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The island nation's government faces unprecedented dissent towards an immigation plan to increase its population by 30% Singapore commuters queuing at lunchtime. The government white paper plans a 30% population increase by 2030, making half of residents from abroad. Photograph: Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images Liane Ng is 25 and... 

Dear Fellow Singaporeans, While you are feeling and facing the problems of the population squeeze right how, further issues and problem will likely arise if our government continues to import more foreigners. This will affect our birthrates, jobs, personal space, housing, transport etc. I therefore urge you to join in our protest... 

Singaporeans are raring to do something extraordinary: protest (Bloomberg, 15 Feb) - That might not seem like a big deal with the Arab Spring uprisings; Chinese journalists taking to the streets; and thousands of typically docile Japanese rallying against government policies. But tropical Singapore is the land of quiet brooding,...