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LaminatorX
on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:30AM
from the Xenophobia:-the-Universal-Language dept.
from the Xenophobia:-the-Universal-Language dept.
fx_68 writes:
"A sharp rise in the foreign population has ratcheted up racial tensions. Does Singapore have a problem with xenophobia? It seems that barely a month goes by these days without news reports highlighting friction between Singaporeans and foreign workers in the tiny multi-ethnic city-state."
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poverty, n.:
An unfortunate state that persists as long
as anyone lacks anything he would like to have.
(Score: 1) by rts008 on Thursday February 27 2014, @04:57AM
Yeah, anytime you introduce that many immigrants in that short amount of time, there are going to be conflicts.
Adding fuel to that fire was the plans to increase immigration even more, to the point of immigrants making up half of the total population.
All of this going on in a confined area(a city-state) with a high population density: 7,540/km2 or 19,562/sq mi (3rd highest by nations)...sounds like a powder keg to me.
Hopefully it will somehow be defused before it explodes...'Singapore Spring' sounds more like a tropical cocktail that should be served with one of those little paper umbrellas, than an uprising. ;-)