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The Singapore Democratic Party cautioned the government that yielding to populist political instincts in policy making is a "dangerous" approach to economic management, particularly in the vulnerable period likely to appear in 2012. The SDP unveiled its second annual Shadow Budget entitled Securing Our Future at a press conference... 

There is no way we can guarantee all foreign scholars are pro-Singapore and will remain here after their graduation.  It is also not fair to blame the Ministry of Education for all inconsiderable acts of foreign scholars, morally or immorally. The task of our MOE is to teach and score high in academic. So, not only foreign... 

Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education Sim Ann disclosed in Parliament that about 800 pre-tertiary and 900 undergraduate students from non-Asean countries are awarded scholarships to study here each year, awards costing Singapore taxpayers $14,000 for pre-tertiary students and between $18,000 and $25,000 for undergraduates....