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Ultimately, the officers know they are here only on a temporary basis, further enforced by the fact that they are disallowed from integrating too much with local society. Due to their chief purpose as a neutral presence here, they are not allowed to marry
Singaporean women, hence the allowance to
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A small number of
Nepalese in Singapore also consists of domestic helpers from Nepal. Nepalese helpers, along with Sri Lankan and Burmese helpers, lack any sort of cohesive organization and are usually exploited both by their employers and the agencies that recruit them compared to Filipino and
209:. At the end of their contract, they are expected to return to their country and most of them start their own business and get along with their lives. Only a handful have ever been known to have broken this tradition and chosen to stay in the city-state.
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There are
Nepalese who were born in Singapore, of Nepali migrants who came after the 2nd World War. They are Singaporean Nepalis. They are Singapore Citizens by birth, attended local schools and the men served their National Service.
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unit in
Singapore which reverted to the Indian Army on Indian independence. Just a year after their formation, their presence became an asset when racial riots between the Malay and European communities broke out over the
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were divided between the Indian Army and the
British Army. Those transferred to the British Army were posted to other remaining British Colonies. In
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Soldiers of Nepali Gurkha origin guarding a car park entrance to
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bring their wives and children from Nepal to their base camp in
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was formed in
Singapore on 9 April 1949 in the wake of
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372:Peranakan / Straits-Born Chinese
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232:Paras, Ex-Crown Prince of Nepal
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109:Related ethnic groups
23:Nepalese in Singapore
820:United Arab Emirates
367:Chinese Singaporeans
256:Indians in Singapore
222:Indonesian helpers.
169:battalions from the
134:and their families.
26:सिंगापुरमा नेपालीहरु
466:Foreign ethnicities
384:Indian Singaporeans
171:British Indian Army
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410:Bugis-Malay
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548:Vietnamese
538:Pakistanis
528:Malaysians
262:References
917:Australia
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762:Southeast
703:Hong Kong
508:Filipinos
501:Taiwanese
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183:communist
179:Singapore
161:from the
69:Languages
63:Singapore
870:Portugal
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405:Buginese
245:See also
199:Mohammed
165:, where
138:Overview
103:Buddhism
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