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At the core of Singapore's economy is the participation of foreign workers. Former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has said that without such guest workers, our economy would collapse. Additionally, he indicated that in 2010 “we've grown in the last five years by just importing labour." (emphasis added) Given such a scenario,... 

Taxi driver, Nadasan Chandra Secharan, was punched several times in the face after being accused by a Filipino couple for "queue jumping" at a NTUC FairPrice supermarket in Yishun Ave 11. The attack left the 56 year-old cabby with a fractured jaw. The assault was carried out by the husband of the Filipino pair, a 31 year-old... 

Photo from InSing With reference to a bus stop sign in Bishan being defaced and scrawled with the words, "squeezed out by foreigners. Jobs, housing, school, MRT". Many of us who are myopic and shallow would brush it off as mischief or vandalism. However, if we take a closer look, we see signs of patriotism and identity. The...