From The Star Online:
Seah Chiang Nee
As Singapore’s infrastructure groans under the weight of a five million plus population – more than a third of them foreigners – there’s rising resentment against the island state’s immigrant policy.
BURSTING at our seams. This is a frequent phrase used to describe Singapore these days, after its population crossed the five million mark.
Hardly a day passes without a citizen or two complaining about overcrowdedness or shortage of amenities or rising costs associated with the mass arrival of foreigners.
With immigration continuing to rise, the controversy could become the hottest issue in the general election that is expected to take place within the next 12 months.
What is annoying Singaporeans is, not their presence, but the large number of people who have arrived to work and live in their overstretched city.
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