With relevance from a country, "Brain-Drain" is known as the outflow of talents.
This phenomenon usually happens due to the push and pulls factors from within or outside the country. In Singapore, this small yet prospering island with a population of approximately 4.5 million seems to be competing for survival in a fast pacing speed, regardless of age, race or gender. We were being provided with education, shelter, food, protection, and care and equipped with the essential skills which resulted in the latter generations to be well skilled and talented.
As time goes by, the population gets smarter, the competition gets tougher, everyone becomes talented and government welcoming foreign talents. Similarly, in Singapore the living standards and expectation are getting higher and a group of the population may feel “suffocated” and had to resort in “moving out of the country” for further development/stay. A great example will be that local universities are getting crowded with foreign students, favoring only the JC students, leaving limited opportunities for polytechnic students. This leads to the students who achieved with average results to no options but to pursue further overseas studies. Subsequently, students may opt to remain abroad. Similarly, the increased living standards and implement of certain government policies may drive Singapore citizens out of the country to look for better “homelands” with monetary/job opportunities.
In my opinion, the main reason for “Brain-Drain” to happen commonly in Singapore is because the increasingly talented population yearns for a better standard living that satisfies their needs within their monetary limits and has to leave Singapore for a country which they’re comfortable with.
