Yahoo! News Singapore, 28 Aug 2012Following Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech delivered on Sunday, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam continued to drive home the need for an inclusive, gracious society.
DPM Shanmugaratnam described the vitriol towards foreigners, especially in online discussions, as “out of our Singaporean character” in his Facebook post on Monday.
Another user Kumar Rajah, however, pointed out that it is a two-way street.
“Likewise, there is a decent minority of foreigners, xenophobic against Singaporeans too, spewing vitriol too. Unlike Singaporeans who do it online, many foreigners show their bad attitude, aggressive nature, looking down on Singaporeans making low remarks about Singaporeans," he wrote.
"It’s really hurting…sometimes it goes unreported due to extreme shy behaviours of typical Singaporeans… there should be a hotline or common decent platform to report such cases. Such PRs should be deprived of becoming Singapore citizen.” Full story
Singapore's Prime Minister chastises anti-foreigner sentiment - Radio Australia
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