Foreigners account for over one-third of Singapore's 5.1 million people, a demographic which is not without problems.
The trend of foreign bankers and other professionals moving to Singapore is overall an inflationary one, and some Singaporeans feel they are being cut of the job market by immigrants, while at street level cultural differences can lead to protest, widespread if nonviolent.
In August, tens of thousands of Singaporeans of all races cooked and ate curry in support of a Singaporean Indian family whose neighbour, who was from the Chinese mainland, had complained about the smell. Full story
