Sunday, April 19, 2009

Why Should the SM3 Scholarship Need to Raise?

As a beneficiary of SM3 scholarship, I appreciate what the Singapore government has done for me and my classmates. Without their kindly subsidizing, I would not get access to be educated in NUS. However, I have to say that the money is so limited that we have some problems to support our expenditure in Singapore.
First, the prices of daily necessaries in Singapore are not very reasonable. For example, the traffic fare is soaring. When we attend some activities organized by MOE, we have to afford about $50 per month. What’s more, the rules in Eton Hall are somewhat very unreasonable. Students who get up late or forget to give their meal box to kitchen are not available to get meals, although they have already paid for them. What’s more, because of the hot weather, many people have to go to the study room in NUS or pay extra fees to open the air-cons in their rooms, which definitely enhance their costs. According to statistics, we average spend more than 70 percent of our income in eating and drinking, and 20 percent in public transit. Nearly none of us can save up money. In the other word, the index of Engel is beyond 70 per. However, as far as I know, the people who lived in less-developed countries only spend half of their incomes in food.
Second, not raising scholarship is unfair to us. 20 years ago, the 1st sm3 students also get $500 allowances from MOE per month. Although Singapore is a country with low inflation, the rate is still staying at 2 percent per year. 20 years has passed but our money has never gotten raised. Our purchase ability is liner decreasing! So we can also deduce that a theory that the later you come, the less money you get. It is unfair to us because we also need to work for this country for 6 years as same as our seniors.
Third, there is no excuse for us to ask money from our families. Now most of us have become young adults. At this age, we need to assume duty and enjoy rights which the constitution entitled us. So our parents have no responsibility to raise us and give us allowance any more. However, sometimes we still have to ask them for some money. Every time when we get money from our parents, we are obliged to have a sense of guilty because we all know they work very hard but earn very little money in China. What they give us for ‘pocket money’ are even their several month wages, owing to the big income gap between Singapore and china. So almost everyone in Eton hall tends to be very frugal and is trying to save whatever we can save in case that our parents pay for them. But we always find that we lead to an inferior life meanwhile also save nothing.
We can understand the difficulties of MOE. As the sponsor of a large amount of scholars, you may cost not a little bit more money if you raise the money of us. You not only have rights but also have responsibilities to spend the money of taxpayer carefully. But at the same time would you please take us situations into consideration thoroughly? If you are really less capable of it, please reduce our service periods as long as possible. After all, in this way, we may feel we are treated equally and not bothered by money problem when we study.
Thanks for your attention!

4 comments:

  1. Fuck off and go home. We NS making $400 a month u get $500 a month to study kao bei.

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  2. I suggest you do something about your English first. Coming from a scholar to be, your command and level of the English language is atrocious.

    Stop complaining about receiving money. You are already getting a free education and paid a monthly allowance. Check with your other Singaporean peers from other faculty who have to pay to study and to work part time to support themselves.

    And furthermore, your job here is to STUDY and not to enjoy life and load your self with luxury. If you want to enjoy life and such, I suggest you quit and go elsewhere. If you are paying for your own education out of your own or your parent's pocket, then yes. Your arguments are valid.

    If you, shut the F up and get out of this damn country once your bond is up. We dont need scums like you in our country.

    Thanks. There are some level of intelligence that education cannot provide.

    PS: I am 'O' Level educated.

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  3. Got free still ask for more. Hate such free loader.

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    1. Please do us singaporeans a favour.

      You are not WELCOME HERE!! Get the hell out of our country and go rot in tiananmen!!

      JFYFI, I have completed my masters and will be going on to do my PHD. AND i've paid every single cent of my studies with my own $$.

      PS: Your english sucks and my 8 year old cousin can write better than you.

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