I was in Junction 8 last evening fighting the crowds for a dinner table. In town today, I had to fight equally hard not only for a lunch table, but also for space to walk. The faces in Jurong, Woodlands and Orchard are becoming more and more foreign. Newspapers report that our very own Chinatown and Geylang are being taken over by Chinese immigrants. I am hearing more frequent complaints from friends and family about overcrowding. With only 4.8 million inhabitants with one in four being a non-Singaporean, how will things be when we reach our goal of 6 million? I never really understood why Japan was so conservative in her immigration policy, perhaps I'm starting to understand why.
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