Immigration Basics
The movement of people from one country to another to live, work, or study.
a. Immigration
b. Going overseas
c. Work Trip
d. Solo Travelling
Immigration
What housing policy helps prevent racial enclaves in public housing estates?
Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP).
Policies promoting multiculturalism in Singapore aim to:
A. Promote one dominant culture
B. Maintain diversity while ensuring social cohesion
C. Encourage segregation
D. Replace English with mother tongues
Maintain diversity while ensuring social cohesion
Social integration differs from assimilation because it emphasizes:
A. Complete cultural replacement
B. Mutual adaptation while respecting cultural identity
C. Segregation
D. Language uniformity
Mutual adaptation while respecting cultural identity
Common concern locals may have about immigration
Job competition / housing / transport congestion.
This reflects Singapore’s authority to control who enters and stays in the country.
a. Human rights obligations
b. State sovereignty
c. International refugee law
d. Open borders policy
State sovereignty
Singapore’s immigration framework demonstrates
a. Open borders
b. Selective, regulated immigration balancing economy and society
c. Complete restriction of foreign talent
d. Uncontrolled foreign workforce
Selective, regulated immigration balancing economy and society
A challenge to Singapore’s multicultural integration.
a. Ethnic enclaves forming due to policy gaps
b. Participation in community festivals
c. Multilingual education
d. Interracial marriages
Ethnic enclaves forming due to policy gaps
Government-supported programmes encouraging interaction in neighbourhoods aim to strengthen this sociological concept.
Social Cohesion
Social tension in a multicultural society may arise when
a. There are enforced interactions
b. Ethnic enclaves and stereotyping
c. Festivals are held
d. Communities volunteer together
Ethnic enclaves and stereotyping
The purpose of skilled migration policies in Singapore.
a. Increase low-skilled workers
b. Maintain economic growth and innovation
c. Reduce ethnic diversity
d. Segregate foreign workers
Maintain economic growth and innovation
The influence of PR eligibility in Singapore.
a. Employment history, education, and contribution to the economy
b. Ethnicity
c. Length of stay as a tourist
d. Mother tongue
Employment history, education, and contribution to the economy
Proactive multicultural policies include:
A. Allowing ethnic enclaves to form
B. EIP and IRCC programmes to maintain racial balance
C. Limiting immigrants’ cultural expression
D. Reducing English language use
EIP and IRCC programmes to maintain racial balance
This council reviews legislation to prevent discrimination against minorities
a. Town Council
b. Community Development Council
c. The Presidential Council for Minority Rights (PCMR)
d. The Ministry of National Development
The Presidential Council for Minority Rights (PCMR)
Ethnic enclaves in schools or neighborhoods may reduce:
A. Inter-ethnic interactions
B. Multilingual education
C. Bonding social capital
D. Housing affordability
Inter-ethnic interactions
The Employment Pass (EP) minimum salary threshold primarily ensures:
A. Low-skilled migration
B. Attraction of high-skilled professionals
C. Automatic PR eligibility
D. Guaranteed permanent employment
Attraction of high-skilled professionals
The Complementarity Assessment Framework (COMPASS) evaluates:
a. Local workforce needs
b. Cultural integration exclusively
c. Housing eligibility
d. Language proficiency
Local workforce needs
Which of the following is NOT an intended outcome of Singapore’s multicultural policies?
a. Preventing racial enclaves
b. Promoting social harmony
c. Guaranteeing equal employment across ethnicities
d. Complete assimilation of minorities
Complete assimilation of minorities
Successful social integration supports Singapore’s long-term goal of:
A. Multicultural segregation
B. Social stability
C. Complete assimilation
D. Open borders
Social stability
Policies like levies on low-skilled workers are mainly implemented to:
A. Encourage permanent settlement
B. Control foreign labour numbers while supporting economic needs
C. Guarantee PR for workers
D. Promote assimilation
Control foreign labour numbers while supporting economic needs
The difference between the Employment Pass (EP) and the S Pass.
a. Salary threshold and skill level
b. Nationality restrictions
c. Housing allocation
d. Language requirements
Salary threshold and skill level
Limiting low-skilled foreign labour while attracting high-skilled talent reflects Singapore’s strategy
Calibrated Immigration
Managed multiculturalism balances:
A. Cultural diversity with social cohesion
B. Political control with economic growth
C. Language policies with employment
D. Housing with healthcare
Cultural diversity with social cohesion
Community programmes encouraging interaction between locals and immigrants strengthen:
A. Bonding social capital only
B. Bridging social capital
C. Parallel societies
D. Cultural isolation
Bridging social capital
When foreign workers concentrate in low-skilled sectors, it can create:
A. Labour competition and wage pressure for locals
B. Enhanced multicultural understanding
C. Strong bonding social capital
D. High bridging social capital
Labour competition and wage pressure for locals