THE current wave of migrant workers from China and India has had an unintended side benefit for Singapore, blurring differences between local Chinese and Malays.
The new competition they introduced into the workforce has helped to get these once quarrelling races to put aside old discords and jointly face the common challenge.
Instead of viewing each other with suspicion as their parents once did, Singapore’s Chinese, Indians and Malays have become intensely preoccupied with the ‘foreign threat’ to their jobs and earnings. Full story
