The recent 'brain drain' of talented Singaporeans from Singapore have finally caught the attention of the SG government. With that a revamp of the official reachout group "Contact Singapore" will now focus on getting Singaporeans back to Singapore in addition to reaching out to talented individuals who are non-Singaporeans.
However, it raises more questions than answers. So will we be appreciated when we give up our overseas lifestyle and return to help our home country? What prompted this 'sudden' U-turn in policies? Straight-forward answers are far and few. The civil service personnels are all trained to 'follow law' and will just skirt the question or present us with a standard template answer with no meanings. Sad indeed.
There have been a few recent articles in Straits Times (yes I know it ranks as the 141th media in the world), which interviewed quite a few overseas Singaporeans. The major consensus was, the grass is indeed greener on the other side and when forced to make a decision to choose most will not return to Singapore. I still remembered one of those interviewed was a lady, who is a engineer schooled in NUS, and followed her engineer husband (who is a Singaporean and whom she met whilst studying in NUS) to US. When she was there, she took up a course to be trained as a nurse! Talk about mid-life career changes!
So does all these bode well for Singapore? Bad news i must say... those who got out will enjoy life overseas and may or may not return. It all depends on the policies of the SG government. If it makes it rosy for overseas SG residents to return, it will definitely attract them to return. But if they maintain the current policies, I will pray for the future of Singapore.
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