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Once Singaporeans feel that they are losing their jobs, standard of living, social benefits and sense of worth because of an influx of foreigners, immigration will become a political hot potato (Why immigration isn't a numbers game, Oct 27). It is natural for citizens to expect to get certain basic entitlements or benefits.... 

I wrote a week ago about LHL’s fake history peddling at the PAP’s NTUC Delegates’ Conference. He warned about greater political awareness and democratization leading to “deep social angst” and warned if this took root here: “It would become impossible to govern Singapore, to make and carry out difficult decisions,... 

There was an uproar over the statement, which was suspected to be given by a teacher of Raffles Girls School, that the school was being relocated to Bishan to be closer to "ordinary Singaporeans". The anger was so strong that the school had to disassociate itself from the statement. It said that the person who made the statement...