interesting....

saw this while trying to search for football highlights on football channel of MSN..

By Keith Lin
Foreigners committing fewer crimes compared with Singaporeans: report

Foreigners, including construction workers, are committing fewer crimes compared with Singaporeans, the Today newspaper reported Monday quoting fresh government data.

The newspaper, quoting figures from the Ministry of Home Affairs, said 3,780 out of the 19,371 persons arrested last year were foreigners.

This amounted to an arrest rate, defined as the ratio of persons arrested per 100,000 total population - of 286, the paper said.

In comparison, the arrest rate for Singapore residents is 435. Work permit holders, which includes construction workers, had the lowest rate at 227.

Perceptions of foreign workers as a rowdy bunch prone to criminal behavior were thrust into the national spotlight recently, when authorities announced plans to turn an empty school compound in Serangoon Gardens into a temporary dormitory to house 1,500 foreign workers.

Angry residents in the predominantly middle-class private estate swiftly petitioned against the decision, arguing that it could upset the peace in the community and put its women and children at risk.

An online poll conducted by MSN Singapore showed that close to four in 10 netizens believe allowing foreign workers to live in housing estates would threaten the community.

Among the 6,480 respondents, close to two in 10 said Singaporeans should share their estates with foreigners. One in ten agreed, but wanted them out of their own communities.

Foreigners, which includes Employment Pass and Work Permit holders and their dependents, as well as students, make up 27 per cent of Singapore's total population of 4.9 million.
(http://news.sg.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1677701)


hmmm we sometimes blame everything but ourselves dun we.. wat a slap in e face..

plain discrimination?? (hmmm although i admit i do that sometimes.. hahaha)