This Place We Call Home
Some Singaporeans are still sore about too many foreigners on our shores and the infrastructure in housing and transport were unable to cope. When Feng Tianwei won the Olympic table-tennis individual Bronze for Singapore, the first time in more than 50 years, some quarters were unhappy though many accepted her as our own. Many had forgotten that when France won the soccer World Cup, they have many Africans who migrated to France. Zinedine Zidane was one. It's not like you ask Messi and Ronaldo to switch now but many came with just a hope not knowing how things will pan out in a foreign land. We, ourselves were once migrants from several countries including many of our captains of industries and leaders. Many had forgotten that it took us years from the first generation to arrive at where we are now. Do you know that we used to have spittoons at certain places in the old days? Our habits of littering is still prevalent these days after years of relentless campaigns. Humans are...