Singaporean core

Definitions

Singaporeans having birthright citizenship because they are descended from settlers in Singapore prior to independence in 1965.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“In his New Year’s Day Message 2013, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong highlighted the need⟳ to maintain⟳ a strong Singaporean core in the country’s population policy.”

“EP applications for selected firms with a “weaker Singaporean core of PMEs relative to others in their industry” will be scrutinised more closely.”

“In an interview published by Time magazine on Thursday, Mr Lee said the country must have⟳ a solid Singaporean core.”

“"And that is a very tricky balancing act to do, because you must not have⟳ so many people coming in from the outside that your own⟳ local, Singaporean core is eroded."”

CEFR level