According to one expatriate journalist who lives here and witnessed the incident on the MRT platform, the irate female office worker and her sore hand are symbolic of a growing reality in uber-modern and efficient Singapore: the city state’s infrastructure is under stress and beginning to crack at the seams.Consider June 16, when unusually heavy rains actually caused flooding on the upscale Orchard Road, one of the most famous shopping streets in Asia. Singapore officials had to endure the embarrassment of keeping sand bags on the sidewalks in certain locations for weeks afterwards, given the unseasonably heavy rains at that time. Full story
