go, let them go. We shouldn't encourage them to come back.'"]
Text[1]=[" ","The Singapore International Foundation is established. One of its aims is to foster links with overseas Singaporeans. "]
Text[2]=[" ","The 1990 Population Census reveals that the size of the Singaporean diaspora is about 36,000. But then-executive director of the Singapore International Foundation Chan Heng Chee says 1990 Census figures of overseas Singaporeans are a 'gross underestimate' and actual numbers are closer to 100,000."]
Text[3]=[" ","The Singapore 21 report calls for Singaporeans to be 'world ready'. It envisages Singapore as a global city and an oasis for the much-coveted foreign talent, with people who are 'familiar with global trends and lifestyles' and who 'feel comfortable working and living in Singapore as well as overseas'."]
Text[4]=[" ","Then-prime minister Goh Chok Tong warns of two trends that may undermine efforts to build a world-class home: Singaporeans are not reproducing enough to replace themselves and more Singaporeans are living overseas. He reveals that about 2,000 Singaporeans emigrate each year. Of these, more than half are women who marry foreigners."]
Text[5]=[" ","Then-prime minister Goh Chok Tong calls those who leave the countrywhen the chips are down 'fair-weather Singaporeans' and 'quitters'. It sparks fierce debate in the media and on the Internet."]
Text[6]=[" ","The then Singapore Immigration and Registration authority reveals that fewer than five Singaporeans a year become citizens again, after giving up their citizenship. Between 700 and 800 Singaporeans give up their citizenship each year."]
Text[7]=[" ","Birth rate falls to a low 1.4%"]
Text[8]=[" ","Singapore lawmakers amend the Constitution, allowing citizenship to be automatically granted to children born to Singaporean women abroad."]
Text[9]=[" ","Singapore's birth rate hits a record low of 1.24%"]
Text[10]=[" ","The Government launches the Overseas Singaporean Unit (OSU) under the Prime Minister's Office to coordinate initiatives to engage its diaspora."]
Text[11]=[" ","A Singapore Press Holdings survey shows that two-thirds of young Singaporeans want to work abroad. More than half would consider emigration."]
Text[12]=[" ","Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong highlights Sin- gapore's brain drain in his National Day Rally speech. 'We also worry; we worry because if every trained and skilled Singaporean is abroad, then who is going to be here in Singapore, jaga rumah, looking after the home, keeping Singapore dynamic, vibrant, beating?' he says."]
Text[13]=[" ","The OSU releases figure: 143,000 Singaporeans living overseas"]
Text[14]=["&nbsp;","The Returned Overseas Singaporeans in Singapore (Ross) group is set up by three Singaporeans to help returnees settle in and share their overseas experiences.<br><br>Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng says Singapore faces demographic doom if its door is shut to immigrants. Its population will start to shrink by 2020 - 13 years from now. 'Let me put it bluntly - we need all the talent we can get, be they local or immigrants,' he says."]
Text[15]=["&nbsp;","Singapore's total population hits 4.6 million."]
Text[16]=["&nbsp;","Singapore's foreign population, which includes professionals, workers, students and their family members, exceeds 1 million for the first time.<br><br>Then-Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen reveals that there are at least 150,000 Singaporeans abroad, out of which 40 per cent are in their 20s. This group is mostly young, bright, highly mobile, versatile and adaptable, and in demand among top companies worldwide.<br><br>OSU sets up its first Overseas Singaporean Clubs in Sydney and Melbourne, where Singaporeans can meet and catch up over local food and drinks"]
Text[17]=["&nbsp;","DPM Wong announces changes to make it easier for those abroad to vote at the next general election, due by 2011. Previously, a person must have resided in Singapore for a total of two years during the five years before an election. This is cut to just 30 days in the three years before an election.<br><br>Plans are under way to set up OS clubs in the Chinese cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Xiamen.<br><br>Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew says Singapore's Achilles heel is that the country loses too much top talent to top financial and legal institutions elsewhere. He reveals that about 1,000 capable Singaporeans are giving up their citizenships and withdrawing their savings and CPF funds each year."]
Text[18]=["&nbsp;","Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warns that Singapore's brain drain may leave no 'central core' to lead Singapore, affecting political renewal."]
Text[19]=["&nbsp;","Singapore's birth rate inches up to 1.29 babies in 2007, from 1.26 in 2006, but PM Lee acknowledges it will never climb to the replacement level of 2.1 because of 'the way society has changed'."]



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